How Many Species On The Fly?
This Christmas marks the end of my 1st year fly fishing. I didn't go all out fly fishing only, but I caught a good many fish off the old long rod. My question is how many different species of fish have you caught while fly fishing? I have caught:
1. Largemouth Bass
2. Bluegill
3. Redbreast
4. Smallmouth Bass
5. White Crappie
6. Green Sunfish
Every fish that swims, other than the sperm whale and the great white shark!
Bob
When you can arrange your affairs to go fishing, forget all the signs, homilies, advice and folklore. JUST GO.
Let's see...
Brook Trout
Brown trout
Rainbow Trout
Northern Pike (completely by accident)
Striped Bass (saltwater)
Bluefish
Summer Flounder
Weakfish (seatrout in New England)
False Albacore
...that's it for 2008
"Fly fishing is the most fun you can have standing up" Arnold Gingrich
Fishin,
Congrats, sounds like you're doing fine and off to a great start.
Not all in 2008, but over the years
FW
Brook, brown, rainbow, splake, cutthroat, cutbow, steelhead trout. Landlocked (atlantic), chinook salmon. Largemouth, smallmouth, and red eye bass. Northern pike and pickerel. Bluegill, white and yellow perch, white and black crappies, and other panfish. Whitefish, chubs, etc. American and hickory shad.
SW
Striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, summer flounder (fluke), window pane flounder, sea robin, spanish mackerel, bonito, false albacore, tarpon, bonefish, lady fish, gaffsotail catfish, snook, ?speckled trout?, mangrove and other snappers, jack crevelle, redfish, black drum, needlefish, mahi, yellowtail tuna, lemon shark, barracuda.
Glad you specified FISH species. I've also caught species of trees and shrubbery to numerous to list, as well as a few species of mammals including Homo sapiens....
peregrines
Largemouth bass
Crappie
Bluegill
Stumpknocker
Shellcracker
Channel Catfish
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Barramundi
Blue tilapia
Redbreast sunfish
Oscar
Mayan cichlid
Gar
Spotted tilapia
Midas cichlid
Peacock bass
Bullseye snakehead
Bowfin
Brown bullhead
Coho salmon
Walleye
Sucker
White amur
Spotted seatrout
Silver seatrout
Flounder
Mullet
Spanish mackerel
King mackerel
Cobia
Bonefish
Permit
Little tunny
Tripletail
Barracuda
Bluefish
Redfish
Snook
Sailcat
Sheepshead
Pompano
Bonnethead shark
Mutton snapper
Pinfish
Puffer
Houndfish
Needlefish
Mangrove snapper
Dolphin
Last edited by SteveGibson; 12-27-2008 at 12:54 AM.
Steve
In no particular order:
Brook trout
Brown trout
Rainbow trout / Steelhead
Cutthroat trout
Atlantic Salmon (landlocked only)
Silver (Coho) Salmon
Arctic Grayling
Mountain whitefish
Bluegill
Red-breast sunfish
Pumpkinseed
Long-ear sunfish
Black crappie
Eastern chain pickerel
Smallmouth bass
Largemouth bass
Warmouth
Rock bass/ red eye
Fallfish
Creek chub
Rosyside Dace
Blacknose Dace
Common Carp
(Several other species of the minnow/carp family that I couldn't id.)
Sand dab (while fishing for steelhead in an estuary!)
Bluefish
Several crayfish, but I have no idea as to the species (obviously not fish, but it's got fish in the name!)
I'm sure I' forgetting some.
i've been fly fishing for 2 years now and it's not much of a list but i've caught:
rainbow trout
brown trout
brook trout
different kinds of sunfish
bluegill
largemouth bass
smallmouth bass
sucker
creek chub
northern pike
warmouth
Good afternoon all, including those deep in ice and snow.
Myself, I have only caught a few different types on fish on fly and instead of chasing numbers of different types decided many years ago, to just chase a couple of different types and become 'good' at finding and tricking these selected fish to take a fly.
Kind regards,
UB
PS While I lay in the pool drinking ice cold beer, I think of you all deep in the coldest snow and ice...maybe.
rainbow trout
brook trout
sunfish
bluegill
silver bass
largemouth bass
smallmouth bass
rock bass
northern pike
chain pickerel
Trout
-rainbow, brown, brook, cutthroat
Bluegill
-most all the varieties
Largemouth bass
Crappie
Rock bass
Fall fish
Good fishing technique trumps all.....wish I had it.
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