Fly Fishing

Fishing Rods and Reels

You will have to consider your needs and budget before you go looking for fishing rods and reels you need to decide what type of fishing you are interested in. Buying the wrong type of rod for the fish you want to catch can result in the whole trip being a disaster. You also don't want to waste money by buying a rod that you do not need. Once you have decided where you want to fish and what fish you are looking at catching then you can think about your budget. There are rods reels and equipment for every budget and you need to decide on yours and stick to it.

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Although you may think that one rod is enough you will find that you do begin to struggle with this once you get more experienced.

There are many different scenarios which will call for the use of different types of fishing rods and reels. You should try to by a couple of different rods to give you options when out fishing. Experienced fisherman will often have up to 5 or 6 different rods and this will enable them to catch more fish. There are several different rods reels combinations which you can try.

Spinning tackle is one of the most popular types to purchase and can be used to cast long distances they are very versatile and great for the beginner. The reel on this rod is attached under the rod which makes it very easy to use. Another very similar type of fishing rods and reels is the spin casting combination these rods will help to stop snagging and tangling of the line. In this design the reel is clamped to the top of the rod which may take some getting used to. Fly rods are very large and should be used when you are slightly more experienced. They are very flexible and can help to cast out great lengths.

There are many different fishing rods and reels and knowing which ones to choose can be difficult but if you are in any doubt then ask the professionals. Visiting a tackle shop and speaking to the staff about the type of fishing you want to do can help. They will be able to advise you on the best rods reels and equipment to buy. Once you begin fishing you will find it a very relaxing sport and as you get more experienced you can add to your tackle and rods. You will be surprised how much equipment you can find useful for a simple days fishing.

Daiwa Electric Fishing Reels - Reviewed

Many people want to become good fishermen because to be able to catch that big one. Now, as other technologies have changed, so has fishing technology. Many types of fishing have become electric and some of the top selling and highest quality electric reels are the Daiwa electric fishing reels. These days fishing has become easier as these reels can often fish up to 1500 feet in depth. The Daiwa electric fishing reels can last a lifetime and can be used for any fishing that you want to do. All that you have to do is pick from the leading models which are available for purchase.

Daiwa offers many different types of models differing in what they can do and in price. Some of the models which they produce are the Marine Power MP 3000, Tanacom Bull TB 1000, Seaborg SB500Fe, Seaborg Megatwin SB750MT, and the Seaborg Megatwin SB500MT. Each of these electric reels has some unique qualities and advantages. They vary in options and also vary in price.

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The benefits of using the Daiwa electric fishing reels is that it can make your fishing trip better by making your life much easier especially in the deep sea locations. This high tech equipment may seem expensive to you, but all of the options that these electric reels offer to make any fisherman's life easier definitely make them all worth the extra expense. These electric reels can make it real easy for new fisherman, on their firs deep sea fishing trip. This equipment definitely makes it easier to land that heavy fish at the end of the fishing line, as well as easier to get it out of the water and into your boat. This differs greatly from non-powered reels that don't have that extra electric pull. For many people in the world, fishing is a really serious sport. The electric powered reels would definitely make it less complicated for them to catch fish.

So now that you know why to go out and purchase this type of fishing equipment, take some time to browse the web, your local retailer, or sporting goods store and get the best deal that you can. Then you can go out and catch the trophy fish you have always dreamed of.

Daiwa Saltwater Fishing Reels

There are so many different brands and models of saltwater fishing reels that it is difficult to choose the best one for you. To help you decide, it is important to determine your needs when you go fishing. Do you need to cast your line at a longer distance? Do you need to haul a humongous fish from the bottom of the sea? These are some of the questions that you need to ask yourself before you buy a saltwater fishing reel.

Another consideration that you need to keep in mind when buying fishing reels is the brand. The brand is important because it tells a lot about the product. A well-known and reputable brand is more likely to manufacture high quality gear than an unknown brand. It might be a little more expensive but the price will be worth it when you get a reel that meets your expectations. If you want to buy a high quality reel from a well-known fishing equipment company, you should check out the products manufactured by Daiwa.

Daiwa saltwater fishing reels are resistant to corrosion. Since the equipment is constantly exposed to saltwater, you have to be able to trust that it will not corrode at all. The reels manufactured by this company are tightly sealed and made of corrosion resistant materials to ensure that the parts are protected and will last for a long time.

The cast control feature of these reels makes them highly manageable. You can also make some tension adjustments on the line using by just clicking a disc located on the side of the reel.

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Question by : can you use a fly fishing reel on a normal stream fishing pole?
i did not know if i can use a fly fishing reel on a stream fishing pole, and if not why.

thanks

Best answer:

Answer by Steve T
You could fish with a tree branch like huck finn , but you may not catch anything. the answer is more no than yes

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The Chinese Music Box, Poem

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The Chinese Music Box

中国音乐盒

zhong guo yin yue he

(The love of a life needs a life full of love

With neither one present, they both fade away)

Wayne Wilks

This is a little story I have wanted to write for some time now about a music box I purchased in Oklahoma City, manufactured in China, which I then shipped back to Shenzhen as a present for my new daughter, Wen. The box then made its way back to Oklahoma with her mother, my wife. It struck me as some sort of miracle, this traveling music box and how it was love that saw it safely across 8000 miles of ocean, 3 times, following one little girl across the globe. It now sits on little Wen’s desk, in our home in Oklahoma.

God bless: Tim Wilkinson

(Once upon a time, not so very long ago, in a far away place in a country named China, there lived a kind man, a maker of beautiful music boxes.)

Four daughters he had and a beautiful wife

All living together and sharing their life

In the mornings together, they worked and they smiled

In evenings they played, they cleaned and they schooled

At night when the light, sank down out of sight

They cooked and ate peaches with tofu and rice.

In a glen by a brook in the shade of a hill

Father built them a house and he built it quite well

In the tiny wood cabin, with a shed by the way

He built them a home with wood and with clay

And somewhere about, in China no doubt

By the brook in the shade, it stands to this day,

They six of them lived in this field all of green

With grasses and flowers and beauty unseen

Butterflies and bees danced about in the breeze

Squirrels and fat chipmunks chattered high in the leaves

Robins and Wrens, Blackbirds and Hens

Red Cardinals too would wait to begin

They gathered to sing and all would join in

To whistle a tune with the trees and the wind

Apples and pears most loved by the bears

Hung fatly and sweet and grew everywhere

Within their green field sat their small wooden house

Complete with a bunny and one kindly mouse.

The chimney on top with the smoke curling out

Smelled yummy and hot like Mothers steamed trout

With the scent of fresh breads, of puddings and stouts

The air tickled noses and turned people’s heads

It filled the night air with the smell of roast bear

Boiled mutton, baked beef, cherries, pumpkins and Pear

In the coldwater Locke by the woods in the glen

They fished and they sunned and they swam, all of them

And when there was ice, they skated and sliced

Then fell on their rumps with a grin

When the wind it blew haggard and harsh

When it rushed so rough to the south

When it chilled the small house and the one kindly mouse

When all noses were red, inside and out

Then they snuggled quite tight, beside firelight

While father told stories that he knew

No care did they have for together they thrived

Never alone or affright

If love could make candy and kisses make fruits

Turn joy into chocolates and smiles into treats

Then never a family, was more like soft candy

And never were Six more sugary sweet

You see, he learned how to sing from the Mockingbird King

And the Storks, well they taught him of dancing

So he taught his four girls

And his wife with dark curls

To dance and to sing and to live as if spring

Would never depart from the world

He learned how to carve and build boxes

While schooling with red winter foxes

Learning his trade and how to be paid

Selling red wooded, Chinese music boxes

He carved with tree thorns and sharp little horns

Always his wife there beside him

Carved with small figures, of bunnies and guineas

With doves and with flowers and penguins

He made each one sing, with bells that could ring

With a dancer that sang through the evening

With care and great skill did he use

All that he’d learned and he knew

And all that he built, with a heart free from guilt

Was shiny and lovely and true

Only one at a time, did he glue and fit tight

Not starting another till the first was just right

Placing within each new box

All he’d learned from the fox

In the glen by hill, near the woods and the field

Beside the coldwater Locke

Created with smiles, with laughter and sighs

Then painted with bird feather brushes

With flowers for girls and tigers for boys

He painted them one then another

Yes, he made boxes that sang, to cure little girl’s pains

So music and song would surround them

All the magic he knew from the world when still new

He used on his red music boxes

All the dances he’d seen

The songs that he gleaned

He used to create each beautiful thing

His daughters, his wife and his boxes

When one each was done and he’d named every one

He sold them to those who would love them

He harvested the wood that he used to build boxes

From towering Cedars that grew with the oxen.

He cut what he pleased for they grew like the weeds

In a year all he needed was twenty

The trees grew as high, as high as the skies

As high as an eagle whenever he flies

With a small wooden cart, he would carry the wood

To his home in the field, to his shed in the woods

The trees grew so thick, so tall and so long

As brown as the dark eyes of his little girl Wong

He formed the small pieces of the finished wood tops

From the stalks that he gathered to replenish his stocks

He cut them himself from within the dark woods

Tall, thin bamboo, where nothing else grew

He cut and he wacked at the great tall bamboo

Working all the hot day, until he was through

The stalks grew so thickly, so tightly they did

Where Panda, Tiger and Elephant hid

Then he bound it and dried it, then whittled it down

To make tiny drawers and the things that go round

When young it grew green and could sing in the wind

Like whistles from leaves, it sang from within

Bamboo remembers and knows it’s young tune

It will sing in a box when dried and loved true

It never forgets the sound of its song

As pure as the smile of his little girl Yong

He sawed and he cut, he dried and he planed

He smoothed and he formed, then he glued and he stained

He sanded and painted, he polished and smoothed

He lacquered and finished, then smoothed once again

He made tiny pieces of bamboo and carved wood

Then sealed them with glues, as best as he could

Glues made from eggs whites and Robin’s eggshells

That he picked up himself, just right where they fell

He gathered them one and he gathered them all

Yet only those that were broken and those that did fall

The shells were of azure and indigo too

A tiny bit round and a little bit new

As deep as tall iris, they were and remained

Like the swift giggling brooks, for which they were named

They each were bright blue, like the clear sky at noon

As dark as the sea, as bright as his mood

As blue as the soft words he sang to his wife

For all that she gave him, his children and life

As blue as the sad years he’d spent without song

As blue as the heart of his little girl Fong

He gathered the stones from the rivers all round

Stones full of copper and zinc that he found

He crushed them and mixed them, then smelted them down

For the Brass to make gears and the teeth that made sounds

For a box without sound is sad little thing

As sad a lover, alone in the spring

For it’s gears that give life to a box that can sing

And it’s love that turns sound into songs in the spring

You see the heart of a music box is only as big as its gears

As strong as its joy, as sad as its tears

The gears that he molded were strong and quite sound

Shiny and sparkly, the best to be found

They gleamed like the sunshine and shone the dawn

Like the eyes of his last born, his little girl Hong

He then carved it a lovely, petite, tiny dancer

Of Whalebone or Walrus or maybe Deer antler

No one could say, for only he knew

By the end of the day when the carving was through

But carve her he did and then set her on top

To twirl and then spin, to dance until stopped

When all was just perfect and all was arranged

There sat a new box for his daughters to play

Smooth as new silk, red as the dawn, bright as the eyes

Of his little girls Wong, Yong, Fong and of course little Hong

On top spun the dancer, of pink and chiffon

She danced in a circle while the box sang it’s song

He wound it then set on table or pot

When dinner was through but the dishes were not

Then they’d all gather round and they’d watch and then smile

As the box played a tune to while away hours

For there in the stones, the metals and trees

There is life in the magic for the love of all these

A man and his wife with their four little girls

Cause it’s love that brings life, to boxes and worlds

But it’s one music box that I’m here now to say

Came to life in that season, that very same day

A gift for sweet Hong, with her own tune to play

A song about life, true love and the way

The way that a father can so love his girl

To build wooden boxes to brighten her world

There was magic and power in that green Chinese field

With love and with romance, really quite real

The woods held the Magic, in the bamboo and trees

With power in waters, rivers and streams

It came to be then, within little Hongs hands

That the music box sang, with the force of a band

The love that they shared, little Hong and her box

That her father had made, once taught by the fox

Sing, boy did it ever, whenever it could

Of a fathers great love, in their home in the woods

She loved and took it wherever she went

She always rewound it when it’s song was all spent

The love that she gave it, so innocent and true

Was all that was needed, for wishes to bloom

Well that love grew so strong, so true and so real

That before they all knew it, well that box…it could feel

It’s little brass wheels, they then turned into flesh

It’s heart filled with joy and it’s gears drew a breath

The six of them then, formed a family each day

A family of six, no seven they say

And each lovely night, when the sun went away

When foxes did prance and the rabbits did play

When robins and blue jays and owls up on high

Looked down from above, with glee and with sighs

The family of seven, with song in their hearts

Did sing and then dance, to the songs of the larks

They smiled and they laughed, they giggled and pranced

While Mother and Father passed winks of romance

For years they remained, so happy and free

While Hong and her sisters grew tall as the trees

Yet spring turns to autumn and rain turns to snow

It wasn’t that long, before all was to go

Too soon came the time that it all turned to gray

Their life in the grass, the fields all a sway

But the love of a father for child and sweet lass

Lives on forever, in wood and in brass

Like the love of a girl, for her red music box

Loves great as these, well they never stop

Before they knew why, their songs faded out

Things change so fast, of this there’s no doubt

It was summer that year, when the rains went away

Then Father’s great fear came true as the day

The city was growing, no longer a town

Black smoke filled the skies and smog burnt their eyes 

Great sadness was near, no longer bound

They watched and they cried as the trees were cut down

The woods disappeared, all turned into houses

People and trains scared off the small mouse’s 

The bamboo was sheared, the grasses all died

The animals left, the birds flew away 

The brooks they all dried as the Governor lied

Selling the waters for pennies a day

The rocks they were mined, crushed and refined

To build fences and roads, to bar people’s way 

The field filled with grass, soon covered in ash

Turned brown as the dust, cause the rain couldn’t last

Soon factories and stores and people in hordes

Buried the green hills with concrete and floors 

Wong met a boy that she married quite fast

Leaving Father and Mother, minus one lass 

Yong left for school, no longer a girl

But a woman with dreams and a life in the world

Fong went to work, in a town, by a church

In a country and city by a woods, full of birch 

This left father and mother, Hong and her box

To live by themselves, they and one fox

Now it wasn’t too long, before there came along

Sickness and illness and many sad songs 

Soon Father took ill and Mother a chill

Little Hong couldn’t fix and couldn’t make well 

Before thaw turned to spring and the sun warmed the ground

Both mother and father and Hong were all gone

The box it was sold, to pay fathers debts

For doctors and nurses and all of the meds 

Mother was with him, just holding his hand

When he faded off, to new better lands

Mother soon followed, like flowers and seeds

Dropping her petals, replaced by the weeds 

For she couldn’t stay, without Father beside her

Without her dear husband to love and to guide her 

Together they left, leaving Hong all alone

In a country named China, in a home not her own

On that very day, as little Hong sobbed

The gears of her box…well they just sort of stopped 

Without little Hong and her bright summer smiles

Her heart just stopped beating, her gears had grown tired

The sad music box, now alone by the Locke

Grew lonely and rusty and wouldn’t unlock 

Her heart had grown old, due to rust and her tears

For a future of nothing but lone empty years 

Soon she was taken to a small little shop

And sold with the rest of fathers old stock

Then packed in a crate and shipped over seas

To help pay the cost of Hongs food and small cot 

The trip it was long for rough was the ocean

On a ship with a sail, just as old and forgotten

When she arrived to new shores in a land far away

She sat alone on a shelf, until this very day 

When came a young man in the shop to do trade

To seek a small gift, for his bride down the way 

He looked and he thought and looked once again

Yet nothing he found could make his wife grin

Till he found in the back, in the dark, at the top

A duty old shelf with a rusty old box 

She had sat on that shelf, refusing to sing

For so very long, through winters and springs

With never a peep, nor a word or a phrase

Not a lyric or song or tune did she raise 

Yet when the man touched her, something happened you see

She felt once again the need to be free 

There was something that day, in his touch or his way

That tickled her gears, made her heart pound away

Something of magic was here once again

She felt it and knew it, yet couldn’t begin 

She had been far too long, without family or Hong

Now her gears were too rusty, too dusty for song

So try as she might, to move and to sing

All she could manage was one tiny…Ting 

So the man placed her back, back on top of her shelf

Then turned back around, to find something else 

Yet before he moved far, this small music box

Gathered her strength, forced open her lock

Her top it slid open, her key it did turn

Her gears cranked around, her heart it did burn 

In just that one moment, she came back to life

And sang, take me, and love me, a gift for your wife

She sang and she sang as if all of her life

Was all about this, this moment, this strife 

The young man then turned and smiled a wide grin

For now he knew what, his wife he would give 

So he bought the small box and wrapped her all in

Pretty red paper, with bows at each end

And when she was opened, unwrapped for her song

Whom did she see, but her little girl Hong? 

For the young man you see, had searched high and low

For a love that loved him, and with him would go

To make him a family and be his new wife

So in China he searched for the love of his life 

And the one that he choose, who choose him alike

Was little ole Hong, now grown to full height 

So all of them three, forever they stayed

In a house by a brook, with a field all a sway

Where the trees grew so thick, so tall and so long

As brown as the eyes of their little girls Yong, and of course little Hong 

If love could make candy and kisses make fruits

Turn joy into chocolates and smiles into treats

Then never a family, was more like soft candy

And never were five more sugary sweet 

(For Little Wen)

The End

© 2010, Tim Wilkinson & Wayne Wilks

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Topwater Lure Tactics For Red Drum.

Red drum, commonly called redfish, are considered by many anglers the most exciting of all inland saltwater fish to catch with topwater lures. When redfish explode on a surface bait water, flies in all directions. Even smaller redfish will put up a fight that can last several minutes.

As obvious as it might sound, fishing with topwater starts with the cast. Many anglers cast the topwater plug to close to the redfish. This puts the red drum school on high alert and they will likely move off. Long casts beyond the fish are a requirement if you want to be successful. This is one of the reasons why redfishermen use the largest plug available. Redfish have large mouths, so they can handle just about any topwater lure you can toss. A trick is to change the rear hook to a larger size. This gives the back end of the topwater plug a lower profile.

Figure out the direction the redfish are moving before you throwing the topwater plug. You need to cast well ahead of the school. Let them work their way to the lure. Try to time the retrieve so that it crosses the red drum's path either just in front or just behind the school. A retrieve in the middle will likely scatter the redfish.

One of the most popular styles of topwater plugs are stick baits. The large lures that have a rattle in them will catch the most fish. The typical retrieve for stick baits is called "walking the dog". This is done by holding your rod tip straight up and shaking it as you slowly reel the line in. This causes the stick bait to move side to side. The nose of the plug should briefly appear out of the water at the end of each shake. Try to time your rod movement with the baits rhythm.

Chuggers are another good topwater plug to try. These have a small cup on the front of the plug that catches water on each pull. After the cast hold the rod at a 45* angle to the water. Reel in the slack and give the plug a sharp snap with the rod tip. Do this all the way back to you. Redfish will attack these on the pause. Unfortunately this is when the line has some slack. To catch redfish with these you must pay very close attention to the plug. I have watched many redfish follow this plug all the way back in before hitting it.

Minnow style topwater baits work well in calm conditions. These are a less aggressive style of bait. A steady retrieve with short pauses does not work as well as a quick retrieve with occasional sharp pulls of the rod tip. The trick is to keep the bait moving without going to deep. When the minnow makes a slight wake the speed is perfect.

A slight chop to the water makes for ideal conditions. Any imperfection in your technique will be magnified in glass like water. With a small chop cast into the wind as much as possible. The casts might not be as far but the topwater plug will have better action. Adjust the speed so that the plug has maximum action. If a redfish strikes at your plug continue on with the retrieve without pausing or changing speed. This is important. Redfish will miss topwater plugs a lot. What is awesome about these fish is even the misses are exciting do to the violence .

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Question by Tj: What is wrong with my fly reel?
While I was cleaning my fly line, I got down to the backing and my reel feel apart in two pieces. I realize that I must snap the two pieces back together, when I snap it, it will click but it isn't on there securely. HELP!

Best answer:

Answer by Brian
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Work And Travel, Living Like a Gypsy

With the economy in the dumps and the job market as poor as it is I assume that many people would consider a job requiring travel who previously wouldn't have.  People who live like gypsies while working are a minority, but they're not uncommon.  Admittedly it's not for everyone.  Some people instinctively know that it's not for them and avoid it.  Some people, myself included, loved the lifestyle, but circumstances change, and so does our lifestyle.  Some people wouldn't live any other way.

Lots of people have jobs that require them to travel.  To my way of thinking the difference between a person who travels as part of their job and a gypsy is that the former is always looking forward to returning home, while the gypsy is at home in their travels.  It's largely an attitude.

This article is not meant to entice anyone into living like a gypsy.  That's in your blood, either you will or you won't.  Rather, I'd like to share a few lessons learned from my years on the road.

Since living on the road means travel, the most important consideration is how are we going to travel?  Occasionally this may entail flying but usually it means driving.  Keep in mind that we're talking about living on the road, not taking a vacation.  I advise against using a bus or Amtrak for this kind of travel.  Once you're at your destination you're still in need of transportation if you got there by bus.  This isn't an issue if you drove there yourself.

With gas prices as high as they are I encourage car pooling and sharing travel expenses as much as possible.  But I want to travel in my vehicle and split the cost with others.  I've been in situations where I wanted to visit different attractions that are fairly close but can't because I don't have my vehicle.  With my wheels, I'm in charge.  Remember, this is your life not just a work trip, and there's more to life than just working!  Also, if you decide to quit a job for any reason, you don't want to be stuck for lack of transportation.

What type of vehicle is best for a gypsy?  I highly recommend a pickup.  My favorite vehicle was a 1984 Chevrolet 3/4 ton, 4X4 pickup, with dual gas tanks, manual hubs, a 350 engine, and standard transmission.  Having a 4X4 can be indispensable if you need to travel off road, or on poorly maintained back roads.  It's also handy in the winter.  With a pickup you can travel with whatever gear and work tools you need, a set of mechanics tools for wrenching on your own vehicle, camp gear, and a few toys. 

Breakdowns are a huge pain but they're going to happen.  Be proactive instead of reactive as much as possible and keep up on the maintenance.  Do whatever you can do to minimize the severity of breakdowns, and how often they occur.

Actual living arrangements will depend on the area you're in.  Many people stay in motels.  In a big city that makes sense, but most of my jobs were out in the country.  I got to the point that I felt like motels were largely a waste of money.  Fortunately I've always enjoyed camping, so that's what I did.  But you need to realize that there's a huge difference between a recreational camp out, and working out of a camp site.

With camp trailers there are pluses and minuses.  It's convenient to have a small home on wheels that you can hook onto when it's time to move and simply drop off when you've arrived at your destination.  Naturally the larger the trailer, the more creature comforts there are.  With the largest camp trailers you're courting disaster if you attempt to take them off road and into the back country.  So you're looking at parking them in RV parks.  There you'll find water and power hookups, and septic tanks.  They usually have a small store on site and laundry facilities.  Their cost is often as much as some motels.  Don't count on seclusion in an RV park, often times they're more crowded than living in an apartment complex. 

If you want to use a trailer and camp off road or in the back country, a smaller trailer is called for.  In this case you're giving up the hookups and amenities that you have in an RV park.  This means packing in water, the necessity of emptying your sewage tank occasionally, and keeping the batteries charged and propane tanks filled.

For a few years I had a 21 foot camp trailer that I enjoyed.  It was large enough to have a lot of creature comforts, but was small enough to take off road in some places.  After I sold that trailer, I started living out of the back of my pickup.  This is the period of time that I have my fondest memories of being a gypsy.  I had a cab high sleeper shell on the back of the pickup, and I put plywood on the floor so that I had a flat surface there.  An old army cot set up with a couple of foam bed rolls and a sleeping bag made an excellent bed.  Some of the gear fit under the cot to economize on space. 

A tent is an indispensable item.  If you're in an area where it's practical pitch your tent and make camp.  If there are enough people in your group that someone's always in camp, you don't need to worry about breaking camp when you leave for awhile.  Make improvements around camp as you have the time.  It's amazing how creative people can get with these improvements.  If there's fairly long periods when no one is in camp pack up everything but your tent and bed when you leave.  They reserve your camp site, and they're easy to replace if they're stolen.

A major issue when working out of a camp site is personal cleanliness.  On some job sites there are showers, most mines will have them.  It's possible in some places that you can use pay showers such as the ones available at truck stops.  I've found that a solar powered shower works well if you have a secluded area where you can hang it and take a shower.  The biggest problem with a solar powered shower is that it's easy to overheat the water.  But you can always add cooler water to bring the temperature down to a tolerable level.

Coolers took up most of the space in my pickup.  Old coolers work great to store things in.  I used one old cooler to throw cook gear in; camp stove, white gas, skillet, dutch oven, coffee pot, utensils, and lantern.  Another cooler was used for dry goods; canned goods, pancake mix, bread, things of that sort.  Then there was a cooler used for produce and meat that needed to be kept on ice.  Finally, there was a large water cooler.  Canned drinks were also thrown into this cooler.  Depending on the temperature ice will last two or three days.

Use work clothes that haven't been ruined at work yet as your good clothes.  This cuts down on space taken up with luggage.  Being a gypsy is fairly casual, so you're not dressing to impress anyone.  This is both practical and cost efficient.  When old clothes are worn out save them instead of throwing them away.  They make excellent fire place tinder.

Depending upon how much travel you're doing and how often you're moving, it may not be practical to establish a mailing address, even a P.O. Box.  In the 80's I'd send money orders to my mother and she'd collect and pay my bills for me.  Now days with online banking and billing I'd have it set up so that I could pay all my bills online.  Computers are so prevalent any more that it shouldn't be a problem to find one that you can use for a short while to take care of bills.

The "toys" you travel with for recreation will vary from one person to another.  I carried a set of horseshoes, fishing gear, and a few guns.  This worked well for me.  Attitudes have changed since the 1980's and I would make it a point to know the gun laws in each state before traveling through them with guns.  Even back then California had such a hard nosed reputation when it came to guns that I packed mine away out of sight and left them alone while I was in that state.

I was pulled over by the state police in New Mexico once.  It was a fairly minor offense and they let me go on it.  However, I had a New Mexico Drivers License, Arizona plates on my truck, and a mailing address in Utah.  This had them scratching their heads and they considered hauling me in just to sort things out.  Fortunately for me they didn't.  Now days I think they would.  If I were still living the gypsy life I would pay more attention to my personal "papers", so as not to set off alarms or raise any flags with the police or anyone else in authority.

In short, with the economy and the job market being in the poor shape they are, I believe that traveling for work is a more viable option for many people than it once was.  Call it being a gypsy if you will.  Using a little common sense, it can actually be an enjoyable experience.  It's even became a lifestyle of choice for many.

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Question by kelhalla: Has anyone used Hardy Fishing gear for fly fishing?
just wondering

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Answer by nudangler
Yes.

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The Best Baits For Fishing Trout.

The best baits for trout fishing will depend upon factors like the type of trout that you are fishing for, the type of water body (river, creek or lake), the temperature and clarity of the water, the cloud cover and any storm systems, either coming in or leaving the area. With the basic knowledge of what trout like to eat and what makes them irritated to the point of aggravation, the trout fisherman can catch trout during any type of weather. However, the time of day may have more of an effect on catching trout than the weather and even water clarity will.

When the waters are dirty, either as a normal effect from sediment, or from a storm, the best baits for trout are scented worms, crayfish, mice and grubs.  In very clear waters, you have to  make your offering to the fish a lot more natural looking, as most trout will spot a fake if given enough time.  The more pure a trout is, like the Arctic char or the sea trout, the more intelligent it is, and live baits will work much better, with no leaders, spoons, blades or swivels to give off the authenticity of your offerings.

Fishing for trout with mice? A mouse fly, from about the size of a chicken egg to the size of a large tomato, is a wonderful trout lure, one that makes the trout aggressively strike the lure on the top of the water. This is when the fisherman needs a companion with a good digital camera and a big fishing net, in order to get the pictures of the trout flying through the air, and landing the brute.  The mouse dry fly is a top-water lure, so reeling the lure in with a hopping formation, quick followed by slow retrievals, will drive any nearby territorial trout into a biting frenzy.

Split-minnow lures and red devils are two of the most long-standing best artificial lures for trout fishing, under all weather and water conditions, but especially for deep water lake trout fishing.  However, worms are the standard for trout fishing in rivers and streams, unless you are fly fishing or trolling behind a boat or other watercraft.  No real trout fishermen, unless a die-hard fly fisherman, won’t have a couple of dozen worms as backup in case the trout are not falling for false bait’s and lures, like the split minnow, in either deep diver or floater model. When trolling, reflective plates should be used about 6 to 8 feet above the lure, as the blade’s reflection of the sun’s rays will act as an attractant to any nearby trout, and they act as weights, keeping the bait lower in the water.

The best artificial lures for trout fishing include scented rubber minnows, grubs and crayfish, as well as the split-minnow lures, especially in chartreuse or red and white colors. Also popular for fishing lures to catch trout are the Rapala brand of deep diving lures, the warbler spoons and spinner baits. Spinner baits and Bob-Its, a sort of 2-hook worm harness akin to the pickerel harness, are trout lures that require live bait to be attached to them. Both minnows (trout only, of course!) and worms (red, midnight crawlers, etc.) can be used with spinner baits.

When trout fishing after the spawning periods, the trout fishermen usually fish with trout egg sacks. Real eggs can be used, squeezed out of the first large female caught. Either wrap a few dozen eggs into a piece of cheesecloth, or simply wrap the fishing line around the egg sack so that the hook ends up within the egg sack. These trout baits should be weighted so that the flow about a half of an inch off of the bottom of the water source, floating against the current.

When trout fishing, and the water is dirty from a recent storm, using top-water crank baits (like the mouse) and colorful and scented lures work best. When the trout can not see the lure, make sure that they can either sense sounds (rattle lures) or smells (scented lures and baits) to attract them to the lures.

Fish on, and may your next trout be a trophy.

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Choosing Fly Fishing Equipment

As the popularity of fly fishing has grown, so has the availability, and choice, of  gear to use for this very enjoyable sport. This means though, that unless you really know what you are looking for, the choice of equipment can be rather overwhelming. The best advice is, just focus on the basics and you'll find the gear you need to truly enjoy your fly fishing. Having said that, as with most things, you get what you pay for. So don't go for the cheapest you can find. If a piece of equipment is relatively inexpensive, find out why before purchasing, or you may find that you've wasted your money.

Basic Gear for Fly Fishing

The Rod

First and foremost, you need the right fishing rod. Without the right rod, the rest of the gear is meaningless. In the beginning, flexible fly fishing rods were made from sturdy wood. Next came treated and reinforced bamboo rods.

Bamboo was a step up from the original wooden rods and increased the quality of the fishing experience. Many anglers still use these and wouldn't swop them for anything else. A good bamboo rod though can be extremely expensive, as many hours work has to go into it's construction. The most recent advance in materials is carbon fiber, or fiberglass.  

Rods made for fly fishing are heavier than the normal fishing rods. Fiberglass gives weight to the rod, while still maintaining flexibility. The additional weight also gives the rod a smooth and clean cast. When selecting your rod, be aware that the smoothness of the cast can vary from rod to rod. You can choose from fast action rods, which are only flexible at the tip, to medium action, which are flexible for around half their length, right to the other end of the scale, slow action rods, which are flexible throughout their length. 

The Fishing Reel

As with the rods, fly fishing reels are larger and heavier than a normal fishing reel. They are also more durable. These reels possess a distinctive design which allows it to work in unison with the rod. This means that the rod and the reel must be compatible with other. This factor is much more important in fly fishing than in normal fishing. So when you decide to purchase your gear, it would be wise to buy the rod and the reel at the same time. It is possible to buy a combination set, where everything is matched for you. If you already have a rod, then take it with you when you buy the reel. That way you can ensure they will work together as one unit.  

The Fly

The most important piece of fly fishing equipment is also the tiniest, the replicated fly. Selecting a fly can be difficult. There is a huge selection of flies from which to choose, and different flies are designed to catch different types of fish. Before you purchase your flies, decide what type of fish you want to catch. Otherwise, instead of the perfect break from stress described above, you'll just get frustrated when you catch nothing.

The Clothes 

Okay, clothes aren't really important in fly fishing, anything comfortable will do although bright colors are not a good idea, as with any kind of hunting, try and blend in with your surroundings. Remember also, that you may be wading out into cold water, so buy yourself a good set of rubber waders. You'll enjoy your fly fishing experience more if you're warm and dry.

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Best Fly Fishing Rod

When fly fishing, it helps out tremendously to have quality equipment.  Although you do not have to have the best of everything to be successful, it certainly helps if you have a rod, reel and line that go well together and made out of high grade materials.  In the last 20 years, fly rods have improved immensely as the fly rod manufactures compete to build the "Best Fly Fishing Rod" on the market as devoted fly fishermen are willing to part with large sums of money in order to have top notch gear.  So the big question is: What is "The Best Fly Fishing Rod".

Any experienced fly fisherman will tell you that there really isn't one specific rod that could be considered the best fly rod.  You see, there are so many different species and different sized fish in the world that there is no way for one rod to be the perfect rod for all fish.  That is exactly why choosing a fly rod is so difficult because there is a huge spectrum of applications and a large number of rod makers trying to build a better rod.  

In your quest to find the best fly fishing rod, there are certain aspects that should be considered.  Size, Action, and quality (price) are the three big ones and what we will cover in this article.

Size

The first thing we need to do is figure out what size of rod you will need.  If you are presenting small dry flies to trout, then you will want a light rod with a delicate presentation.  If you are planning on targeting Rooster Fish in the ocean, then obviously the same rod that you use for trout is probably not going to cut it.  There are different sized rods designed for different sized fish and different situations.  Here is a generic list of rod weights and the fish they are designed to fight.  

2wt    small trout, pan fish
4wt    trout, pan fish
6wt    bass, trout,
8wt    steelhead, bass, saltwater
10wt    salmon, steelhead, tuna, saltwater
12wt     saltwater, dorado, sail fish
14wt    saltwater, sail fish, marlin, shark

Obviously there are extremes in most cases, so your individual fly rod needs may differ a bit.

Action

A Fly rod works by throwing line instead of a lure.   It does so by bending and loading up energy to cast the line back and forth.   That is why fly fishing rods can get quite expensive and why quality is so important.  The "Action" of a rod is the term that signifies at what point the rod bends.  There are 3 main types of rod Action: Slow, Medium, Fast.  A rod can also fall somewhere in between actions and be called a combination of the two such as Medium Fast.  Here is a list of the main action types and how they bend:

•    Fast Action: rod bends mostly at the tip.  Built for high line speed good for long casts, accuracy, wind conditions, and casting large flies. These rods are best suited for experienced casters as they are difficult to learn with.

•    Medium Action: rod bends in the mid section of the rod.  This is the easiest rod to cast but will lack the distance and accuracy of faster action rods.

•    Slow Action: whole rod bends when casting.  Made for small streams and short casts.

While Medium Action rods are easiest to cast, if you are a beginner looking for the best fly rod, then you will probably want to go with a medium fast action as eventually you will want to be able to make those longer cast and through heavier flies.

Quality

Quality and price are synonymous with each other.  You will have a hard time finding one that is not the other.  I will tell you one thing though, while there is a huge difference between a set up and 0 rod, the difference between a 0 and 0 is not near as significant but there still is a difference.  When it comes to all fly fishing gear, you will get what you pay for.  My number one rule of thumb is always go with the best fly fishing rod that you can afford.  Number two would be to make sure all fly rod purchases come with a lifetime warranty.  That way you will make an investment designed to last a lifetime and know that you are buying a quality fly fishing set up.

So, what is the Best Fly Fishing Rod?

To answer this, you will have to look at your situation including when, where, and what you are to be fishing for, as well as your experience level.  A good place to refine your search is at www.OnlineFlyFishingGuide.com.  Here you will be able to figure out the size, type, and price range you are after and apply that to figuring out the exact brand, make and model of what is to become your own"Best Fly Fishing Rod".

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Question by Tony: beginning fly fishing and need gear?
i have recently become interested in the sport of fly fishing, and need a rod. i am willing to spend a total of $ 115 for the whole set up. I use the rod to catch eastern trout, blue gills, and the occasional bass if possible. If not for only blue gills, and Eastern trout. I am very new and need some advice on what rod to pick. Please leave links to rods and gear thanks!

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Answer by AIRFLOW
Search the yahoo search engine on this site for questions relating to fly fishing outfits- there are hundreds, most of them asking the exact same thing as you with the same budget range. Most of them are recent and suggest what line ratings to get and have links to outfits on cabelas, bass pro shops and KMD tackle.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

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Fly Fishing In Popular Culture

Fly fishing is an ancient style of fishing that has become an important part of popular culture. Images of it gear often evoke powerful emotions in the viewer.

It was practiced at least as early as the 2nd century by Macedonian anglers; however, some argue that fly fishing may have originated even earlier with the Chinese.

Little is known of the development of it from the 2nd century through the end of the 15th century. The English publication of a book in 1496 detailing dozens of artificial fly designs suggests that the sport was kept active during this period though. It continued to grow in popularity for some time in England, Scotland, Scandinavia and the United States. However, the sport eventually came to be viewed as an elitist sport, in part due to the high cost of fly fishing gear. Early fly rods were crafted from a tropical wood and later from bamboo. Both types of rods were expensive. By the 1920s interest in fly fishing in the United States had peaked.

Following World War II, fly fishing interest increased in the United States again. The introduction of fiberglass fishing rods, mono filament leaders, and synthetic line all served to lower the cost of fishing gear. Fly fishing interest in the United States was once again on the rise. Many of our fathers and grandfathers were fly fishermen of this era, and the overall respect that is given that generation in American culture may be reason enough to explain the enduring strength of it in popular culture.

Over the years Western it has emerged with its own cultural image. This may be due to several factors, including the American romanticizing of Western culture in general along with some brilliant marketing by early Western fly fishing entrepreneurs. The Western American cultural image of fly fishing is inextricably linked with horses, wide-brimmed hats, and leather apparatus. Western-clad fly fishers wading a rocky river while horses graze nearby on the aspen-lined shore is a powerful picture that transports most of us to a place we want to be. Whether the image is completely rooted in reality is not important.

Consider how many images designed to communicate masculinity feature fishing gear. Artists and graphic designers know that images are a powerful way to communicate masculinity - whether attempting to speak to men or to speak about men.

Even those who have not held a fly rod in years are powerfully impacted by the image of a fly rod or a fly fishing scene. The picture instantly transports people back in time. Fly fishing is so deeply embedded in the American culture that a single picture can take us back to childhood or transport us to a far away place. In this place the world seems right again; everything is once again as it should be.

It's an important part of popular American culture. Images of fly fishing abound in movies, magazines, books and homes. Even an image of it apparatus communicates powerfully to many Americans. It's an important part of American popular culture and history.

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Fly Fishing - The Simple Art

In its simplicity, fly fishing transcends the commonplace to become art itself.

Years ago I used to live in the Berkshires, the heavily forested and hilly land of Western Massachusetts, home to writers, theater folk, and artists of all types.  It is a beautiful place, a land rich with natural beauty.  Its rivers and lakes boast trout of all kinds - brook, brown, rainbow, even tiger trout (a cross between a female brown and male brook trout) and fishing with flies is deeply embedded in the angling culture of the area.

The Berkshires are home to painters, too, and of these I count Norman Rockwell as my best example of a painter who grabs the inner heart of fishing.  Rockwell, who lived in Stockbridge, Massachusetts from 1953 to his death in 1978, did homage to that ideal.  All outdoor sports have their cache of needed equipment, and fishing is no different.  Every angler has his or her favorite fly fishing gear to port along.  But it is in the quiet simplicity of casting flies, over and over again, that one begins to feel what Rockwell once said:  "if it isn't an ideal world, it should be so."

Fly fishing is a game of cat and mouse, or fly and fish, true.  Whether it's Montana fly fishing, with its pristine mountain lakes and rivers, or a wilderness trek for Alaska fly fishing, it's all the same. 

Combing the banks, one is always on the hunt for the trout rise, trying to read its complex nature - bubbles?  rings?  nipping rise, or gobbling attack? - and thereby one decides on a fly and a strategy.  But at the heart of it lies the desire for more than fish.   One is after solitude and peace, and connection with a pastime which stretches back into the mists of time. Those who are interested in fishing should also wear suitable camouflage clothing so that they can take advantage of all the great wonders of fishing.

Perhaps no one said it better than Herbert Hoover:

"Fishing is much more than fish.  It is the great occasion when we may return to the simplicity of our forefathers."

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Learning To Use A Fly Rod

According to the official Boy Scouts of America Field book, "Fly casting is a skill you can learn in a few minutes, and then spend the rest of your life trying to perfect." This certainly rings true, and it is certain that there are few fishing activities more enjoyable than the noble art of fly-fishing. This article will focus on the "few minutes" part of that quote, and get you on the way to fishing enjoyment with a minimum of fuss.

When fly-fishing, your equipment will consist of a rod 6-10 feet long, a winch reel located below the rod, and the line, which is weighted to be heavier than regular fishing line. When fly-fishing, instead of putting a sinker on the end of your line to carry it out as you cast, fly fishermen use no sinker: the line itself acts as a weight. Don't make the mistake of trying to use your regular fishing gear for fly-fishing: take it from me, you won't get anywhere. The good news is, though, you can get set up for fly-fishing relatively cheaply, and then you can fish as much as you want for the cost of the gas to get to and from your favorite fishing hole.

Now, as you cast, the main difference that you will notice from conventional fishing is that you do not leave the line in the reel: you will actually pay out a little bit of line and hold it in your hand, then release it as you cast. This can look a little silly, but considering the low weight of a fly-fishing rig and the precision required in fly fishing to drop your fly right where you want it, directly over the fish, it is a necessity. So, before you actually cast, swing the rod back and forth over your head a few times, getting a feel for it and feeling the loading energy go from the rod to line and back. As you do this, use the hand that is not holding the pole to feed out the line from the reel and control the length of it. After about half a minute, you will have enough line looping in the air to cast, so swing the rod tip out toward your target, watching the line arc out over the water. Where you put the fly will depend on the current of the water: if it is still, place it right on top of the fish. It is moving, place it a little above the fish and let it float down to them.

Other types of fishing may get you bigger fish, but one thing is true: no other fishing experience in the world can top the satisfaction of expertly casting out a fly and watching a big bass explode out of the water for it. It doesn't matter how many times you see it happen: when that water pops, you'll jump.

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When searching for an excellent journey on fly rod, weight is definitely something to take into consideration.  The technique to get is rod that is light-weight is to go together with a top quality rod.  The inexpensive combo rods aren't solely a agony to cast, particularly quickly learn how to cast, however they're made with heavy materials.  On the contrary, a quality rod shall be much simpler to learn how to cast and can weigh quite a lot less, which is a great factor not only when traveling, but in addition whenever out fishing all day long. Another cause why it's go with a quality rod is because most rods over about 0 will come with a life span warranty.  This makes the purchase of a fly rod a life span verdict so do yourself a favor and go together with just one you want forever.  A very good rule of thumb is to purchase the most suitable rod that you can afford to pay for and you won't turn out to be disappointed.  And oh yeah, and ensure this can be a four piece. Cell cellphone and charger.
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