A few years back I worked with Mary Ann and several other very experienced fly casters to look at how different fly casting styles impact that way a bamboo fly rod bends…i.e. how the motions of your hand/wrist/arm during the cast can bend different rod tapers differently. My goal was to gain a better understanding of why each of us prefer different actions of bamboo fly rods. Through extensive stop-action video analysis, we were able to show different rod bending motions which can impact the power and accuracy in your cast depending on what taper fly rod you cast. And if you cast a particular taper well, then it’s probably one you like. I pulled together a presentation that I presented at the 2022 Corbet Lake Bamboo Fly Rod Gathering, and I have also given it at other events. One of these presentations was recorded and can be found at the following link: VRG – 20200808 – Dozer – Casting Style Affecting Your Choice of Tapers (bamboorodmaking.com). Check it out!!!
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More Summer Fly Fishing in Idaho
We got the chance to fish Big Creek in Central Idaho this summer with a group of friends….fly in by small plane to a dirt runway…and pack horses to a wilderness camp. Fishing was excellent for cutthroats in the 10″ to 15″ range with large dry flies. Mary Ann and I fished our 8′ 0″ 5 wt bamboo fly rods the entire trip. Here are a few photos.
Waiting for the planes to take us to Big Creek.
Ready to board.
Big Creek down below.
Saddle Up!
Ready to ride!
Working a great run with dry flies.
A nice cuttie!
One More that fell to a Clark’s Stonefly Dry.
Summer Fishing In Idaho
Mary Ann and I spend a week fishing in Stanley, Idaho this summer on the Salmon River. Here are a few shots our time out with our 4 wt bamboo fly rods.
All about Bamboo!
My 7′ 9″ fast action 4 wt rod.
Mary Ann working a nice run.
More “fishy” water with Mary Ann.
Some of the local wildlife.
Fishing, Fishing, Fishing!!!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on my Blog…been fishing a lot this summer. Mary Ann and I spent 6 weeks fishing in Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado. In Oregon we fished the Owyhee River, in Idaho we fished the Salmon River, Marsh Creek, and Bear Valley Creek, In Wyoming we fished the New Fork River, Savery Creek, North Platte River, and Encampment River. In Colorado we fished the Frying Pan River, Yampa River, Service Creek, and the Poudre River. And, we used a variety of bamboo rods along the whole trip. Here are a few random photos from our “summer vacation”.
The Sawtooth Mountains near Stanley, Idaho.
The Salmon River
A beautiful Salmon River Cutthroat.
Marsh Creek, Idaho
A Marsh Creek Cutthroat
The New Fork River, Wyoming with our great guide, Ryan Hudson.
A beautiful New Fork Rainbow
Mary Ann fighting a Savery Creek Rainbow.
Cicadas were the bug-of-choice at Savery Creek
A Savery Creek Rainbow
A Frying Pan River rainbow that took a PMD Comparadun.
The Yampa River in Colorado
A beautiful brown that came to the surface for a dry.
A Yampa River Cutbow
Euronymphing on the Poudre River in Colorado
Service Creek, Colorado
A nice Service Creek Brookie
Savery Creek, Wyoming
It’s been a busy summer so I haven’t posted for a while. Mary Ann and I recently took a 3 week trip to Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho for some fantastic fly fishing. I’ll share some photos from Savery Creek, Wyoming in this post. Savery Creek is a very large working cattle ranch in central Southern Wyoming. They have 18 miles of private trout water on their ranch. And, they put strong limitations on the numbers of guests staying at the lodge so the water doesn’t get overfished. First, Savery Creek is a very small tail water, populated with big rainbows, a few browns, and a few tiger trout. Most of our fish were between 14″ and 20″. All their fishing is guided, and our guides, Bryce and Matt, did a fantastic job. We fished 4 days on the ranch, and never put on a subsurface fly….everything was dry fly fishing, mostly with cicadas, hoppers, ants, and some smaller mayflies and caddis. Mary Ann and I both fished 5 wt bamboo fly rods. Fishing was great, the lodge was great, and the meals were great. All in all, we had a fantastic time and are hoping to get back there next year. Here are a few photos:
Getting to the Lodge…crossing Savery Creek.
Savery Creek, Wyoming
Inside the Lodge at Savery Creek.
Searching for a fish.
A typical Savery Creek Rainbow.
A beautiful Rainbow.
A nice Savery Creek Trophy.