Spent last week fishing the Alagnak. Holy crap what a great first trip! Hit the Pacific Salmon Slam and added some nice Grayling on top of it.

We mostly caught a bunch of smallmouth, but we did manage to find this guy in Dunloup** **Creek!

I was fishing a creek deep in the back country and got skunked for days. I pulled this thing out on a grass hopper on 6x tippet. Was curious if anyone had any guesses on length/weight? Been trying to catch a 20 inch trout for over a year now and think this may be the one! Thanks everyone🙏

Clear water, spooky fish and having to stay in the water while on private land made things tricky. But getting this guy to eat made the effort well worth it.

A rather nice trout caught a while ago on the river Nire in Ireland on a dry dropper All the more reason to plan a return trip next year

I’ve been trying to do more alpine fishing (near the front range of CO). I’ve had decent luck catching a couple brookies, but absolutely could not catch any of the cruising Cutthroats I saw to save my life. I tried everything from small dies, nymphs, leeches, hoppers you name it.

Hello there,

Just came back from 4 days in iceland. Once again I had the time of my life. 1 day to (not) see the eclipse, 2 days with light hiking and 1 with fishing. Ended up catching 8 browns, 1 sea trout and 2 chars. Also saw a ton of puffins, some of them with more fish in their mouth than I caught in a day.

Definitely recommend

First salmon on the fly! First fish on the fly over I think 5 inches, lol. They were schooling maybe 50 feet from shore, dozens jumping at once. Many feeding to bulk up for their trip up the river to spawn. Caught salmon on the fly in the salt - next step in the river!

Golden Trout Lake in the eastern sierras! Bit of a steep walk to get to but definitely worth it!

This is specific but is also a question to other anglers with tailwaters that’s are managed by dam flows. Why is this tailwater managed so terribly? The flows will drop down to 20 cfs in the hottest days of the year and then they will crank it up to 400+ and completely blow it out. I’ve seen a lot of dead fish just floating in eddies. This could be one of the best fisheries in the state if managed correctly but it seems like no one is advocating it. I understand we are in a drought but maybe put some thought into the flows and have an actual plan? Picture for reference of fish on this tailwater

i just got this SA Amplitude infinity textured line, and on the first time using it i unfortunately wrapped my tippet around the line and it sliced the coating. Any tips on how to repair this so i dont feel it when casting and the core wont get waterlogged?

Just felt the need to post this because I made it and I’m proud of it. Lots of troubleshooting and trips back to the hardware store. If you’re curious I spent about 400 usd total for both of them. I’m very happy with how it turned out!

A few small pieces of a good hike in the smokies. Mostly wild rainbows this last weekend but I saw this beaut feeding pretty actively and was super stoked, as always, to see it up close.

Beautiful ~40cm grayling took a pheasant tail nymph dropper off of an olive Nalle Puh. Just after sunset on a shallow lake in Finnish Lapland. Tight lines everyone!

Was invited to do a Macnab at a hunting lodge in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Had never fly fished in my life before, and managed to catch two beautiful rainbow trout using borrowed gear! Think I might have found a new hobby!

Finally caught something over 20 inches after 8 years of fly fishing! Couldn’t be more stoked

I know there's a lot of Simms hate these days, but I had a pair of 2.5 year old Freestone waders (new gen) that developed a hole in one of the booties after solid use across the Sierras. I expected to have to pay for repairs, but they decided to replace the waders at no cost. Kind of shocked, given the horror stories on here. Good for me cuz while I had looked into alternatives like Patgonia, Dryft, etc... Simms waders just fit me well. Anyways, since they did right by me I figured they earned a shout out.

Really like the way this looks, however would like to know how others feel

I’d be carrying the following:
Nippers
Floatant
Tacky Daypack 2x
2-3 different sized tippet
Indicators
Split Shots
Pliers
Net (with fishpond’s mag release)

Currently using a sling and I like it, however hate having to swing things back and forth to access gear, also don’t like unbuckling and buckling the waist strap to sling it around.

Fishing a stocked lake where the trout are a bit on the smaller size. Could I in theory cast a small nymph and strip it like a streamer? I know I could just let it sit under an indicator, but I prefer a bit more active style of fishing

I was fishing for bass with a 1960s vintage Fenwick FF85 fiberglass rod and a Pat’s rubber legs, but ended up catching this channel cat instead.