2022 Flyfishing Pics

[Johnsfolly]

2 hours ago, FishnDave said:

I'm at 103 flyrod Goldfish for the year, and 131 flyrod Koi... (so far).

Dave have you confirmed those totals don't include repeats? Regardless those are big numbers of fish.

The two highest numbers for a single species for me this year is 76 Redbreast sunfish and 99 Black Sea Bass. Looks like I need to go catch some more😉

[FishnDave]

31 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

Dave have you confirmed those totals don't include repeats? Regardless those are big numbers of fish.

 

Absolutely those numbers include repeats, for sure on the Koi.    They don't get easier to catch again, they get much harder to catch again.  The number of refusals from fish I've caught before is hard to watch.

Kind of the whole point of C&R, right? 😁  Based on photo comparisons, I for sure have also re-caught largemouth bass, northern pike, sunfish, grass carp, grass pickerel, bowfin, smallmouth bass.  Probably gar, crappies and trout, too.  I can't think of any reason why I wouldn't count a recapture.

[Johnsfolly]

53 minutes ago, FishnDave said:

Absolutely those numbers include repeats, for sure on the Koi.    They don't get easier to catch again, they get much harder to catch again.  The number of refusals from fish I've caught before is hard to watch.

Just thinking that they are easier to document individuals due to patterning. I have no issues with repeated catches and do agree that most fish get harder to catch a second time.

The only fish that I can say for certain that does not necessarily get "smarter" after being caught are green sunfish. 

[FishnDave]

17 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

The only fish that I can say for certain that does not necessarily get "smarter" after being caught are green sunfish. 

Ha ha!  yes!  I keep telling @Ham that I'm only good at catching Green Sunfish...the World's Easiest Fish to Catch. 

Absolutely, the ones with unique color patterns and scale patterns are definitely easy to recognize when I/we catch them again.  The solid ones are a bit tougher, since there are multiple ones that are solid white, or solid yellow, or solid orange, etc.   But even some of those might have longer fins, or slightly more/less colored fins.  Its actually kind of fun to go through the pictures and try to match up ones I've caught before. Really cool fish.

At the beginning of the day, the fish were pretty aggressive, and catching seemed easy.  One passerby stood next to me for a bit, asking if there were bass in the pond.  (No bass, and I told him so.)  I saw a colorful Koi out in open water.  I cast out ahead of it, and it immediately swam up to the fly from below, acting really aggressive.  Bam!  Fish on!  It looked so easy!  The guy HAD to have been impressed, right?  I was.  But he just mumbled "I bet there's bass in here," and wandered off. Soon enough, the fish got spooked or something, and the rest of the outing was a lot more work to find some willing to strike. 

[FishnDave]

Similar, but different...

 

[Johnsfolly]

These two would fit into that crowd 😉

[FishnDave]

16 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

These two would fit into that crowd 😉

Yes!  They sure would! 👍

[FishnDave]

Like @Johnsfolly , I got into the sunfish over the weekend.  Nothing big.  Decent numbers.  I caught Largemouth Bass, Bluegills, Redears, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish.

 

 

[FishnDave]

...Also mis-hooked a big Crayfish

And saw this Woolly Bear caterpillar amongst the dried weeds:

 

[Johnsfolly]

9 minutes ago, FishnDave said:

...Also mis-hooked a big Crayfish

And saw this Woolly Bear caterpillar amongst the dried weeds:

 

That's an eating sized crayfish!