2025 Flyfishing Fish Pics

[FishnDave]

On 8/31/2025 at 5:52 PM, snagged in outlet 3 said:

That’s a lot of hand washing 😆

Not nearly as much as you might hope.  

[FishnDave]

On 9/1/2025 at 10:54 AM, Johnsfolly said:

Congratulations Dave! Lots of sweat equity in those catches! 

That's not an understatement.  Each one certainly feels "hard-earned".

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26.5", this ties my best flyrod bowfin:

 

[FishnDave]

Spent Monday afternoon and Tuesday flyfishing with @Ham.

Both were great days.  On Monday, I managed 16 species!!  Here's some of them.

Knobfin Sculpin:

Longear Sunfish:

Creek Chub:

Grass Pickerel:

Redspotted Sunfish:

 

[FishnDave]

Warmouth:

Shadow Bass:

There's @Ham in the picture below!   

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Smallmouth Bass:

Hornyhead Chub:

Rainbow Trout (It has been jokingly mentioned that Sasquatch shows up in pictures just as he is... blurry.  That is in not way related to anything in these pictures):

I saw a melanistic (black) carp.  Would have loved to catch it.  But I caught another member of his pack, who ran completely across the river after getting hooked.  @Ham witnessed that, and also netted the carp and took my pic!

[FishnDave]

Day 2 got 14 species for me, mostly the same ones, a few omissions and a couple different ones.  @Ham put on clinic after clinic on the trout.  Over the 2 days, it was very rare that I'd look over at him, and he wasn't fighting or releasing yet another trout.  It was amazing!  I did pretty good, but not "Hamilton-good"! 

more Rainbow Trouts:

Smallmouth Bass:

Redspotted Sunfish:

Striped Shiner:

Hornyhead Chub:

 

[FishnDave]

Grass Pickerel:

Shadow Bass:

I saw another carp, cast the fly just past it, brought it over its head, then let it drop down right in front of it.  As the fly sank, the carp followed it down.  I guessed it had eaten it, and set the hook.  Yep!  What a fight on 6 lb tippet!  There were 2-3 kayak anglers that stopped and watched for the entire long battle! 27" Mirror Carp!  What a beautiful fish! @Ham behind the lens on this one as well.

 

 

[Ham]

On 9/10/2025 at 5:14 PM, FishnDave said:

Day 2 got 14 species for me, mostly the same ones, a few omissions and a couple different ones.  @Ham put on clinic after clinic on the trout.  Over the 2 days, it was very rare that I'd look over at him, and he wasn't fighting or releasing yet another trout.  It was amazing!  I did pretty good, but not "Hamilton-good"! 

more Rainbow Trouts:

Smallmouth Bass:

Redspotted Sunfish:

Striped Shiner:

Hornyhead Chub:

 

I abused the dopey Rainbows. It was oddly easy. I’m pretty sure that’s the most Rainbows in a day on fly rod for me. 
Dave absolutely knocked it put of the park for species and good size on top of that. The two carp were really impressive. He did a great job getting the eats and a perfect job fighting those fish. 
Well Done!