https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/discount-fly-fishing-gear-blog.html The Discount Fly Fishing Blog keeps you up-to-date with all the additions and changes to the Fly-Fishing-Discounters.com Web site. Subscribe here. en-us discount fly fishing gear Thu, 10 Aug 2017 04:31:34 -0400 Thu, 10 Aug 2017 04:31:34 -0400 fly-fishing-discounters.com https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/the-one-that-didnt-get-away.html07249afd98d2598dfdaef0419e6221b5 To start off, I LOVE to fish but I am TERRIBLE at it! I am basically just feeding the fish because I am not good at all at setting the hook. I didn't Thu, 10 Aug 2017 04:31:27 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/aunt-jemima.html767f4b716c39716c54f43fcead91eaddWe use pancake batter. Soak the bass in milk for an hour or two. Mix your pancake batter following the directions on the box. 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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:55:37 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/we-are-hungry.htmlcbfe9aa47032ba81e6fae131a735eb30We caught this peacock bass today In a canal In pinecrest. We had a great time although I left hungry as we released him back into the canal. I have been Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:34:37 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/i-think-its-a-state-record-crappie.html9749667005a020c1403c93ed53727b19I caught this crappie in February, 2012 in a pond in Covington, LA using a 15' crappie pole and a 1/8 oz road runner jig. it was 17.75 long and weighed Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:33:21 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/the-catch-and-release-of-a-real-monster.html6748d24cf610b129730b3d90ac0529b5It was a crisp bright October day in Yellowstone Park and I came to Madison Junction with my friend, Tom. I wanted to fish the mouth of the Firehole River Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:28:17 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/where-can-i-find-it-at-restaurant.html92cf1257ca1ade7e2c702f88c7f0bf18Yes , SNOOK fish , a kind of fish I ever ate , it's really good , I don't know where in the USA they have in the restaurant or not , but in my state fl Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:19:47 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/the-one-that-got-away.htmlaea55d926a9f50597d1b7757a4fb7648WHEN I WAS ABOUT 12YRS OLD I WAS FISHING AT A LOCAL BASEBALL PARK. WHEN MY COACH WALKED UP AND ASKED ME WHY I QUIET BASEBALL,I TOLD HIM THAT I DON'T BELONG Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:34:12 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/drop-pole.htmldf72f50b2acdffe26fea3143ad2e4de9The 1st bass we hooked in the morning. Santa Claus (Austin), dropped the pole when the bass jumped out of the water. It scared him. He ran backwards Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:30:29 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/artic-grayling-recipe.html67d19bc3fde0089702f749d1fd1edbeaone whole grayling cleaned and dressed (fins removed leave the head and skin) 2tbsp chopped green pepper 2tbsp chopped red pepper 2tbsp chopped onion 2 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:33:37 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/hooked-champ-and-lost-em.html2d2d0f0ce1e90016f4acd632a793ab30While fishing in the depth of the cold waters of Lake Champlain, a fantastic thing occurred. I was down rigging for Lake Trout and hooked a decent fish. Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:23:03 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/pecan-encrusted-dolly-varden.html1c5771401a05151168bf7fad1a9d98f0I like to butterfly my Dolly Varden's and use pecan flour instead of regular flour to lightly coat the fish. It's nutty, crispy and allows the flavor Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:19:16 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/how-i-oneupped-the-ol-man.htmlb581254c67c2af733c102e3b4002463eWe were at the cottage and the ol' man wanted to go fishing really bad. It was hot and I said no until I gave in. We went to the close fishing hole and Sat, 21 Jul 2012 18:46:54 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/a-keeper-for-life.htmld5c59725b055fe97e981b7b1ce62d9baI live in a small family friendly community called Fayson Lakes. Here, plenty of people fish, and I am one of them. I am twelve years old and have been Sat, 7 Jul 2012 17:09:33 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/a-little-girls-big-catch.html8dde1d67ea937e6631b154e40053fd8bMy daughter, Taylor was staying with my parents at their summer home in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, when she caught a whopper of a fish. She was fishing Tue, 22 May 2012 20:11:48 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/my-daughter-and-her-snag.html9dbb74e20c56e0be9e4c7cb5d5f26c25It was a nice spring day on our little lake of ours. My daughter and I went out in our boat to do some fish'n. She is a six year old motor mouth that Tue, 22 May 2012 20:04:41 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/snookies-.htmldcd3d59e12689507d71f6c6d0b9cec59A good sized snook yer talkin 24 inches of lean white filet each side. I like to slice the filets every 4 inches, place them in a pan and add 2-3 inches Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:45:45 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/one-more-cast-walleye-what-a-night.html8871a8e536700d2f1f4cefd77e557c86It was a Sunday Night about 10:30 pm, and I had to leave to go to work the next morning, when my friend told me to stay a little longer. So about the 17th Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:30:30 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/loose-boat-loses-fish.html2ce83ff79f0127dbbb0fe2d3f79c2d09I and three others wear fishing on a lake in northern Ontario .We were in a twelve foot boat. I was in the front of the boat, a lady fisherman and a man Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:44:18 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/big-bass-fish.htmlc667d28223af08954e675316d03e45cdI was walking around the lake looking for a spot to fish so I check this one spot out and set up all of a sudden I see a big 21 inch, 8 pound largemouth Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:38:10 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/south-padre-trout.html28b3a137f30a0407f7a85c160fad17d7Caught from a kayak at Laguna Madre Texas. 26 inches Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:29:27 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/oh-no-wait-one-minute-i-have-a-fish.html73296944f3010289105075719263fa62It all started when my dad told me he was going to take me fishing so the next day. I got into the boat and cast out the line. Iit got sucked underneath Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:26:38 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/the-most-valuable-catch.htmlffe373441a155c1ec667178513f9a689Before the dam was built in 1956 at The Dalles, Oregon, the Indians had a natural fishing area called Celilo Falls. Lewis and Clark on their trek to the Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:18:09 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/pike-the-lunker-that-almost-ot-away.htmlf9e5b92b47d9ff775d10186556958d2e PIKE By Blake It was summer 2011 on my home, the Fox River, and like most days I went out to spend my time the best way-fish! Jumped into my canoe and Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:07:41 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/easy-caught-fish-unpictured.html5dde53a0f2f7175949f9bbf6f04ee803It was myself and a pretty good size group of buddies who decided to go to Cimmeron, New Mexico to do a little trout fishing. Truth be told, we were fishing Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:53:45 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/fly-tying.htmld66f5d6c29bb2342d42b72812e8e2f42What a fly tier needs to make his own, whether beginner or expert. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:25:47 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/what-we-thought-was-a-dryed-up-pond-turned-out-to-be-a-honey-hole-.htmladfd08d5987a9b950d7f507af02db451Me and my buddy went fishing in my grandfather’s pond and didn’t have any luck all day, not even a crappie, which is rare ‘cause I always catch crappie Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:49:30 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/rainbow-trout-recipes.html7baf58d83eda4ae654f8c059eac1a803Here are a couple of fantastic rainbow trout recipes that are sure to please whether you are cooking outdoors or at home. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:26:01 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/how-i-cought-a-34-oz-gold-nugget-while-fishing-in-alaska.htmlaeb32e16f605ee0141c917d39584425fWhen i was 17 years old I went to stay with my older brother Robert in Alaska. He would take me on the weekends to fish for salmon on the Kenai River. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:03:38 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/biggest-bass-ive-ever-seen.html658b7cf1fab673a3874bb1ea28c02b34I was in northern Missouri doing some blasting for a small town’s sewer system when I discovered an old closed quarry. I caught some of the biggest channel Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:04:00 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/a-glow-in-the-water.htmlbb112e3a3c25323f460abfa5d0927d23We were up at Donegal Lake fishing all day and did not catch anything. We started fishing for with orange power bait. We let it sit on the bottom for Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:14:50 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/how-i-battled-with-a-seal-but-still-won-my-king-salmon.htmlb721b78df3081b3cfe8b4b2eccc4ddbbI was fishing the Kenai River on Friday, July 9, 2011. I hooked into a beautiful bright King Salmon and in the midst of my battle to bring her to the Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:27:45 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/colon-phenomenon.html712e91c4e3f097064794e8ba8e2f4608I was fishing on the railroad bridge in colon mi and lost a largemouth bigger than me and my cousin together Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:26:12 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/dav-healing-waters-story.html0bd3666591a0ab0241c6efe206b54932 There is a new therapeutic program for disabled veterans called healing waters http://www.projecthealingwaters.org/ I just recently joined and from their Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:25:06 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/my-search-for-mongo-walleyes-will-never-end.htmlebe27266c63cb3cf549af04c1aab2a11A Mongo 16 lb. pre-spawn female caught in Central Washington State on the Columbia River near the Wenatchee on a 1/2 oz. black tube tail jig and crawler. Fri, 3 Jun 2011 17:24:48 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/if-you-dont-fish-you-dont-catch-.htmlbbc237d652fe1b1a978f1fd992ed2f17EVERYONE ASKS WHERE DID YOU CATCH THAT. I PUT MY FINGER IN MY MOUTH, PULL ON MY CHEEK AND SAY RIGHT HERE Sun, 29 May 2011 03:55:01 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/how-i-cought-a-34-oz-gold-nugget-fishing-in-alaska.htmld2fbccb8dfd2f0036a510cede74ebbd6When i was 17 years old i went to stay with my older brother Robert in Alaska. He would take me fishing on the weekends to fish for salmon on the Keni Wed, 18 May 2011 21:33:02 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/the-day-it-got-away.htmla1004d9e02a9bc6b11f5304449758989There it was, the beautiful beast, right in my hands. I turned my attention from the fish to the cheering crowd around me, myself feeling slightly proud Wed, 18 May 2011 21:21:45 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/fishing-gadgets.htmlb0b40f13b3a2b2efc1e38827510fb23dFly fishing gadgets and gizmos are part of the fun of fishing. It seems someone is always coming up with a new gizmo to help make a job easier while you're out on the water. Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:37:31 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/discount-fly-fishing-gear-blog.html#Newest-DVDs-of-Interest1f51097a029b9000060290ea413b3065European Nymphing Techniques & Fly Tying"** "Eastern Rises"** "The Search Tahiti"** "Casts That Catch Fish"** "The Source New Zealand"** "The Source Tasmania" Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:03:34 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/finallya-one-that-got-away-story.html1a49214f23314f6f8a29a2e5d10de62dWhile fishing on the White River in Arkansas, my friend Bill and I had enjoyed a successful outing, with a stringer loaded with some nice pan-sized rainbows, Sat, 1 Jan 2011 14:57:01 -0500 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/salmon-river-here-we-come.html7791bf11cf13bdb00c700154bf5a3008Many years ago (I think it was in 1962), I lived in Old Greenwich, CT and had a close friend, Owen, who lived in nearby Riverside. We went hiking and Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:27:00 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/my-buddies-told-me-your-doing-it-wrong-three-minutes-later.html87607e97b0c1819fa50d8e7a26298db4My two buddies and I went on a late evening fishing trip down at the local lake. It was my first time fishing so late in the day and in a boat, so I was Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:03:55 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/how-i-caught-a-fish-on-another-line.htmlf746042d2251519401568480c4fc8d00My brother and I were fishing in our town pond on evening in the summer of 2010. I had already caught a 1.5 lbs bass and was trying really hard to catch Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:31:05 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/my-golden-day.htmlf169a8e7cd9b080596a601fef8f5c4caI visited my son in Arkansas this month and he took me to our favorite fishing hole on the Little Red River on August 21st, 2010. After catching and Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:10:08 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/when-i-lost-the-fish-of-a-lifetime.html8f7e122caa14ac004df1e9cbd01e11a0I was fishing in the Columbia River in Oregon on a small dinghy. I switched to a pumpkin seed Gitzit salty mega tube. I made another nice cast and said, Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:17:20 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/the-high-flying-trout.html0c57906f58d1dec1d582a92322fd7230Using a wet fly and bobber combination in Lake Lisa in the Tok area of Alaska, the small (looked like 18 inch) lake trout was hooked!!! The bobber, splashing Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:33:38 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/two-for-one.html0224f3ec01a0b6d8a4ced488a5ce97f5Thought I hooked it in the belly,to my surprise I had 2 keepers on a 3.5 floater Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:38:01 -0400 https://www.fly-fishing-discounters.com/small-mouth-bass.htmlf6cadd7071f0cb8c9fb14313ce0f0608If you want to get major fish, go to Lake Tapps in Washington State. Use white or green SCENTED WORMS. I highly recommend the white one. If you can't Mon, 31 May 2010 17:52:27 -0400