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Post by whelen35 on Jun 27, 2005 18:18:08 GMT -6
Firstly, I would like to say thank you for having this fourm and sparking the idea of fly fishing the Red. Today I found a spot and caught my first big cat on a fly rod, 18 lb 2 oz, and the largest carp to date of 22 lb 6oz. And I also hooked into something that I could not turn with my 8wt and 14 lb leader. The fish were up in a area where the run off water from drainage ditches entered the river, and created a currant in the slack water. I have fished the Red my whole life, but never with fly rod. What great fun!! It took some time to figgure out what they were feeding on, but then I saw them slurping up tadpoles and skeeder larvey up in the grass edges. So after looking at my flies, I tied on a black gnat sunk it down, and bam, bam, bam, it was like magic. It took some time to get the pattern down, but once I did the fishing was great. And the catfish on the fly, wow, more people need to try this!!! Now in my high water spot in a few hours over three days, I have landed walleye, goldeye, carp, catfish, and one small pike. Living between Fargo and Grandforks on the Red, I get some strange looks when slinging the fly's, but it is great fun. Thank you again, and any tips for the Red would be very welcomed. As large as Fargo and Grandforks are, there are no fly fishing clubs locally, so most of what I have learned to do is self taught, so any tips would be helpfull. Thanks, Elliot
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Post by Dale Martens on Jun 27, 2005 21:47:57 GMT -6
Sounds like a great day.... It's nice to get a different perspective on the Red River. Do you ever tie into any smallmouth bass in your section of the Red River?
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Post by caddisguy on Jun 27, 2005 22:25:29 GMT -6
Welcome aboard Elliot. Wer'e about havi'n fun and sharen information. We are running at over 50,000 CFS at our end of the Red River Drain so lots of high water fishing. I think the high fast water gives the fish less options in the main currents so they hang along the shorelines in the small slack back eddies. Fish also like to move out of the river during high water situations . The bait fish move into the flooded vegitation and the Carp and Cats follow them. Nice to here some thing from south of the boarder too .
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Post by whelen35 on Jun 28, 2005 9:42:52 GMT -6
Dale, I have not had any smallmouth bass as to date, but the Red lake river that enters the Red near Grandforks and Crookstown MN has some nice areas to get them. Is the river more sandy near the outlet? The Red here is almost entirely clay. Wadeing would be tough. I bring my family up to Winnipeg 2-3 times a year for a getaway, but have never looked closely at the river up there. I read comments to fly shops, I am assumeing these are in Winnipeg or near by, it would be fun to stop in sometime if I had directions and put a face to a name.
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Post by flyfisheranonymous on Jun 29, 2005 10:58:27 GMT -6
Just drop me a note to let me know when you are coming up. I'm not in the fishin' hole all the time but I can point you in the right direction. Heck... I can even show you what flies to use.
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Post by whelen35 on Jul 12, 2005 18:52:42 GMT -6
Harvest time is comming, so I may hae to wait a bit to get up your way, but next time I am up I will give you a note. Thanks for the offer and the info.
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