Comments on: Fly Fishing Your Home Waters, Wherever They Are

By: Closing Day Approaches; I Whine About Looming Fly Fishing Choices | The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:00:41 +0000

[...] Stream Y, in fact. [...]

By: The Underground Seemingly Can’t Stop Fly Fishing Small Streams (Sadly, Cattle Don’t Fly Fish) | The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:53:20 +0000

[...] And yes, a couple bazillion metric tons of cow flop decorated the place, which meant we were visited by a lot of flies, and I was properly thankful the buggers didn’t bite (unlike the mosquitoes from my earlier trip to Stream Y). [...]

By: The Nostalgia of Homewater | Cutthroat Stalker

The Nostalgia of Homewater | Cutthroat Stalker — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:25:34 +0000

[...] Once in the cold press of water, with the weight of the fly rod in hand, I close my eyes and memories return. Then the burden momentarily lifts and refuge comes in the hope of the conjunction of feathers and fins. A nod to Tom at Trout Underground for his recent post on Home Water. [...]

By: Urbanflyfisher

Urbanflyfisher — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:21:36 +0000

I enjoyed that – thanks Tom!

By: Kentucky Jim

Kentucky Jim — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:37:15 +0000

Hmmm…to me, “home water” means that water I’m most likely to fish given the level of planning and preparation I normally do-none. Also, it’s the water I am most familiar with. That said, my home water is about 2 1/2 hours drive north of me. Since that is the case for most everyone in L.A., (with the exception of one or two small streams in the local mountains), and thus given the nature of the commute involved, there exists “a solid body of evidence” that fly fishermen in L.A. are crazier than most.

By: Turnip Truck Driver

Turnip Truck Driver — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:19:51 +0000

Best read since Margaret Mitchell stepped into the street.

By: KBarton10

KBarton10 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:40:10 +0000

Don,
That’s a sensitive subject as TC will attest – he handed me the Diamondglass to try and while it casts as sweetly as described – I swore a lavish and bloodcurdling oath when I tried to use the reel.

Cast Right, Reel Right – them mean old guys at the casting club didn’t tolerate fellows that played, “Hands of the Stranger.”

By: Don

Don — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:24:02 +0000

Hey Tom, does Singlebarbed drive on the wrong side of the road, or does he just reel that way?

By: Benjamin Rioux

Benjamin Rioux — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:46:59 +0000

“That’s because his “home waters” are a five hour drive to the north (the last ten miles on dirt roads),”

@TC: Tis me to a T. I’ve been spending my summer exactly 5 hours south of my home waters. Boooooooo! Great article, it really knocks home how much I really miss fishing my favorite haunts, and the people I fish them with.
-Ben

By: Charles Smith

Charles Smith — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:48:38 +0000

Great article. You nailed the essence of why we chase the little wee fishies and they in turn catch us. Luckily my home waters is a hidden urban creek running through Old growth timber that it unreachable without a stumble and a crawl through downed timber and blackberry thickets. It’s close and it’s beautiful and sea-run cutthroats periodically visit and the smaller rainbows are always there if you don’t mind crawling up on them ( through nettles most of the time). I’m looking forward to reading more :-)