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Top 10 Signs You Might Be Addicted to Fly Fishing Small Streams

By Tom Chandler 6/9/2010

The Top 10 Signs You Might Be Addicted to Fly Fishing Small Streams

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Run out of 4x tippet while 5x and 6x spools still full

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Pulse quickens noticeably when the trout is bigger than the #12 stimulator it grabbed

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Pay hacker to crash Google Maps/Google Earth so others can't find streams

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Think "spey rods" are used to neuter dogs


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See sniper camouflage "Ghillie suit" online and wonder why no one told you about the perfect small stream fishing outfit

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When you walk into the kitchen and hear the sink running, you instinctively drop into a duck walk and look for cover

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Develop an unreasonable hatred of willow trees

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On rare occasion you fly fish from drift boat, guide gives you funny look because you're fishing from hands and knees

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Hold tiny small stream trout only 3" from camera in attempt to create Moldy Chum "Slab of the Month" entry

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High-five your fishing buddy after completing any cast longer than 15'
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Tom Chandler

As the author of the decade leading fly fishing blog Trout Underground, Tom believes that fishing is not about measuring the experience but instead of about having fun. As a staunch environmentalist, he brings to the Yobi Community thought leadership on environmental and access issues facing us today.

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What, no camouflage net for the car? And you call yourself a small stream fisherman?
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I'll be fishing a little creek tomorrow..If It doesn't SNOW tonight- Its about 9000 feet, so I can't really get there if its icy..what weather we're having..
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-5: You park far from the target water and wait until there's not another car in sight before getting out, grabbing your gear and racing into the woods unseen. Ninja, small stream fanatic.
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-4: Secret stream. No. Double secret.
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I wish that I could send you a picture of my home trout water! I have a five foot, four weight that overpowers the fish in the stream. If the Stripers aren't around in numbers this year (again) that might be most of my fishing until fall. It's good to be back!
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You sit and watch the water go by and you dream about better days,smiling trout and good dogs... And the whole time a fish is under your feet. (Ray Ovington) was right. They are all under the tip of your rod. The ones your remember that is.
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Interestingly, the "One Year Ago" widget in my sidebar told me that this time last year, I fished an alpine stream - that's at least another month out of reach this year.Oy vey.
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I hang my head in shame and admit- “I am a small stream fisherman” Don't worry. I'm forming an expensive extensive support group right now...
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Pretty cool!!! 6" wild fish in small waters are more exciting to me than the 26" holdovers in the local tailwater........Browns, Bows, Cutts, Atlantics I love them all but none as much as Brookies up high in the mountains.......
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Well thanks TC, ...This post has forced me to admit that perhaps I'm not the all around flyfisher I thought I was. The 4X and willow comments are especially damning, though I must admit that I have thought it strange for a long time that when I tell folks I bring to my favorite fishing holes to be "extra super stealthy"- they still manage to scare everything for three pools in either direction...I ... more hang my head in shame and admit- "I am a small stream fisherman"....
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-3: your concerns for the day include Stinging nettle, Poison oak, and rattlesnakes. Among other hazards. 4x tippet on small streams? I've been using 7x myself. If you're not fishing 4x or 5x - the stream isn't all that brushy. I started buying the "guide" spools of 4x. The fish don't care about the tippet size on the tiny creeks, but the trees do. They gobble up 6 like its no tomorrow. If its a wide-open ... more small creek... well then of course, fish 7x... but I don't tie flies fast enough to fish 7x on a Southern California Freestone.
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4x tippet on small streams? I've been using 7x myself.
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-2: Fish half a DT flyline? Try 1/8.
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0. Are unsettled at the prospect of wading through water deeper than your Converse Hi-Tops. -1. You give up trying to cast into the deep shade of an impenetrable lie, instead of being frustrated you extend your arm and dap the fly vertically into the Inaccessible Grotto of Massive and Hidden ... after you verify no one is watching.
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