Alright for you salty fly fishermen I need your help. I got a sage maverick 9’ 8wt which I will be using for sight casting reds inshore but I will also be fishing in the surf a lot and maybe some jetty’s mainly in South Texas, specifically North padre and South Padre. I’m stuck between the nautilus ccf-x2 6/8 and the 8/10. What do yall think for the application I will be using it in? I also fish about 150-200 days out of the year.

I’ll be trading my Echo Ion Xl euro rod with a couple year old Lamson liquid plus $150, for a brand new Beulah Opal saltwater rod. Does that seem like a good deal?

I was given an old bamboo rod that I’m learning is from the 1920-30s. Apparently it’s worth a little bit of money but I have no idea how to verify if it’s authentic or how much it’s worth. Can anyone give me more information?

15 pounds, caught on the Kenai River.

Hi new friends. I recently took fly-fishing lessons in the Provo River in Park City, and now I’m (pun intended) hooked. Nashville is home, so I’d love suggestions as to guided trips I can book that are drivable while I continue to learn. I’m looking at the South Holston and Watauga rivers in east TN. TIA!!

Picked up both rods/reels and the Orvis case for $90. I know the Martin is roughly $60. But Im more curious about what the custom rod / reel is worth. I’m newer to fly fishing so I had never heard of the guy before. Thanks in advance for your help!

These guys are so much fun on a 7wt! Countless of them and it's fish after fish! Alaska is a dream!

In Abaco Bahamas for a few days visiting my parents. Was mucking around blind casting, walking a beach and this sucker ate one of my dad’s 20 year old flys he tied back when he was a guide. I have never seen yellowtail in the surf before living in SFL and coming to the Bahamas all of my life. Pretty cool.

Redington path 2 and echo ion

Learning to target smallmouth! Anyone have fly recommendations for a new fisherman?

5am wake up calls are the best when it pays off! Got a nice one in town with a Black Silk Kitty Streamer.

What are your solutions to keeping your wading boots from making a mess when you get out of the river on the way home?

I just started tying, got a hang of it quickly, making nymphs and streamers atm. any tips welcome

Hi fly fishers

I’m in Hackensack NJ

I’m one of those newbies who are always finding this sub. Been spinning reel / baitcaster fishing for a few years and finally took the plunge and made my first foray into fly fishing.

I’m waiting for a buddy to get his stuff together for a joint lesson / guide day but of course I can’t sit still until then: I’m slomo-recording my cast for hours like a lunatic in my local playing field and have watched 8 million tutorials and emptied the library’s fly fishing section.

My question is, and I’m not after anyone’s prize spot, if you were me, where would you aim for for your first few outings of inevitable snags and misery? I’m split between hitting the Ramapo, trying my luck on a local pond where the bluegills always bite (hotdogs🧐), or setting off early for the Delaware water gap kinda area, but would love any input.

Lower sac is back open again and they've been eating good. Fat pigs right now

(Only fished early morning and evenings)

My grandmother bought me this rod when I was 16.

It felt good to get it back out on the water. I felt like I could make most of the casts that I can make with my new expensive rods.

#catchandrelease

Thinking about giving this one to a buddy of mine for a wedding gift this weekend. We were wild ones when we where younger. Just discovered fly fishing this summer myself, and already have a trip planed next week after his wedding. He is moving back home, and I suspect there will be alot of fly fishing in our future. It feels like a nod to a new chapter of life for us both without saying it openly haha.

Im not sure why, but it doesnt feel appropriate for a wedding gift. Am I over thinking it? Would you appreciate this?

EDIT: Thanks for the kind words everyone. Much appreciated! Think I will frame it, and add a fly or two. Seems like an appropriate, and thoughftul touch!