I just wanted to do a little introduction for those who dont know me on this board...

I fly fish.
I catch fish...
I dont sugar coat things...
I tie flies

Ill be happy to help here...

I really enjoyed all the fine TFR hospitality and I am sure I will enjoy this place as well.

For all you TFR folks... This will make you feel at home.

Wanted.. A cheap rod that doesnt cost more than5 dollars, a reel that will melt under thetexas heat or any fish of substantial size. Fly line that you can make in your bassment and homemade leaders that will for sure snag any debris in the water.

A P-Row Special is acceptable as long as it is up to the usual standards of using cheap parts and sloppy wraps otherwise I dont want it.

Thanks all for the help.

BassRTrash,
I've heard your quite the expert at trolling with the fly rod.

Trolling for what? Stripers? Other fish? Chix? Stumps? Boat docks? Mosquitos?

Just kidding of course. But seriously, how do you troll with a fly rod? And what are you fishing for?

Gray et al,
He trolls alright
for responses...

Trolling for Trout the Ultralight Way
by Dexter

The anticipation for the Trout opening weekend has come and gone and you've got the rest of the season to fish your heart out. You've caught limits upon limits at your local stomping grounds (or lakes) and you're feeling as though fishing is starting to get a little boring. You've been trolling with the same gear every year since grandpa taught you how. How about mixing things up? A slight alteration to your trolling and fishing perspectives when fishing for trout in the many lakes in Washington can yield many more hours of enjoyment.

Sure, you can use just about any rod and reel combo to troll a myriad of lures. But when it comes to the quality of really feeling a fight regardless of the size of trout, there's only one way to go - an ultralight set-up.

Ultralight fishing isn't anything new. However, when you start to put your own twist to this specific way of fishing, it feels all the more satisfying. When I first realized that trolling for trout was effective, I started to tinker with my selection of gear. At this point catching limits isn't my goal. I decided that I wanted to enjoy the first reason why I started to fish - fighting a hooked fish.

Rod and Reel.
Most trout rods can be used to troll. Finding the right one for your own preference is the tricky part. First I tried small 5 to 6 foot whippy rods. Great action, but not enough leverage when I hooked the above average stocked trout. Also, I ended up having to hold the rod all the time while trolling because the grip isn't long enough to fit in my rod holder without falling.

To combat the leverage problem I decided that a long rod would do the trick. A long rod also allowed the rig to be trolled away from the sides of the boat. I experimented with a fly rod that I salvaged when I broke the tip. The rod is a 5 weight and is about 7 foot long (it was originally an 8'6" rod). With a small spinning reel, I was able to catch and land trout up to 18 inches. This particular rod has a fast action and has no problems handling a fight with 4 lb test lines. I love the arc that this rod makes when I've got a fish on. On the negative side, since it's a fly rod where the reels are usually on the end, I was unable to use my rod holders.

Finally, the newest rod I'm experimenting with is a Noodle rod. It's about 9'6" spinning rod. It's got the right type of grip that allows me to put it on a rod holder and it's got the right action and leverage - lots of leverage. This rod handled the typical stocked trout nicely...lots of give and super soft. So far so good. The only caviat is it's not as lightweight as the fly rod.

As for a reel, I'm currently using a Shimano Sedona 1000FA. It's a solid small and compact reel with a great drag system and virtually no play with the bail. The only thing that I do not like with spinning gear is when letting line out, you can open the bail or set your drag on low and pull line out. Either way it may cause twists on your line. I'm probably going to end trying out small baitcasting gear. That'll be another story.

Lures and Hardware
Most of my trolling is flat lining. Meaning, I'm mainly fishing the top part of the water column with no added weights. I'm usually fishing with just a lure or sometimes in combination with very small flashers. The smallest set of flashers I can find that is readily available is Sep's Mini Micro Flashers. They are available with either a Willow or Colorado style blades. The flasher is only 12 inches in length and hardly weighs anything especially when fighting a fish.

For lures, my staples are Vibrax Minnow Spins, Panther Martin Spinners. Sep's Kokanee Candy spoons, Luhr Jensen Needlefish spoons, Worden's Roostertails, Flatfish F4s, Mepps Spinners, small Rapalas, and Flies. I've found that the spoons and spinners are effective on bright sunny days with a little chop on the water. The flies are deadly on bright sunny days with the water like glass. The Rapalas and the Minnow Spins are great for the dark cloudy days. One thing I try to do is to change lures as often and as the conditions change.

Remember the walri

it was a joke... trolling, as in trolling on forums and message boards...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

Troll Dolls

History
Originally created in 1959 by Danish fisherman and woodcutter Thomas Dam,[2] the dolls became popular in several European countries during the early 1960s, shortly before they were introduced in the United States. Dam, a poor woodcutter, could not afford a Christmas gift for his young daughter Lila and carved the doll from his imagination. When other children in the Danish town of Gjol saw the Troll Doll, they wanted one as well and Dam began selling them locally. The originals, also called "Dam Dolls", were of the highest quality, featuring sheep wool hair and glass eyes. Their sudden popularity, along with an error in the copyright notice of Thomas Dam's original product, resulted in cheaper imitations and knock-offs which flooded the American and North American shelves.

These imitations, also known as Uneeda's Wishnik Trolls, Treasure Trolls, Gonks, Norfins, and other trade names, commonly shared the signature tall hair, lovable face and pot belly. It was not until 2003 that a Congressional law allowed the Dam family of Denmark to restore their original U.S. copyright and become the only official manufacturer once again. A division of Uneeda, a company that made millions of dollars various times by manufacturing Troll Dolls in the U.S., challenged the restoration of that copyright in court. They lost when the court ruled that the Dam Company was the sole owner. [3]

Many people collect trolls; the originals maintain the highest value. Some collectors have thousands of troll dolls, ranging in size from miniature gumball machine prizes and pencil toppers to dolls over one foot tall.


[edit] Pop culture
The fan base of trolls has been acknowledged and prominently featured on the TV sitcom The Drew Carey Show, in which one of the characters, Drew's nemesis Mimi, collects them and keeps them on her desk at work. Another troll lover is Joy Miller from the movie The Beautician and the Beast; she is a beautician who is interested in making new hair styles for her trolls. A troll doll is also featured in the Toy Story movies but neither talks nor plays a significant role because of questions at the time regarding the doll's "public domain" status, which would eventually return ownership by the Dam family. The trolls are also seen in the movies The Borrowers, Tank Girl, Whore, 54, Over the Hedge, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Snow Day, the television series' King of the Hill, Gomer Pyle, USMC, Living Single, The Nanny, Friends, Step by Step, 7th Heaven, The Treehouse Trolls, The Simpsons (episodes "Flaming Moe's", "Bart's Girlfriend", and "I Am Furious Yellow"), and the album The Bathroom Wall by Jimmy Fallon.


[edit] 1990s and beyond
During the doll's period of popularity in the early-mid 1990s, several attempts were made to market the concept to young boys. This included action figure lines such as the Troll Warriors, Battle Trolls,The Trollies Radio Show, which was a VHS of singing trolls doing such hits such as Kokomo By the Beach Boys, Wooly Bolly and Do Wa Ditty. Stone Protectors (which also had a brief animated series), and even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Trolls. The popular Mighty Max line also had a series named Hairy Heads, also known as Dread Heads. Success at these endeavors were marginal at best. Treasure Trolls were also marketed through other merchandise like T-shirts and even a gummy candy. A platform computer game was released in 1993 on Amiga and PC. Other games were released for the NES and SNES. This fad capitalization even saw a 1994 re-release of Dudes with Attitude simply modified into Trolls from Treasure Island.

In 2005, trolls were modernized in an animated series called Trollz, which stars five trolls who live in a world of ogres, gnomes, dragons, and a bit of magic, but who have the same problems to deal as teens everywhere: boyfriends, pimples, clothes, money, school, and figuring out what it means to grow Trollish.

Ccabal,
As you see, he's got a "nom de guerre" - green trout. Please don't feed the troll.

Les

Let's just let this thread die.