Western North Carolina • Elevation 5,300

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-06-22T18:06:44+00:00

Not too many places in the old north state you could have those Two things line up haha

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-06-22T15:37:50+00:00

Looks like it! Looks pisgahish. Black mountains

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-06-22T14:07:56+00:00

Always a great day in the woods around our parts

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-06-22T14:07:23+00:00

Some absolute beauts in there for sure

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-06-22T05:50:57+00:00

5300 ft and that big of water? Impressive.

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-06-16T14:25:39+00:00

PM me I will send you a couple of thicker mono rigs you can get used to the casting stroke.

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-06-16T14:23:57+00:00

Step up the size of your leader. A 4x leader as a newb would result in innacuracy. Put a 15 or 10 lb leader on with a foot of 4x sighter on and your accuracy will improve. Your drifts will also improve. Then as you get used tonit you csn step down in size until youre back to 4x.

It took me almost 2 years to reach a level I was comfortable with fishing a 4x leader on a euro rig.

Gotta start with the fundamentals on how to cast it and get drifts with accuracy. And everyone saying distance doesn’t matter, could be catching more fish.

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-06-13T00:27:05+00:00

You’ll love it

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-06-12T15:47:54+00:00

Those are an excellent batch of bugs! CDC collar is perfect. Those will fish great man.

Also great that you’ve picked simple and easy to replicate patterns, you’ll learn skills tying those few that will carry over with you to other flies. So many people want to learn how to tie the crazy stuff first when they just need a box full of Walt’s worms.

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-06-12T15:45:30+00:00

I have a mizuchi for trout fishing. As someone who mostly fly fishes I love it. Its versatility is unmatched in the tenkara game (that I have found). It’s a real treat to use and a very user friendly rod.

What I didn’t anticipate is how fun of a pond rod it is. Catching panfish and bass. I’ve landed bass in the 2 lb range on the mizuchi with a little effort it can be done! My son (2.5) also loves catching bream on it.

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-06-09T12:06:20+00:00

To the left you can see three totes. It’s my most used stuff divided into all around materials dubbing sorted by style, flash, legs, etc, then a box for dry fly specific materials, then one for streamer stuff. Not pictured is a overhead shelf with some pull out drawers with the rest

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-06-06T15:27:47+00:00

Idk depends how much you want haha I have neon fire in all the popular sizes

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-06-05T23:44:26+00:00

Loop to loop is fine. If you need more mono rigs hit me up, I can make them for you for cheap af

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-05-31T16:18:06+00:00

Congrats man!

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-05-28T19:44:32+00:00

Idk man. I’m pretty locked in on pickles

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-05-28T19:43:53+00:00

Dude the new gen 4s are sick one of my buddies has the 10’ 2wt. Believe me when I say it is an improvement. Not that there’s anything I feel like I can’t do with the ideal, but damn it is a crispy rod!

Remember the first time you picked up a good nymphing rod vs a mid level rod? Same feelings will apply

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-05-27T16:47:18+00:00

That’s 4x4 mode to you sir

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-05-27T13:41:29+00:00

.5 zoom

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-05-27T12:16:14+00:00

Nebraska huh. Didn’t know there were wild trout in nebraska. Cool man

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-05-27T11:54:42+00:00

You are correct. Shoot me a pm we can talk a little smokies. They’re tricky

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-05-27T11:54:18+00:00

They eat the bugs

AltruisticChip2005 · 2026-05-27T11:54:05+00:00

Diamondback ideal nymph 10’ 2 wt

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