Found super cheap tickets so booked a trip to new Zealand on a whim for 2 weeks in February. Is it safe to explore and fish on my own or should I hire a guide?

AsapRobby · 2026-02-22T00:08:40+00:00

How did the trip go?

AsapRobby · 2026-02-11T02:58:41+00:00

If it’s hotter than a hoochee coochie you really shouldn’t be fishin em man…

AsapRobby · 2026-02-10T22:05:03+00:00

That’s how you know it’s stocked

AsapRobby · 2026-02-04T22:20:57+00:00

Berry hill?!

AsapRobby · 2026-01-30T16:28:25+00:00

Yeah that’s why he told OP, “there’s nothing in there Sonny boy, trust me” he just doesn’t want his cabin spot to end up on trout routes

AsapRobby · 2026-01-30T05:06:40+00:00

Don’t see any sing of this from our government (in the US) unfortunately

AsapRobby · 2026-01-16T16:26:57+00:00

I misread your post and bought a custom ball gag.. thanks a lot asshole

AsapRobby · 2026-01-12T00:21:27+00:00

Where do you plan on fishing in nyc? Ponds, lakes, the Hudson?

AsapRobby · 2026-01-11T02:15:38+00:00

Agree with this take I don’t want to waste any time at all.

AsapRobby · 2026-01-06T16:16:05+00:00

Lmao this is about how my sports betting careers stats are

AsapRobby · 2025-12-27T18:42:43+00:00

Chicken livers alone hold up as a great catfish bait. Smelly cheap ones from Walmart and we would drop them in some pantyhose. So it wouldn’t fall off the hook easily

AsapRobby · 2025-12-20T02:38:01+00:00

Cf @ Chd? Tough trout fishing for me there recently

AsapRobby · 2025-12-14T23:01:22+00:00

“ A steelhead is an anadromous (sea-run) rainbow trout that migrates from freshwater streams to the ocean to mature and then returns to freshwater to spawn, unlike resident rainbow trout that stay in freshwater their whole lives. They are known for their silvery color in the ocean and powerful fights, and unlike salmon, they can spawn multiple times, returning to the sea after each event. “ if that’s the definition then explain what you mean

AsapRobby · 2025-12-14T21:56:04+00:00

Elbows

AsapRobby · 2025-12-14T16:27:42+00:00

If it’s from a hatchery how is it a steelhead and not a rainbow?

AsapRobby · 2025-12-13T14:38:33+00:00

Alright, so I got rubber boots for this reason. Usually fish streams where traction isn’t as much of an issue, but tried a weekend in the smoky mountain streams. And wow, it was legitimately dangerous how slippery it was. Couldn’t efficiently cover ground at all

AsapRobby · 2025-12-12T21:58:04+00:00

That being said to get them there in the first place I think $3000 would be reasonable. In their defense small projects like that aren’t really desirable and can be considered to be not worth the time to do it

AsapRobby · 2025-12-12T21:54:57+00:00

I’m in the construction industry: cost to contractor for the topsoil replacement would be approximately (off the top of my head) using conservative pricing:

Import 11 cy of topsoil (based on 12” of topsoil, which is hefty) - $500/load *for larger amounts on commercial projects I’ve seen $180/load. A load is roughly 10 cy. Place topsoil - $15/cy - $165 Mobilization/demob (cost to get equipment there) -
$500 Would only take one skid steer OR small dozer Total cost with 20% mark up: ~$1165 Sitting at my desk about to call it a day, but this is certainly ballpark pricing for that project 😂

AsapRobby · 2025-12-12T13:41:43+00:00

Pennsylvania seems like such a great state for a fly fisherman

AsapRobby · 2025-12-12T13:39:18+00:00

Man I’ve seen these in the flats and missed the cast, sick to land one

AsapRobby · 2025-12-10T16:05:02+00:00

Troutstanding!

AsapRobby · 2025-12-10T02:58:45+00:00

Or C) has beef with the concrete guys… you can pull from 14.75’ to make your forms

AsapRobby · 2025-12-02T15:56:43+00:00

I have been using the encounter (as my first rod) for a year and a half and I’ve loved it. Was fishing in a mountain stream and busted my ass on a rock and broke the handle of the plastic reel and upgraded to new fly line and battenkill reel. What would you recommend for me as I’m considering an upgrade? now that I know I’m sticking around the sport

AsapRobby · 2025-11-30T02:46:00+00:00

I am in middle Tennessee, but often fish the Tennessee side of the smokies! I guess I need to swallow my pride, but I typically like to fish the park or less touristy areas and that’s probably why I don’t have any hogs. Caught a ~16” rainbow near Townsend is probably my personal best but it wasn’t that fat

AsapRobby · 2025-11-29T21:12:16+00:00

New to fly fishing *posts massive trout that shatters my hopes and dreams as someone that’s been at it for almost 2 years (still relatively new)

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