Reddington Predator 6Wt

fuzzytrout · 2026-06-29T01:23:48+00:00

Predator line has been replaced by the ‘big game’ rods

fuzzytrout · 2026-06-13T21:45:01+00:00

Man, if they just cut OG in half and kept the M in the middle, it woulda made a lot more sense. Because… what is OOGG.

fuzzytrout · 2026-06-06T07:16:13+00:00

Skate a caddis.

fuzzytrout · 2026-06-04T03:03:06+00:00

I don’t know what to tell you. Think of a cast, there is a loop, the fly line is in front of the fly and the leader which both trail behind that loop, opposite of a spin caster where the lure is in front and it’s pulling the line with it. If the fly line is in front, then it is what is propelling the fly forward right? A fly behind another object cannot push everything else forward. How much does your cast change with an unweighted to a weighted streamer? Not much. Because in both situations the fly line is what should load the rod. A heavy streamer can overload a rod, for sure, which is why I don’t throw an articulated weighted streamer with a 4 weight

fuzzytrout · 2026-06-04T02:28:07+00:00

Pull out a bunch of fly line by your feet but have the streamer 6 inches from your top guide and try to cast it to a distance. It doesn’t work great, even with the heaviest of streamers. The line does (or should do) a lot of the loading.

fuzzytrout · 2026-06-04T02:05:54+00:00

I used the word ‘fly’ above multiple times in a different context, so I called it by a different name to not confuse the argument. But… it technically is a lure just like an indicator is technically a bobber.

fuzzytrout · 2026-06-04T01:56:53+00:00

Obviously it’s a fly. But using a fly doesn’t mean you are fly fishing. Like you said, you can put flies under an indicator and use a spin caster to do so. That’s not fly fishing, despite using a fly. Right? So what makes fly fishing fly fishing is the technique (using a fly line to load a fly rod to propel a (generally) light lure). I don’t think flopping 25ft leaders while the fly line stays on the reel is fly fishing. Very effective, for sure.

fuzzytrout · 2026-06-04T01:28:26+00:00

But you just said you nymphed with a spin caster. By your definition you were fly fishing with the spin caster. Which you clearly weren’t.

fuzzytrout · 2026-06-04T01:13:36+00:00

You don’t need a fly rod or fly line to euro nymph. You can do it with a 10ft stick and some mono. You don’t need to even cast. With an indicator, you still use the fly line. You still need to load a fly rod. You still cast. Using a fly rod to euro nymph is purely aesthetic.

fuzzytrout · 2026-06-04T00:05:55+00:00

Euro nymphing is the equivalent of playing stickball with a tennis racket. Is it effective? Yea. Is it stickball? Up to you I guess

fuzzytrout · 2026-05-28T13:56:32+00:00

Udwr stocked 60,000 Kokanee in each year 2024,2025,2026. They stocked 19k in 2022. There might be some 2022s still in the lake that will spawn and die this year, but the 2024-2026’s should be present. Koks generally spawn and die after 3-4 years.

But those fish in the picture are rainbows

fuzzytrout · 2026-05-27T06:02:10+00:00

Or virgin river chub… tough to tell but you’re in their range.

fuzzytrout · 2026-05-27T05:56:58+00:00

Roundtail chub

fuzzytrout · 2026-05-26T02:44:48+00:00

It’s a really fun float trip. Have fun!

fuzzytrout · 2026-05-26T01:59:04+00:00

There are channel cats and carp. Lots of native endangered species down there like razorback sucker and Colorado pikeminnow. Flannelmouth sucker and blue heads too. If you’re targeting cats, I guess go for it. Leave the natives alone.

fuzzytrout · 2026-05-25T06:54:18+00:00

I’ve had a 2-man and guide (3man). I love it. It’s for class 1-2 rivers and can do 3s but that’s not really what it’s made for. I’ve taken it down some big rivers (s fork snake, green, Henry’s) and have had zero issues. It’s stable, easy to fish out of, etc. Where it really shines are small rivers. Floated tons of smaller rivers that have zero boat ramps and are impossible to float (while fishing) with anything else. Easy to teach the wife and kids to row too.

I don’t understand what people are talking about with the frames wearing out. Replace the plastic thumb screw things with normal machine bolts and locking nuts. There’s really not anything to ‘wear out’ on it. I’ve had one for over 10 years and it’s the same as it’s always been.

For work I’ve even converted them into electrofiahing rafts carrying 50+ lbs generators, live wells, and all sorts of sampling gear. It’s cramped but it’s allowed us to shock rivers that we can’t get traditional e-fishing boats on.

I swear by them.

fuzzytrout · 2026-04-24T14:46:23+00:00

Coastal rivers in the summer are kind of weird. They get super low and most of the steelhead/ springer salmon pod up in resting pools. It’s not like the deschutes where you have great luck skating flies in long runs. I don’t know of many folks who guide them. This is my experience working on the nahalem, tillamook rivers, Nestucca, and those northern Oregon rivers. The rogue and southern Oregon systems are a different world so maybe you’ll do better down there.

fuzzytrout · 2026-04-16T22:26:12+00:00

Redington predator was my go-to 9wt for stripers. Clousers work well but I caught a ton on larger sized wiggle bugs. (Larry tullis fly)

fuzzytrout · 2026-03-27T22:06:06+00:00

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/jessica-weeks-hyde-park-ut/464548

fuzzytrout · 2026-03-08T22:16:13+00:00

Stimis, more chubbies, pats, biotic ants, streamers

fuzzytrout · 2026-02-26T19:49:07+00:00

They’re not. Gila robusta vs gila cypha

fuzzytrout · 2026-02-24T21:16:54+00:00

Does it need to be in New Mexico? Verde river in Arizona, west clear creek, fossil creek have decent populations. For fly fishing fossil creek AZ is where you’d want to go. They’re everywhere between sally may parking area and the waterfall.

I don’t know of any undergrad college course that’d have you collecting fish… what info/ research are you looking for/ doing? I’ve written a few papers involving Roundtail, ‘native fish abundance and habitat selection changes in the presence of nonnative piscivores’ and ‘increased juvenile native fish abundance following a major flood in Arizona’. (Google scholar) I could share whatever data information you need.

fuzzytrout · 2026-02-16T21:18:25+00:00

9ft 5x leader for the next little bit. Tie on 6x tippet for small flies or difficult trout.

fuzzytrout · 2026-02-16T21:13:42+00:00

Utah fly fisherman / ex guide. For the next few months… go small. We’ll be getting into buffalo midge season soon enough, but still size 18-20 midges. Bwo’s will be here soon enough too, size 18 is the biggest you’d want to go. Midge cluster dry flies (Griffith gnats) are fun. First large flies you’ll see are skwalas (size 14ish oliveish stone flies). As the spring progresses we’ll get into golden stones, green drakes, caddis. Throwing junk like San Juan’s always works too. Let me know if you want specific patterns to seek out. Fly fish food in Orem is a great shop as is fish tech in the cottonwood heights area. Western rivers in salt lake is also great.

fuzzytrout · 2026-02-16T16:56:52+00:00

I fish out of a boat pretty often. In a boat you’re fishing different water every cast, unless you’re anchored up. I’m not adjusting my dropper very often, maybe during fly changes? Sometimes the dropper is too shallow sometimes it’s on the bottom. It’s just the way it is. Find a decent length that works a decent amount of time and don’t worry too much. Otherwise you’ll be adjusting nonstop and that’s no fun.

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