Favorite personal flyfishing photo

[jbird]

:idea: There are so many great fisherpeople on this site that love to take pictures. I would love to see your all time favorite flyfishing picture. Not one you pirated from the internet or something like that, but one either you took yourself, or one someone else took while you were present and experiencing the photo. I'll have to do some digging to find mine. :idea:

Jay

[Hairstacker]

Favorite flyfishing photo? My son with a creek bass he caught with his own fly rod on a fly he tied the night before. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/SonandCreekBass.jpg

[PaulC]

Hey Jay,
Here's mine. Its an oldie but a good one.
Have some great black and whites from the backcountry I'm staring at right now on the wall, but this one just came out great.
So many pictures to choose from but this one always brings a smile to my eyes as my wife would say.
-Paul
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/Cronin/LL.jpg

[bolden]

This one is from Georgetown Lake in Montana.

A self portait

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/bolden916/DSC_0059-1.jpg

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

These pictures remind us why we fish in the first place.....thanks a bunch.

[PaulC]

Hey Jay,
You actually got me to fire up the scanner. Here's one of the black n whites I dredged up from the box of negatives.
11k ft elevation and volcano goldens are all that are in there.
The glassy skin on the lake was what took the cake.

Bill- You're totally right. I've had some good laughs looking through some of these filed away photos tonight.
Definitely a reminder of why I got into this sport in the first place.
-Paul
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/Cronin/treasure.jpg

[WinterrunRon]

I can't narrow it down to a single favorite because so many are my favorite for one reason or another, but I will say that fishing for me is about the journey, not the destination. Many of my favorite fishing photos don't even have a fish in them!

Thanks for starting the thread, jbird! Nice idea.

Ron

[jbird]

Wow Guys! Thanks for participating in the request. I have seen you guys post some incredible shots since I've been hanging around here. I knew you wouldnt let me down :D

Heres a couple i dug up.

The first one is my son (left) and nephew (right) with a double hookup on a cold day at the lake.

The second one is a picture of 2 flies= 2 fish :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/DSC01787.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/DSC01232.jpg

[Hairstacker]

Well said Ron. I have a few other most-favorite photos and none of them feature a particularly large fish. However, they all represent favorite memories in one way or another. Uh, errr, ok, maybe just one: :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/5andhalfbass1.jpg

[Darian]

Here's one of my recent favorites taken in the Delta last summer:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o31/jockscot/DSCN0037.jpg

This was prior to the fish out....

[Slim1]

I might have a few of one trip I made a few years ago in search for Goldens. It was a banner trip !!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/slim1/Golden%20Trip/Me.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/slim1/Golden%20Trip/the_lake_very_nice.jpg
Local Flowers I've never seen before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/slim1/Golden%20Trip/Pillow_Flower.jpg
I think this is my favorit shot !!! 8)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/slim1/Golden%20Trip/The_Lake_nice.jpg

As you hike up to the lake you would turn around and see this.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/slim1/Golden%20Trip/Pano_of_Valey_nice_copy.jpg

And of course, the payola !!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/slim1/Golden%20Trip/Golden_very_nice_1.jpg

Slim

[mems]

Aloha, I like this one of my son fishing in Montana at a small mountain lake loaded with yellowstone cutts.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/mems15/lukeonthelake.jpg

[David Lee]

My first Leopard on a fly .......

http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/fadoe/IM002239.JPG

Punta Colorada Ladyfish on a double hander ....

http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/fadoe/PC130014.JPG

A favorite pond .....

http://img.inkfrog.com/pix/fadoe/IM001423.JPG

David :D

[Rick J]

First spey caught steelhead - from the North Umpqua

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/RickJ/umpqua600.jpg

[SteelieD]

Here's a few... These are all from my trip to MT last summer.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/SteelieD/CFatPettyCreek1.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/SteelieD/NineMileCreek7.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/SteelieD/CFatPettyCreek9.jpg

This is an awesome thread!

[mark]

Fall River, during the Hex Hatch
http://www.flyfishnorcal.org/php-nuke/photopost45/data/4/178dscn4043.jpg

We had a designated rower...
http://www.flyfishnorcal.org/php-nuke/photopost45/data/4/178DSCN4349.JPG

Lower Sac Fall Morning
http://www.flyfishnorcal.org/php-nuke/photopost45/data/4/178bonnyview_sidechannel.JPG

cool thread.....

-MK

[Adam Grace]

What a good idea for a thread, this thing could go on forever. I'll post some pictures later, so beware! :lol:

Jbird, what was going on in your last picture? Is that a really large fish and a small fish on the same line or what?

[Jasonh]

Mark, keg on a drift boat, that is awesome! I wonder if i could fit a pony keg on my pontoon?

I'll post my favorite pics later.

[Jasonh]

Mark, keg on a drift boat, that is awesome! I wonder if i could fit a pony keg on my pontoon?

I'll post my favorite pics later.

[jbird]

Mark

The keg on the drift boat is hilarious. Thats one of those things that makes you say, "Now I've seen it all!" :lol: too funny!

Adam

I usually nymph with a two fly settup. That picture is of a steelhead (and a large one I might add) on the dropper fly and a trout on the point fly wrapped up in the big fella. :D

Jay

PS

I couldnt resist posting this one. The thing about this photo that just cracks me up is, I stumbled onto this carnage at the Holy Water :shock: :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/DSC01026.jpg

Hey Jay and all,

Wow, great topic and great photos by all! Here are just a few that are near to my heart along with a recent one of me with a nice Trinity Steelhead.

http://ww1.pureupload.com/stfiles//1373/favorite%20fishing%20pics/Jimmy%20Fishing.jpg

My oldest son Jimmy with a golden trout at the age of 10 (He's 26 Now!)

http://ww1.pureupload.com/stfiles//1373/favorite%20fishing%20pics/12%20fighting%20fish.jpg

My wife Dana fighting an Alaska Rainbow, 2005 Look at the smile on her face!

http://ww1.pureupload.com/stfiles//1373/favorite%20fishing%20pics/28%20last%20day.jpg

Dana and I in Alaska, 2005

http://ww1.pureupload.com/stfiles//1373/favorite%20fishing%20pics/Bills%20steelhead%201%20alt.jpg

Me with a Trinity River Steelhead about a month ago!

Again, great topic, great photos by all and I will have to post at least a couple more times under this thread!

Bill

[bolden]

Everyone seems to be posting multiple photos, so i'll throw som more out there.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/bolden916/DSC00168Small.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/bolden916/DSC00526Small.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/bolden916/IMGP0119.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/bolden916/IMGP0342.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/bolden916/DSC_0039-2.jpg

:D Some truly portrait quality photo's guy's!
:D Who needs a cast when a picture say's a thousand words and brings a thousand memories. :wink:

[DocEsox]

Wow....great pictures. I can never look at too many fish pictures.....there just is no such thing. Here's some of my favs from this last year:

Upper Missouri River brownies.....

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j32/DocEsox/waterbrown.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j32/DocEsox/Brownie.jpg

Here's a colored up dolly varden from the Kenai River, AK:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j32/DocEsox/SpawningDolly-1.jpg

A spawning dolly varden from Quartz Creek, AK:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j32/DocEsox/SpawningDolly-4.jpg

Here's a coastal rainbow from Montana Creek, AK:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j32/DocEsox/1a70b4af.jpg

And last but not least on the Kenai River......

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j32/DocEsox/bowonkenai.jpg

Brian

[PaulC]

You gotta love the Kenai.
Some great pictures on this thread for sure!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/Cronin/Bigfish2.jpg

[Jasonh]

While i did not take this picture,the guide took it with my camera, it is still one of my favs. Former kienes employee Brett Humphries hooked up with another Jack in the background.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y213/longhorn4life/Fishing/IMG_0149.jpg

[Hairstacker]

This one has always been one of my all-time favorites, because it was taken on a great day on my favorite water out of my very 1st inflatable kayak. This fish wasn't particularly big at just over 15" but I remember he went absolutely berserk and fought very well against my 5 wt. rod: 8)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Sachlil/15incher.jpg

[Loren E]

awesome shots everyone! Here's a few of my favorites.

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p295/lorenelliott/mikeyspics025.jpg
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p295/lorenelliott/bogbpy003.jpg
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p295/lorenelliott/fasha007.jpg
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p295/lorenelliott/mikeyspics347.jpg

[Loren E]

p.s. notice that those first 2 fish are from the indentical spot....i like that spot :D

[PaulC]

Here's one last photo of my favorite steelhead grip n grin.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/Cronin/steely00.jpg

[Adam Grace]

Loren, Holy Cow!, those browns are pigs...and that golden is large and beautiful, nice job, I'm jealous.

Paul, that's Steelhead Ale isn't it? Great Picture!

[Loren E]

thanks Adam! what a cool thread huh

[Adam Grace]

Alright here's some pictures:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/fishing/IMGP0237.jpg
A nice local creek, early in the spring, my first trout trip of this season

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/fishing/IMGP0209.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/fishing/Steelie4.jpg
A couple pics from my Trinity Trip w/ MSP

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/fishing/baracuda4x6.jpg
My first GIANT barracuda, from Hawaii, thanks to Mems

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/fishing/FallRivertwomouths4x6.jpg
A fall river portrait from a great trip with Gregg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/fishing/IMGP0386.jpg
From a fun first trip to Yellow Creek

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/flyguyag/fishing/IMGP0203.jpg
Faces only a Mother could love :lol:

This year was fun.

Where's other people's pictures?

[bp]

Never get tired of fish pictures. Thanks to guide John Drew for a great trip and these pictures of me and my 12 year old son Matt on a very fun day on the Yuba.

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q139/b_patera/IMG_0571.jpg

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q139/b_patera/IMG_0574.jpg

Really what it's all about

bp[/img]

[Loren E]

Hey Adam, how fun is yellow creek, i have never caught so many fish in a morning

[Adam Grace]

bp, nice photo's with your son.

Loren, Yeah, I had a lot of fun on Yellow Creek, I caught one about 12" which was huge compared to the 5-6" little guys. I enjoyed the small dry fly fishing on that slow water, it took more skill than required on a freestone stream. I had a fun trip, that meadow is beautiful.

[Flycanoe]

Hi guys, new member here and new fly fisher as well. Couldn't resist showing my pic of a ladybug hatch on the Tuolumne river from last summer followed by my first ever brown trout caught on a fly nearby with a beetle pattern.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n59/ldorius/Tuolumne/ladybugs.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n59/ldorius/Tuolumne/brown1.jpg

Never get tired of fish pictures. Thanks to guide John Drew for a great trip and these pictures of me and my 12 year old son Matt on a very fun day on the Yuba.

Hey bp,

Terrific shots of you with your son! Fishing pictures with your kids are my absolute favorite. It doesn't get any better than sharing a day of good fishing with your son or daughter and watching them have a great time!

All these photos are just awesome!

Bill

Hi Folks,

This is a slight variation on Jay’s great thread on favorite fishing pictures and is focused on favorite fishing pictures with your kids. There have already been several great father/son pictures posted. My fishing pictures of me with my children are probably my most cherished group of fishing pictures :) . I started em all young with each of them on my back when they were about 1 to 2 years old. They all had a ball and do love to fish when they do have the time. I couldn’t find all the pictures I wanted to share but here are just a few pictures primarily of my oldest son Jimmy that I enjoyed digging up to share with you all. These go back 25 years!

http://ww1.pureupload.com/stfiles//1373/kids%20with%20Dad%20fishing/1%20Bill%20and%20Jimmy%201981.jpg

Here is Jimmy observing how it is done at the age of about 9 months. He’s not to impressed with the size of this guy is he :roll: ? July, 1981.

http://ww1.pureupload.com/stfiles//1373/kids%20with%20Dad%20fishing/3%20Dana%20and%20Jimmy%201981.jpg

Here he is getting a feel for the water (definitely a little cold :shock: !) with Mom on the same trip, July 1981.

http://ww1.pureupload.com/stfiles//1373/kids%20with%20Dad%20fishing/Bill%20and%20Kids.jpg

This is about 1985, this time I have my daughter Jennifer on my back with Jimmy tromping right up the stream with me at the age of 5!
Man he had a ball! It doesn't get much better than this :D !

http://ww1.pureupload.com/stfiles//1373/kids%20with%20Dad%20fishing/Jimmy%20Fishing%20Again.jpg

Here is Jimmy (1990) at the age of 9, able to fish pretty well on the small trout streams in the Sierras. He had actually caught his first fish on a fly at the age of 7 :) !

http://ww1.pureupload.com/stfiles//1373/kids%20with%20Dad%20fishing/Jimmy%20Fishing.jpg

On the same trip, Proudly showing off his catch, a little golden trout from the High Sierras :D !

http://ww1.pureupload.com/stfiles//1373/kids%20with%20Dad%20fishing/Jim%20Becca%201.jpg

Here he is this last year, all grown up, with his beautiful bride on his wedding day :D . Wow, how time flies.
Notice he got married next to a river :D !

During those years the kids grew up we had a ball on camping trips with the family, going on canoe trips and many other things. He still loves to fly fish when he can. Besides teaching him to fly fish I was blessed he took to music like I did too. He is a much better musician than me with his own band and a CD as well. I think I can still out do him fly fishing though :D ! I guess you might be able to tell I'm a proud Poppa from this post :D !

Merry Christmas and Happy New year to all :D !

Bill

[PaulC]

Hey Bill,
That thread is just awesome. Hope I can do as well passing it on to the next generation.
-P

[Rob]

Way too many to choose from !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :wink:

Jason's biggest Yuba Fish !! :shock:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/rgkempton/Fly%20Fishing%20Calififornia/Dscn0017.jpg

Cody's biggest fish on the Yuba. :shock:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/rgkempton/Fly%20Fishing%20Calififornia/codysbigfish.jpg

My Boys with my Dad Just before he Died !! :D :cry: :cry: :cry:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/rgkempton/Fly%20Fishing%20Calififornia/img056.jpg

Me with my Grand son !!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/rgkempton/Kodiak%20trip/adjusteddallin.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/rgkempton/Kodiak%20trip/Alaskarobs032.jpg

My Thoughts about these photos !!
1. The Boys have grown up way too fast !!
My youngest Cody now is 17 and 6'3'' :shock: :shock:
2 . I Wish I would have fish more with my dad !!!!
3 . Dang I have 4 grand kids already !!!!!!!!!!!! :shock:

Hey Rob,

Awesome pictures of you with your sons, grandsons and Dad :) ! Thanks for sharing. I loved fishing with my Dad as well though he was not much of a fly fisherman. He passed away way to early at the age of 63. Goes to show you we never know how much time we have and need to make the best use of it.

The kids do grow up so fast don't they. Looks like you are making the most of it with your kids and grandkids. No grandkids for me yet but I plan to make the most of my time with them when they come.

Best Wishes!

Bill

Hey Bill,
That thread is just awesome. Hope I can do as well passing it on to the next generation.
-P

Hey Paul,

Thanks for the kind words :) . I have no doubt you can do the same thing passing on to your next generation. When you hava a passion for these kind of things it just comes natural.

Best Wishes!

Bill