These are a few of my favorite things...

[72Twenty]

Warm, late afternoons in August throwing hoppers against a cut-bank to waiting browns.

So many caddis swarming around you it feels like it's snowing.

That fist gulp of a cold beer out of the cooler when you get back to the truck.

When the cast feels just right and the fly lands exactly where you want it to.

Seeing the strike indicator sink when drifting a Hare's Ear on a slow fishing day.

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[truberski]

I have caught myself daydreaming about fishing lately as our renewal powder has slowed slightly. I agree with your list but will add a few:

Fall fishing with some snow in the air and Browns chasing big streamers

Getting back to New England on my buddies boat on Long Island Sound, chasing the birds and bass boils

Road tripping through Idaho, Wyoming and Montana chasing bugs and fish

Fishing the caddis hatch past dusk and still catching them on dries in complete darkness

Day of skiing corn in the morning and fishing in the afternoon

I could go on all day!

[ak_powder_monkey]

June 11 12:01 am
August 18 6:30 am

[Foggy_Goggles]

Gunnison Gorge Salmon Fly Hatch

Self Support 3 nighters

Best fishing ever

(I suck at fly fishing)

[warthog]

Gunnison Gorge Salmon Fly Hatch

Self Support 3 nighters

Best fishing ever

(I suck at fly fishing)

Great, now we have ghosts in here?


Good to see you posting here man.

[mushmouth]

...when a mini-blitz begins and you see it's bass not bluefish

...after trolling for hours and hours and beginning to pack it in when bzzzz-ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

...sight fly fishing for large mouth on a dead calm late summer morning

[warthog]

Topwater topwater topwater

Any rod will do. Spinning or fly. I love the pop as they suck the lure or fly down, and it is ON!!!!

[schwerty]

Topwater topwater topwater

Any rod will do. Spinning or fly. I love the pop as they suck the lure or fly down, and it is ON!!!!

Stripping poppers for smallmouth is one of my favorite things!

[bigsugar]

Swingin streamers for Steelhead.

Getting snubbed by the local browns all day only to get a biggun on the last cast of the day.

36 bluegill on 36 casts with a 3 weight.

[mnflyfish]

That first hit of cold through your waders on a warm July day when you step in.

Jay

[steved]

..Away from the outline of a town/city, basking in the sunshine of a Spring day...off/on/in the water.... ....but this--> "That fi[r]st gulp of a cold beer out of the cooler when back at the truck/suv" = a definite standard to judge all else by!;-) ...Make it ~5pm...

Tribs to northern Maine(& other NE) rivers @beginning of either Hendrickson or Stonefly hatch, when I'm not paddling or sightseein'....

[topwater]

- wild summer steelhead+surface flies
- fall colors in the morning on lake erie tribs
- first jump of a 12-15 lb saltwater coho
- the unseen grab fishing deep in the salt
- warm, sunny, and windless spring day 40 miles offshore fishing halibut
- acres of seabirds feeding on bait
- black rockfish coming fully out of the water going after a popper

[Buke Skywalker]

* Battling a smallmouth on light fly tackle all afternoon in Maine.
* The midnight surfcasting shitshow of 4 guys, 4 fly rods, 300 bluefish and no pliers or boga grips.
* The Holy Fucking Shit of a bluefin blitz in August near the boat.
* The alarming rate at which the first beer disappears after a long day of hiking, wading, and fishing.
* Again, topwater of any type for bass.
* Casting to bonefish.
* The feeling of making a 2nd perfect presentation to a permit on the flats, which will not happen again for 20 years or so.

[Buke Skywalker]

And oh yeah - Golden Gate Park Casting Club. Bombing out 120' of line under ideal conditions!!!