fly fishing on a glacial lake? wut

[digitaldeath]

is this even possible

i know lake mcdonald pretty well and dont see how you could fly fish it? but then again i dont know shit about fishing, only fishing logistics


looks like zinke is co-opting glacier national park and rigged his rod upside down


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why not go to the river that feeds mcdonald?

[that dude who did that thing]

Zinke is not a flyfisher. He pretends to be one for photo ops.

[digitaldeath]

Zinke is not a flyfisher. He pretends to be one for photo ops.

ya but do you even fish on a glacial lake with a depth of 475ft?

[Timberridge]

Flyfishing is a precursor to running for public office.

[warthog]

ya but do you even fish on a glacial lake with a depth of 475ft?

Depends, does it drop off straight off shore, or does it take a while to get to that depth?
Looks like a photo op to me, but I bet you could get something to bite.
If he were in a boat, it would be funnier.

[digitaldeath]

Depends, does it drop off straight off shore, or does it take a while to get to that depth?
Looks like a photo op to me, but I bet you could get something to bite.
If he were in a boat, it would be funnier.

There's a better spot near there, apgar river

[plugboots]

I thought the flag was a nice touch.

[2FUNKY]

Mcdonald lake fly fishes ok. It used to be an amazing bull trout fishery before they planted it with lakers. Now it's pretty much a laker fishery, which means fishing deep. The evening can be awesome dry fly fishing for cutties though.

[digitaldeath]

Thanks for the intel

[plugboots]

Thanks for the intel

OK, DD, you can fish for basically any fish in salt or fresh with a fly rod. The limit really is the size of the fish. 200 pounds is probably about the max. The largest/strongest fly rod is a 15 weight, and it's about as stiff as a broomstick. After that the "fly" becomes so big and heavy that a fly cast becomes impractical.

So... my question is: Why do these asshole non-outdoorsy politicians even bother with a picture like this? Fly-fishers can see right-off he doesn't know what the fuck he's doing, casual observers probably can tell it's staged, and the supporters are already on board. It seems to work against the goal. When Obama went fly fishing, he admitted he hadn't done it, got a guide to show him, and was a good sport about it. If you had half a brain, that makes some sense.

These pics? WTF?

[2FUNKY]

Guys catch Marlin on the fly, just sayin.

[Supermoon]

Ryan Zinke can fuck right off. Just sayin...

[splat]

Dude's an asshat for sure. But rest assured, DD, the best fly fishing I've ever had was in Lake Elizabeth, 14 miles north of Many Glacier through the Ptarmigan Tunnel. That's in the northeast corner of the park. They were so hungry they were taking the fly on the fly in the air a foot above the water.

[digitaldeath]

I've only urban fished, once deep sea and once lake Mille lacs (which was dope)

I guess fly fishing is growing in popularity

I wonder what resources they want in glacier park?

[digitaldeath]

Military officers should not have administrative govt positions