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Old 09-24-2020, 07:23 PM
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Default Wife’s first fish on the fly.

My wife had a rough week with a friend passing from breast cancer at the age of 34 a few days ago. It hit her really hard. I figured a little time in nature was what she needed so I took a day off and convinced her to come out fly fishing with me with the hope that being in nature would help her work through some hurts and calm the soul. I know it does for me.

I debated between grayling and cutthroat. Since this was my wife’s first time fly fishing I wanted to find some fish that were agreeable, but also wanted to have an area with room for a back cast, and the scenery as well. I decided that we would go after cutts. I knew a few good pools that would take some hiking, but hoped that they would give the experience I was looking for.

We left early in the morning, I drove and she slept. Once we got to the parking area we got our gear on and started to hike. Those of you that fish freestone streams know how braided they can be, requiring multiple crossings and walking over rolling rocks. A couple hours of hiking and we were in the area I wanted to be.

I set her up with a simple dry fly, 9 foot leader, 5x tippet and gave her a few tips on casting, mending, where the prime fish holding spots were, and let her go at it. I dropped down to the tail of the pool and drifted a nymph through a few times, catching a 10” cutthroat on my second drift.

My wife worked her way down the pool towards me and all of a sudden she was hooked up! She fought it like a champ and before you know it I had it in the net. High fives and smiles all around. Popped out the fly, snapped a couple pics, and off it went.





We fished the rest of the day and she ended up catching 5 fish. About halfway through she declared that she loved this and wanted to get into it now.

Mission accomplished.







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Old 09-24-2020, 07:34 PM
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That is soooo awesome! Congrats to you both. Looks like you have a new partner to explore streams with. Now all that’s left to do is get her all geared up with her own equipment. HA. Thanks for the post.
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Old 09-24-2020, 07:34 PM
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34, Jeez, that is rough. Congrats to your wife, that water looks so awesome!!!
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Old 09-24-2020, 07:42 PM
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Default Wife’s first fish on the fly.

Here’s a quick vid of one after it was released.

https://youtu.be/taBv2OUHJSQ


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That's so awesome! Congrats to her! That scenery is gorgeous too. No better location to catch your first fish on the fly.
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Old 09-25-2020, 02:47 AM
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Outdoor Therapy is a great way for a person to heal. 34 is young.
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Old 09-25-2020, 05:38 AM
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Beauty place to get away from it all, awesome first fish....now you are going to be more busy keeping her on the bite!
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Well done and some beautiful pictures. Area looks very familiar and will be back out chuckin flies this week.
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Old 09-27-2020, 07:17 PM
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I still remember my first and that was over 30 years ago, and to this day watching the face on someone who just payed into their first is priceless, I enjoy that just as much as catching fish myself!!! Great job and very nice fish for a first, you may have created a monster!!!
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Very nice, natural therapy, there is no substitute, condolences to your wife on the passing of her friend

Happy thanksgiving
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Old 11-18-2020, 07:57 PM
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Well done my man, your wife needed that. Fly fishing and being in nature is a great cure for a broken heart.
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