Flyfishing and Homebrewing is there any connection?

[PitchnGrin]

A nice homebrew while tying flies. Not much better IMHO.

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Word.

 

[phenry]

I just finished putting together a 6'10" 1wt from Dan Craft the other weekend. I'm having a really hard time not taking a sick day to get it on the water for the first time.

 

[griffondg]

Fly fisher, fly tyer, beer drinker and homebrewer. I have a lot of hobbies (or so the wife tells me) but those are my faves!

 

[Braufessor]

Me too. LOVE me some fly fishing........ Although, my excessive brewing has begun to get in the way of my excessive fly fishing!

 

[gwdraper4]

I love it so much that I dropped everything in circa 2004, took off to Wyoming and lived on a remote indian reservation in the Wind River Range and went fishing 5 days a week for 4 months. I came back broke but extremely happy!!! While there I discovered craft beer as there was a tiny brewpub in the town and I started homebrewing shortly after coming back and getting a j.o.b to fund my new found hobby!

 

[dinnerstick]

Carp on a fly rod one of my favorite, I have had one fish take me to my backing on my 9'6 8wt 3 times before I landed it (she ended up around 12-14 lbs).

wow!! the carp patrol the shallow drainage moats throughout my work (university campus) and you can watch them doing a bunch of not much, dodging the occasional traffic cone or half-bike. maybe i should put them to better use!

 

[NBABUCKS1]

Check location. Yup

 

[mb82]

wow!! the carp patrol the shallow drainage moats throughout my work (university campus) and you can watch them doing a bunch of not much, dodging the occasional traffic cone or half-bike. maybe i should put them to better use!

Yes you should. They are called freshwater bonefish for a reason.

 

[bad67z]

Check location. Yup

Nice!

 

[ceannt]

The Shenandoah River is 10 minutes from my office ..... I flyfish for smallmouths a couple days a week at lunch .....

 

[cfonnes]

I just finished putting together a 6'10" 1wt from Dan Craft the other weekend.

My go to rod is a 4 wt that put together with parts from Dan Craft. There is just something about a quality fly rod that you built yourself. I would not trade it for the best commercial pole. OK maybe I would for one of these.

http://www.rwsummers.com/newrods.htm

 

[littlelord]

It's my first year fly fishing and my second year home brewing.

 

[FlyDoctor]

Fly fisherman, rod builder (hobby only), home brewer, scientist (cancer research).

I fish for wild browns and bookies in the drift less region of southeast Minnesota. Occasional carp as well.

I first noticed this connection by watching brewing tv, Michael and jake are bug slingers. I also add soccer fan, and jake matches that as well.

It's possible that the real connection is that brewing crosses all types, and with the increased popularity your bound to get some with the same mix of interests.

Cool thread!

 

[FlyDoctor]

My (current) go to rod is a 2wt 8'6" dan craft rod I built (? Five rivers blank). It's insanely fast to the point where it feels more like a 3-4 wt, but I fish it with a 2 wt line. Fun stuff

 

[shyanny]

+1