Ride > Fish - what's your setup?

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by marsh

Wow, that's quite a few levels of hardcore above my little bluegill/trout getting setup.

Yea, these guys are pulling in all sorts of saltwater fish...looks like a 25 lb striper on the bike.

Me, I stop in at a store about 1/2 mile from where that photo was taken and catch my fish in 1 lb slices. No investment in hardware/gear and I'm guaranteed a catch.

[gomango]

Salsa Blackborow W/ Bob trailer in the BWCA.

I carry a Cascade float tube and three fly rods/waders/net etc.

A Sage Accel 7wt switch rod, a Sage Muskie 11wt rod and an Orvis 10’ 3wt Euro nymph rod for little brookies and smallies.

A pack stove and fixins for shore lunch fit on the trailer as well.

Easily my fav fishing setup ever.

[zlin]

Let's see it, brotha!

Originally Posted by gomango

Salsa Blackborow W/ Bob trailer in the BWCA.

I carry a Cascade float tube and three fly rods/waders/net etc.

A Sage Accel 7wt switch rod, a Sage Muskie 11wt rod and an Orvis 10’ 3wt Euro nymph rod for little brookies and smallies.

A pack stove and fixins for shore lunch fit on the trailer as well.

Easily my fav fishing setup ever.

[gomango]

Originally Posted by zlin

Let's see it, brotha!

Soon as the snow melts on our cabin road.

Still two feet deep in the woods and it’s a half mile in from the gravel road.

It’ll melt by the opener.....

[charliedid]

Originally Posted by gomango

Salsa Blackborow W/ Bob trailer in the BWCA.

I carry a Cascade float tube and three fly rods/waders/net etc.

A Sage Accel 7wt switch rod, a Sage Muskie 11wt rod and an Orvis 10’ 3wt Euro nymph rod for little brookies and smallies.

A pack stove and fixins for shore lunch fit on the trailer as well.

Easily my fav fishing setup ever.

You win.

[kingpin75s]

Originally Posted by C40_guy

Here's how all the savvy guys get to their fishing spots on the Cape Cod Canal.

Note...when riding on the path along the Cape Cod Canal, watch for knuckleheads casting without looking behind them.

Glad you covered this. Pictures and all. Cape Cod canal was the first thing I thought of. That is THE local setup. Great stuff!

[OtayBW]

Originally Posted by adampaiva

I'm in the Catskills of NY and sometimes mix fishing and cycling. I recently got some lightweight packable Patagonia waders that roll up into a very small size, and some Adidas Terrex watershoes. Between those two and my 5 piece fly rod I think I have a setup that will be easily packable on the bike. It still requires a fair amount of setup/breakdown between each fishing spot so it doesnt really work out to a leisurely pedal and stop for a quick fish every couple of miles. Or it could but it takes all day and doesn't cover a lot of miles. Cycling here is also usually not flat and leisurely.

Here's a photo of my bike w/ fly rod case strapped to the front when doing the Idaho Hot Springs tour, which was incredible. I can also put the rod in a sheath strapped to the top tube.

Hey - I saw 'A River Runs Through It' and they didn't use no stinkin' waders. What's up with that?

[adampaiva]

oh they surely are not required to fish, but I wouldn't be able to wade in a lot of the rivers here in the Catskills even in the peak of summer without them. Water's cold! Also standing there for hours.

[adampaiva]

As a related question, what are other good fishing / cycling destinations? My trip to Idaho all around the central Idaho national forest areas was a really amazing destination for both. What are some other areas where one can pedal around and fish and camp for days and days? Preferably large areas of wild forests with decent forest road infrastructure and good free land use policies. Ie in Idaho I could take any of the thousands of miles of dirt roads that run along beautiful pristine rivers and stop to fish wherever I want and camp just about anywhere I want. And despite being pretty remote, there were places to restock food supplies every couple days or so.

[gomango]

Originally Posted by adampaiva

oh they surely are not required to fish, but I wouldn't be able to wade in a lot of the rivers here in the Catskills even in the peak of summer without them. Water's cold! Also standing there for hours.

Same here.

Fishing for steelhead on the Brule in Wisconsin is crazy cold this time of year.

Heck, Lake Superior is very, very cold In August for that matter.

Same for Whitewater in the dead of a Minnesota winter.

btw I just picked up some of the Patagonia waders for my trip to Montana this summer.

[IMG]Whitewater State Park in southeastern Minnesota. Middle Branch of the Whitewater River. by gomango1849, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Whitewater State Park in southeastern Minnesota. Middle Branch of the Whitewater River. by gomango1849, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]Whitewater State Park in southeastern Minnesota. Middle Branch of the Whitewater River. by gomango1849, on Flickr[/IMG]

[adampaiva]

@gomango if you got those same packable Patagucci waders that I linked, take note that they dont provide as much warmth as normal waders. So add in some thick wool socks or neoprene booties to keep the toes warm in all those cold waters!

[steveoz]

Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

My setup:

I strap the bike down on the floor when trailering.

ok I'll bite ....whaaaat is going on here? lol!

[gomango]

Originally Posted by adampaiva

@gomango if you got those same packable Patagucci waders that I linked, take note that they dont provide as much warmth as normal waders. So add in some thick wool socks or neoprene booties to keep the toes warm in all those cold waters!

Thanks!

It's Minnesota.

Wool 'r us.

Well, capilene too....

[msl819]

Originally Posted by zlin

I live near rivers and lakes and I also take breaks and I can't be the only one.

Who is riding > fishing and what's your setup? I have a half frame pack/bar bag to purpose for the season and looking for your inspiration!

Let's see em:

This is my dream type of riding. I don’t have good access to this type of riding but I will do a bikepacking/fly fishing trip happen. For that rod tube and reel case are super packable.

[nighthawk]

Originally Posted by steveoz

ok I'll bite ....whaaaat is going on here? lol!

That's electrofishing. Research... not sport fishing. I've only done the backpack version of that.