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Cool! I’ve had some good experiences there.

5wt is a great all around rod!

Nice

@@5starcalebno he didnt

Crazy! Definitely do-able, but puts a lot of extra stress on the fish for sure.

@@flyfishiowa yeah for sure fought him for like 35 min haha

Because water has a musical mind, of course!

Wow, very generous!

Practice, and you will pick it up pretty quickly😀

​@@flyfishiowanever casted a baitcaster, touched a baitcaster once in my whole life, and never seen a fly fishing rod in my whole life irl ever.

Well let’s at least change the fly fishing side of that! Visit our website or get in touch with us if you have any fly fishing questions. FlyfishIA.com

Much appreciated 🙏 but probably more luck than anything with this one! 😆

Thanks Tycoon Bro! 😎

Not sure where you heard that, but you can definitely catch trout in more ways than one.

Some people just need a little experience/education and they will get it figured out. But yes, I have people tell me regularly that they catch smallmouth bass in ponds here.

What you said all makes sense. I recommend reading “The Swine Republic” by Chris Jones, it speaks a lot to various aspects of the problem, including things you mentioned.

Thanks dude!

They are incredible. Much appreciated 🙏

They are super vibrant colors!… right back at you 🎣

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Wise words for an angler, “any tug will do”… thanks for watching 👍🏼

Unfortunately true.

Absolutely, hard to NOT want to be there.

It is a beautiful place 🌞

You are 100% correct!

Thanks for watching! I glued some foam in and around the openings of the rack. Definitely not built for fly rods but the foam reduces the gaps and allows for a snug fit for the fly rods. You may have to experiment with the diameter of the foam you use!

Much appreciated. And totally agree, phenomenal vessel to explore our waters!

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Much appreciated 🙏

These ones are still going strong since around 2019-2020ish. Haven’t used them as extensively in the past two years, but I probably wear them 6-10 times a year.

@@flyfishiowa Thank you! Very helpful! Instant sub

Much appreciated 🙏

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She likes them a lot! Caddis brand I believe, only bummer is no belt loops for a wading belt.

Good perspective, that’s wild to think about.

It was a great area! Much appreciated. 🙏

Much appreciated 🙏

A submission was just made to the EPA on behalf of the Iowa Environmental Council recently, so hopefully the EPA will take notice of some of our water quality issues soon.

Thankfully there are still people who fighting for good and right things in our world!

The Iowa Environmental Council is a good organization to follow for updates about this kind of thing. Supporting local conservation groups like Trout Unlimited, the Coldwater Conservancy, Isaak Walton League is another good way to stay involved.

I’m sorry for your loss. Let’s push for cleaner water and make sure to vote and speak up on issues surrounding clean water in our state.

Buffer strips are certainly good practice compared to planting all the way to the stream bank.

Boom 💥

Nice! 👍🏼 which species? Lots of suckers to choose from!

Incredibly sad.

Interesting thought. Ultimately, if you ate “organic”, this spill would have still occurred; it was due to human error leaving a valve open.

@@flyfishiowa right but do organic farms use substances that would be as toxic?

@@NLA108 it’s not necessarily about the chemical itself - it’s about the volume. Almost any chemical in too high of quantity can be toxic. Combined with Iowa’s already nutrient-rich soils, the extra nutrients make water quality really bad when they run off into the waterways. This instance was just an extremely high-volume discharge. The same is likely true at an “organic” facility- some runoff will likely occur- but you might not see the same volume or quantity (I’m not an expert, just my suspicion)

@@NLA108 and to be fair, I’m unaware of what chemicals organic farms use as fertilizer, but I’m guessing it would be nitrate-rich regardless of if it was “synthetic” or “natural”

Cool thank you

Sad, but unfortunately we are imperfect humans that cause some problems in our world. Wish we cared more about our wild spaces…

Red oak is corrupted... sheriff definitely is .

I didn’t see that news until you just mentioned it. That’s terrible.

That's all they got fined??

@@NLA108 according to an article by The Gazette, $6k so far, 10k is max fine allowed by the DNR unless DNR asks for more restitution with the help of legal courts.

@@NLA108update that I’m reading now is that there’s been a 10k fine issued.