2017 Goals

[Charlie Church]

The recap thread took off way more than expected and has been awesome to read. It makes you realize how many good anglers are in the club and that most of them have experience all over the world.

I figured I'm going to start a thread with my goals for 2017 so that I can track them and see if I get any done next year. That being said, my main goal is always to fish as much as possible and enjoy every trip out (and learn a bit each time).

My goals for 2017:

- I would love to get a big drum on fly in Virginia. 

- I would like to see the silver king in Virginia. I had a few opportunities to get out hunting for them and never ended up going. I'd like to just see one in person-- a rolling fish would be more than enough. 

- Speckled trout have quickly become my favorite fish. They eat very aggressively, feed in shallow water, love top water and are very pattern oriented. I targeted them a ton last year and I would like to continue to target them on fly. A goal for me this year would be to get one over 24 inches on fly. Bonus points if it's on topwater. This all depends heavily on Virginia not having a fish kill from the cold for the 3rd year in a row.

- Help promote saltwater fly fishing in the lower bay. I recently became a board member for Legends of the Fly. This groups purpose is to do just that by hosting a Film Tour Event and Tournament. IMO, more fly angers = more people caring about Oysters, SAVs, Menhaden, Not killing trophy rockfish, runoff and all that great stuff. 

That's it for me. What's everyone else hoping to get done?

[Yambag Nelson]

A few things I would like to do:

1.  Catch a bonefish wading in the keys.  In my experience this is a very difficult thing to do.  I have cast to some while wading in the keys but have never gotten one to eat a fly.

2.  Catch an atlantic salmon on a dry fly

3.  Explore more of Virginia.  I have really neglected much of the fishing in this state in favor of other destinations.  Want to change that this year.

[Matthew Longley]

Charlie - what's a silver king?

Every year I make a goal of catching a trout every month of the year (both fly fishing and ice fishing counts). Last year I made it through April then started a new job in May and didn't fish once, was a terrible shame. I'd like to try again but I might only have this coming Saturday for January before work takes me on the road for a few weeks.

Adding to my goals this year - bought a spey rod and want to catch a steelhead on the swing. Would take a giant lake-run brown as a happy substitute.

On Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 11:19:20 AM UTC-5, Charlie Church wrote:

[Bobby Davis]

Keep in mind that I just moved to DC if some consider these goals easy...

My goals are...

1.  Catch some shad on the Potomac

2.  Catch my first Striper 

3.  Catch a snakehead (heard this is kind of hard...)

4.  Get back up to my college stomping grounds for the Green Drake hatch.  Catch a whole lot of Brookies

5.  Take a trip to either Ohio or Pulaski for steelhead and catch one on the swing

I think that will do for now.

[Jeffrey Silvan]

Silver King = Tarpon

My goals for this year are pretty limited since I don't know how much fishing I'll be able to do, but that leads me to goal #1:

1. Fish more than last year 

2. Finally catch my musky... I guess the first step is not having 3/3 trips cancelled due to unfishable river conditions

3. Add a new species to my fly-rod caught list

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[Matthew Longley]

But... Tarpon in Virginia!?

On Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 11:19:20 AM UTC-5, Charlie Church wrote:

[Greggory DiSalvo]

Oh yeah, I know some watermen around the Eastern shore who say they catch a few each year.  Don't know how big the Tarpon get, but would be fun I'm sure.  I'd be happy with catching one anywhere...period.  One day maybe.

Goals for 2017

1. Continue to improve at this game

2. Make more brookie trips (low water really killed me last year)

3. Catch more striper during shad run

4. catch a 30-40" striper in the flats of MA or NH

5. Catch a tout in another country 

6. Get to Moorhead city for some false albacore

I'll be happy if the only box I check at the end of the year is I got better.

On Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 11:19:20 AM UTC-5, Charlie Church wrote:

[Bob Richey]

 

Mine are pretty modest:

1. Fish for shad.  Every year I say I’m going to do it and every year I go brookie fishing instead.  This year I’m going down to Fletcher’s and try to figure it out.

2. Improve my casting for distance and accuracy.

3. Explore the Pennsylvania spring creeks more, I’ve been up there once, on a weekend and super crowded.  I’m going to call in to work with trout fever and get up there on a week day and explore.

4. Take my brother out to some streams near him and show him how much fun fly fishing can be, get him on some fish.

 

 

[Andrew Sarcinello]

Heading back to FL in February (HOPEFULLY) and my goals there are to catch a tarpon and a snook on the fly - both eluded me last year.

I would also like to catch a decent sized striper on the fly. I tried Gravelly Point at least 5 or 6 times last year and the stars never aligned though I caught a ton under 12". I did hook a pretty big one elsewhere in DC but it broke off - and that turned out to be the last one I hooked in 2016.

Charlie if I can make it down your way this year, I'd love to get into specks on the fly. I've never caught one on any tackle. I'll count that as another goal but only if I actually fish where they live!

I also want to do more fishing in WV, I get the feeling there are some real hidden gems out there for wild trout.

[Z Onk]

I just wanna catch anything over 6 inches. And hopefully on a 3wt ...

[TurbineBlade]

Zonk, that should very attainable and you'll be pretty pleased to meet that goal.  

I have not really done any expensive, destination type of of trips.  Instead, I've basically made it a goal to spend a heck of a lot of my free time fishing locally, for whatever.  

My 2017 goal is to pack up my son and with Beth get out and a) catch some brook trout, and b) catch some sunfish.  I honestly can't wait to teach him to ID fish, salamanders, trees, Aedes albopictus and so forth.

Gene