Forum: Fly Rods
Today, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 520
Re: white fly rod??
Dan,
I put epoxy on the guide wraps, I didn't paint it. The epoxy was way too thick and way too heavy for the tip. I don't remember what I put it on with - probably a toothpick or sliver of wood...
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Forum: Fly Rods
05-17-2013, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 520
Re: white fly rod??
A friend of mine imports CTS blanks, and also builds a few rods for friends. I cast two of his rods and really, really liked them - one in particular. The only downside I can see would be time...
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Forum: Saltwater Fly Fishing
05-17-2013, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 191
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Forum: General Discussion
05-17-2013, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 580
Re: Long Time Forum Member Joins Business Group;
No, thank you for taking the time all these years to share what you've learned through your years of expeience with fish, techniques and tackle.
No question in my mind that you will have many...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-16-2013, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 580
Re: Long Time Forum Member Joins Business Group;
Congradulations, Ard. If I ever get a chance to make it to Alaska I'll be sure to get into contact with you well ini advance. But, unless I win the lottery or something equally probabale happens,...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-13-2013, 10:07 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 734
Re: Evolution of an Angler
I liked the tower cast at 3:24, but bailed like you Stenacron once it started sounding llike a Peta infomercial. But since I haven't done one in years, I grabbed an 8 wt and tried a few to see if I...
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Forum: The Fly Cast
05-12-2013, 11:27 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 263
Re: Newby casting dilema
Siver,
I hope they never quit making pliobond or change the recipe. You can tell from the smell that it's known to Californians to cause brain warts and blindness.
I try a lot of new products...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-11-2013, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 433
Re: North American fishing club product tester?
I agree 100% Ard.
In the "rod" category, it would take me less than 30 seconds to determine if I would even ever use it fishing once. Fly lines - the same - except for the amount of time required...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-10-2013, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,224
Re: Am I overreacting?
It's obvious that your bro-in-law is not a real fisherman.
It would never even occur to a real fisherman to shorten his partner's fishing time. That's why fishing partners "plan" fishing trips.
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Forum: General Discussion
05-09-2013, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 433
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Forum: Saltwater Fly Fishing
05-09-2013, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 384
Re: Damn! That was a humbling experience.
Chechem is absolutely correct! They are very tasty. I don't eat any over 3-4lbs , but they do taste good. They are very mild. Many people are put off by tales of cigatera, but even more by the smell...
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Forum: The Fly Cast
05-09-2013, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 365
Re: Uplining
I'm not sure of the reason for the question. No question it can be done. Lasse Karlsson has a video of him casting a 12 wt Rio Outbound on a 3 wt, 6'6" Echo Rod (particularly noted for their...
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Forum: The Fly Cast
05-04-2013, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 580
Re: Casting into the wind
Don't feel bad Swirl. It took me two years just to learn the mechanics of what I had been doing for 50 years previously and why. Even then, I needed a video camera and a special switch that lit up...
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Forum: The Fly Cast
05-04-2013, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 580
Re: Casting into the wind
Silver has it nailed. His point 4B cannot be emphasized enough though he italicized it. You simply cannot shoot line into a strong headwind. (Edit: May be possible with some short shooting heads and...
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Forum: General Discussion
05-04-2013, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 3,260
Re: Streamers, How I got Hooked on Swinging;
Really good thread, Ard. That brook you pictured is about the same size as one flowing through very good friends' land in the middle of Nowhere Colorado that I fished in the late 70's -80's. Ten...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-30-2013, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 102
Short chuckle
I heard one of my nephews, who loves to fish but does little of it, swearing in the bathroom about the Chinese.
I hollered out at him asking what was the problem, and he said that they didn't...
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Forum: Coldwater Fly Fishing
04-30-2013, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 250
Re: Spring fishin: PEI Streams and Rivers
They sure were full of trout 50 + years ago - both sea run Brookies and "Austrian" Brown Trout in some of the lakes. Don't know about the Salmon. I caught my first brown in a small lake there...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-27-2013, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 225
Re: Site Down?
I usually get an error message saying "Page is re-setting". I don't know if that helps your website man or not, but it has been happening pretty frequently at night lately.
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Forum: General Discussion
04-23-2013, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 470
Re: how light is too light?
HaHaHaHa! Laughing out loud. Great post and great user name for it!
I used to live on a frozen lake in Maine not far south of you, and did the same thing looking out the window while sitting...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-23-2013, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 720
Re: Anyone trending upward in rod weight?
Good one, Ard!
Brookfield, I think Ard may be using a little "poetic license" there. Judging from pictures, I seem to recall, of Ard holding Silver and King Salmon, I suspect he's gotten into a ...
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Forum: The Fly Cast
04-23-2013, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 430
Re: Vertical casting vs non-vertical
I agree. We may simply be using different symantics and definitions. Casting fundamentals are nothing more than derivitives of laws of physics.
The widely divergent style difference between...
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Forum: The Fly Cast
04-22-2013, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 430
Re: Vertical casting vs non-vertical
It doesn't surprise me, Jackster, since off-vertical casting is not nearly so accurate - in reasonably calm conditions.:D
Let me put it another way, that is much easier to visualize. Imagine a...
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Forum: The Fly Cast
04-22-2013, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,896
Re: a way to train your self with fly casting?
Rip,
Visualization works well for quite a few people including me,as does pantomime. And also when I get something exactly right, I try to immediately recapture what it felt like when it all came...
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Forum: The Fly Cast
04-21-2013, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 430
Re: Vertical casting vs non-vertical
The "range" in everything I've ever done has always BEEN the distance. Whether in the military on the rifle or artillery range, or at the golf driving range.the targets always have the distance...
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Forum: The Fly Cast
04-21-2013, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 430
Re: Vertical casting vs non-vertical
So far we have :
Non-vertical Pros:
1)Keeps the line away from the body more than vertical cast.
2) Good for getting under obstructions.
3) A low casting plane will help keep the line out of...
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