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Today, 04:24 AM

jpbfly replied to a thread Show us your boat in General Discussion

A bit too big to go fishin.....:icon_eek::laugh::wow::fish2::jaw::D

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Today, 02:41 AM

jpbfly replied to a thread Small stream Stories and Pictures; in Coldwater Fly Fishing

You're right....the Nederbach near the spring,a pure little gem.:)

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Yesterday, 11:31 PM

Ard replied to a thread Small stream Stories and Pictures; in Coldwater Fly Fishing

Is that Austria JP? SO many beautiful pictures throughout this thread it's a day long trip just looking.

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Yesterday, 11:26 PM

jpbfly replied to a thread Small stream Stories and Pictures; in Coldwater Fly Fishing

You mean small?:)

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Yesterday, 11:20 PM

Ard replied to a thread WTB: Higher End 8 Weight 9+ foot Single Hand Fly Rod in Fishing Rods & Outfits Classifieds

What's going on with this one? Did you find a rod?

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Yesterday, 11:03 PM

Ard replied to a thread Leader Length for sink tips.. in General Discussion

Once I pass under 20 pound mono I use a double surgeons knot rather than perfection loop, the double surgeon retains better breaking strength. I...

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Yesterday, 10:11 PM

Ard replied to a thread Show us your boat in General Discussion

Since Eric started this thread I've made a bunch of upgrades to my humble water ride. First there were the design and fitting of a pair of custom...

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Yesterday, 06:59 PM

Ard replied to a thread 6wt. Double hand Spey rods.. in Spey Rods and Switch Rods - Fly Fishing Tackle Talk!

Obviously I'm not nearly as refined as you in my taste for rods, I do get what you are saying though. The rods I actually use are quite similar, they...

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Yesterday, 04:04 PM

Ard replied to a thread 6wt. Double hand Spey rods.. in Spey Rods and Switch Rods - Fly Fishing Tackle Talk!

I read no further than this in the replies. If you have a hankering for a Meiser rod then forget the T&T and go directly to the rod shop. I would...

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Yesterday, 02:45 PM

Ard replied to a thread Best SA line for small streams? in General Discussion

All these lines??? Todays market is enough to make my head hurt! I used the Cortland 444 DT when it came out, I also have and used the Scientific...

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Yesterday, 02:18 PM

Ard replied to a thread Why Am I Home? in Alaska General Discussion

Gotta love that 16 year old Climate Activist Greta Thunberg crossing the North Atlantic on a sailing boat to attend the climate conference in NY. The...

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Yesterday, 02:11 PM

Ard replied to a thread Magnifying glass for fly tying in Fly Tying Articles

I use an old school model of what Wallace linked you to, mine has 3 small florissant light tubes in it and I began using it way back in the 1990's....

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Yesterday, 01:59 PM

Ard replied to a thread Why Am I Home? in Alaska General Discussion

While it may seem to many that I live in a fishing paradise things are turning bad as the years go on here. I am now landlocked. Other than the silt...

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Yesterday, 11:13 AM

ia_trouter replied to a thread Come on People in General Discussion

I've only caught two 20# class salmon and Ard was the net man for both of them. He's not afraid to wade of course so they were not drug up on the...

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Yesterday, 10:22 AM

ia_trouter replied to a thread Come on People in General Discussion

This is a salmon thread so I've never witnessed a 6-7X leader in actual use, but of course a quick landing is always desirable.

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Yesterday, 07:27 AM

ia_trouter replied to a thread Best SA line for small streams? in General Discussion

I know they come in a million minor variants, but generically speaking SA Mastery Trout series double taper lines work well for me on small water, on...

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Yesterday, 07:09 AM

ia_trouter replied to a thread The Compleat Angler in News & articles for discussion

Search it up on the web this winter and read just 10 pages. When I occasionally want to read a classic, I can find better and certainly more...

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Yesterday, 06:59 AM

ia_trouter replied to a thread The Compleat Angler in News & articles for discussion

That post made my morning Jim. Apology accepted. :) Look at the cover again. That's not a river, it's a Driftless stocker bow creek based on...

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