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For Sale: Ted Williams Sears Ice chest in original box with price tag and booklets. Taking offers. For photos please visit: http://205.160.242.2/~xenopus/tedwilliams.htm

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For Sale: Ted Williams Sears Ice chest in original box with price tag and booklets. Taking offers. For photos please visit: http://205.160.242.2/~xenopus/tedwilliams.htm

That’s fucking twisted, son…

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That’s fucking twisted, son…

NO, HE SAID IT WAS *ALUMINUM*, NOT "TWISTED, SON."   HTH. <g — Warren change addy to yahoo for email Henry’s Fork Clave info and Bozeman, MT fishing info http://www.geocities.com/troutbum_mt3/HFclave.html

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That’s fucking twisted, son…

<snipped Was just watching the news and heard……. twisted indeed. — Warren change addy to yahoo for email Henry’s Fork Clave info and Bozeman, MT fishing info http://www.geocities.com/troutbum_mt3/HFclave.html

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For Sale: Ted Williams Sears Ice chest in original box with price tag and booklets. Taking offers. For photos please visit: http://205.160.242.2/~xenopus/tedwilliams.htm

        damn you, vern, you have no mercy!! wayno

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For Sale: Ted Williams Sears Ice chest in original box with price tag and booklets. Taking offers. For photos please visit: http://205.160.242.2/~xenopus/tedwilliams.htm That’s fucking twisted, son…

Maybe, but the man knows his frogs.  You run a good service, burley. Scott

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Not as bad as selling DNA though….. Clark

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – For Sale: Ted Williams Sears Ice chest in original box with price tag and booklets. Taking offers. For photos please visit: http://205.160.242.2/~xenopus/tedwilliams.htm That’s fucking twisted, son… Maybe, but the man knows his frogs.  You run a good service, burley. Scott

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If your interested, I could put you on to a Td Williams fly fishing outfit from sears…..never been used…. john

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says… [snip] anyone who knows Jeff knows that this is roughly equivalent to Martha Stewart declaring that she’s too tired to make real mashed potatoes and that [snip] I can’t imagine anyone who hangs out in this group would appreciate being compared with Martha Stewart

I guess Jeff doesn’t like being compared to Martha Stewart any more than he likes being too tired to fish

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…actually, just thinkin ’bout martha gives me a woody… uh ken… you ain’t puttin any of this stuff in your articles are you? jeff (schwing king) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – says… [snip] anyone who knows Jeff knows that this is roughly equivalent to Martha Stewart declaring that she’s too tired to make real mashed potatoes and that [snip] I can’t imagine anyone who hangs out in this group would appreciate being compared with Martha Stewart

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… uh ken… you ain’t puttin any of this stuff in your articles are you?

Nah, ROFFians are safe for the time being. Nobody wants to buy trip reports, or not mine at any rate. — Ken Fortenberry

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rw wrote… I can’t imagine anyone who hangs out in this group would appreciate being compared with Martha Stewart That’s Fortenberry’s wet dream.

I thought Martha Stewart was just his pseudonym.  You mean there is a real Martha Stewart??  ;-) — Warren Henry’s Fork Clave info and Bozeman, MT fishing info www.geocities.com/troutbum_mt

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says… [snip] anyone who knows Jeff knows that this is roughly equivalent to Martha Stewart declaring that she’s too tired to make real mashed potatoes and that [snip] I can’t imagine anyone who hangs out in this group would appreciate being compared with Martha Stewart

You’ve obviously never seen Ken and Martha cast.  I have – both of ‘em.  No wonder he looks up to her.  <G — Ken Fortenberry nice TR! Winter is slowly settling into central NJ.  The most fun we’re having around here is scouring a local waterway for signs of searun brown trout.

Could be worse.  you could be stuck on a computer, dreaming about trout.  (sigh) Thanks for sharing it. Rob

Great TR BTW, but don’t let it go to your head. Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://home.cogeco.ca/~pcharles/streamers/index.html

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… You’ve obviously never seen Ken and Martha cast.  I have – both of ‘em.  No wonder he looks up to her.  <G

Yeah, yeah, go ahead and yuk it up about my casting but it wasn’t ME who had our poor guide wishin’ for a football helmet while piloting our drift boat down the Muskegon. Great TR BTW, but don’t let it go to your head.

Not to worry dahling, I won’t forget the little people. — Ken Fortenberry

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says… [snip] anyone who knows Jeff knows that this is roughly equivalent to Martha Stewart declaring that she’s too tired to make real mashed potatoes and that [snip]

I can’t imagine anyone who hangs out in this group would appreciate being compared with Martha Stewart — Ken Fortenberry

nice TR! Winter is slowly settling into central NJ.  The most fun we’re having around here is scouring a local waterway for signs of searun brown trout. Thanks for sharing it. Rob

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I can’t imagine anyone who hangs out in this group would appreciate being compared with Martha Stewart

That’s Fortenberry’s wet dream. — visit my web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulff/

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I was headed west on I-40 early Sunday morning when I saw the sign for the Blue Ridge Parkway. In a moment of inspired spontaneity caused in no small measure by the clear blue Carolina sky and the remembrance of the past two days fishing with Zimbo and Wayno, I quickly decided to postpone my trip to Alabama one more day and fish in the Park. I’d thought about fishing with Jeff and Waldo on Sunday hoping to be shown another of their Grandfather Mountain gems but they’d both been fishing since Thursday and Jeff said he was too tired to fish another day. Now, anyone who knows Jeff knows that this is roughly equivalent to Martha Stewart declaring that she’s too tired to make real mashed potatoes and that instant mashed potato flakes are a "good thing". Simply astonishing. So when Waldo called, (and speaking of Waldo and Martha Stewart, his upscale, yuppie, downtown Morganton flyshop looks like something straight out of Martha’s design book , we decided to call it a weekend. But the Blue Ridge Parkway beckoned and I pointed the Forester towards the Park. Arrived at Oconaluftee to find the Newfound Gap Road closed for construction. So much for inspired spontaneity. I drove around the south side of the Park and fished Twenty Mile Creek that afternoon instead. The solitary hike up the Twenty Mile Creek trail on a glorious Sunday in December afforded me an opportunity to reflect on the previous days fishing and on flyfishing in general. To bowdlerize Camus, flyfishing represents, even in the depths of the impending winter, that invincible summer within me. Flyfishing challenges my intellect with its arcana of ephemeral bugs, and the contrasting physical challenges of deftly flicking a delicate stick and boulder hopping in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina nourishes my soul in ways I can hardly comprehend. That Friday with Zimbo was our first time fishing together. It was a grey, warm day and the woods around Upper Creek had the smell of moldy, fecund winter. So different from the crisp, sterile smell of a midwestern winter. Funny how different people approach a stream. We climbed down from the trail to a big rock face where we could see three trout feeding in, by Upper Creek standards, a pretty big pool. While I sat on the rock studying the pool looking for an approach, Zimbo grew impatient and slid off the rock to give it a go. It was definitely a spot for an upstream cast but short of taking a swim there was no way to get downstream of the pool. And so we fished. I with a 6′3" 3wt Hamilton ‘boo and Steve with a Cabela’s stowaway. We fished our part of the stream in precisely the three hours Waldo had predicted and then tried to return to that first pool from the downstream side but darkness intervened and we called it a day. It was a real pleasure to finally get to fish with Steve. Wayno had locked us out of the cabin and was already well into the Balvenie when we got home to Beech Mountain. Dinner was necessarily carry-out as the tourist services on Beech Mountain are dependent on the (non-existent) snow. Jeff drove off the mountain at some ungodly hour of the morning to fish with Walt while Wayno and I did the civilized thing and ate a leisurely breakfast down in Banner Elk. The weather continued to cooperate, despite assurances of rain from the weather man, and we hiked down the Elk River in the chardonnay light of late fall in the mountains. No winter here, not just yet. How in the hell do I describe fishing with Wayno ? It’s beyond my poor power. There is a joy, a mischievous, boyish glee in the way he throws himself onto a trout stream. It’s an infectious joy and you just cannot help but get caught up in the delight of flyfishing writ large upon the personal history of that Rowan County rogue. Wayno left to get back in time for the LSU-Tennessee game and Jeff and I had a large time cooking for ourselves back at Zimbo’s cabin. Remember Zimbo’s cabin ? That’s the title of this post. — Ken Fortenberry

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I’m new to still water fly fishing, and am in the market for a float tube or equivalent.  Several of my local fly shops are pushing the Outcast PAC 66 Fat Cat ($269).  What do you think of this design?  You sit higher in the water than in a typical float tube or V-boat – which has the advantage of keeping you drier and warmer.  Wouldn’t you be blown around more with a higher profile?  Are there other devices that are better for the same price? Is it really worth paying $100 for Force Fins? Thanks in advance. Steve

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I’m new to still water fly fishing, and am in the market for a float tube or equivalent.  Several of my local fly shops are pushing the Outcast PAC 66 Fat Cat ($269).  What do you think of this design?  You sit higher in the water than in a typical float tube or V-boat – which has the advantage of keeping you drier and warmer.  Wouldn’t you be blown around more with a higher profile?  Are there other devices that are better for the same price? Is it really worth paying $100 for Force Fins?

Hi Steve; Sorry, but I can’t help you with the boat question.  Nor have I ever used force fins.  But I did buy myself a cheap pair of fins from K-Mart or some such for about $20 and found them to be very satisfactory.  These are the type of fins routinely worn by scuba divers.  They have a very large fin surface and have a pocket designed to fit over the entire foot.  Of course, this means they are not adjustable so you will have to buy two pair if you intend to go wet sometimes and in waders at others.  You would still be $60 ahead of the game.  Once, when I left my fins at home, I borrowed a pair of Caddis fins from a friend.  These were the type that strap on over a wading boot.  I was appalled at how hard I had to work in order to move at all with these fins.  It wasn’t much better than having none at all.  The cheap scuba style fins, on the other hand, allow me to move my U-shaped boat at a pace which lets me to keep up with anyone I’ve fished with and with only moderate effort. It seems to me that the critical difference between the two styles is the length of the blade.  All else being equal, a longer blade on the fin will make propulsion a lot easier. Good luck.

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Steve: Like Wolfgang, I don’t have much ability to comment on the benefits of a FatCat, but unlike Wolfgang, I can say I would NEVER trade my Force Fins for anything else. Yes, I was appalled at the price, but having tried more conventional fins, the difference is like night & day. If a little wind picks up, you’ll appreciate having every little bit of extra power. BTW, I have a U-boat from The Creek Co., and have been very happy with it. Good value for the price – mail order from Cabela’s. (or maybe Bass Pro Shop, can’t remember which) I’m new to still water fly fishing, and am in the market for a float tube or equivalent.  Several of my local fly shops are pushing the Outcast PAC 66 Fat Cat ($269).  What do you think of this design?  You sit higher in the water than in a typical float tube or V-boat – which has the advantage of keeping you drier and warmer.  Wouldn’t you be blown around more with a higher profile?  Are there other devices that are better for the same price? Is it really worth paying $100 for Force Fins?

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See if Cabela’s still has that great deal on the original Clear Creek U-boat. I think I paid $119 and they throw in the Clear Creek fins.  The fins are good quality but won’t accept wading boots and without a small boot like the Flats you’ll scrunch your toes. Steve C

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Steve,     I have the Force Fins for use with my Wading Boots. I also have Contact Scuba Fins. While I get more thrust from the Contacts I find I don’t use them any more since I got my Force Fins. The Force allow me to keep from tearing up the bottom of my waders while loading my pontoon boat and they are much easier to put on. The main difference I notice is that the Scuba fins provide the most thrust on the down stroke and the Force fins on the up stroke. For me this means that I have less fatigue in my legs at the end of the day. As for the FatCat, I have talked with two or three people who have them and I think I will probably purchase one for myself. At about 7 lbs they are light enough to pack in (My Pontoon weighs in at 35 lbs.) and they will hold my weight 300+. They are actually easier to kick than a typical u-boat or tube because of the bottom on them. This allows for better water movement under you when you kick. Yes they may be a little harder to use in the wind but this can be easily taken care of with a plastic grocery bag tied to a small string and attached to a d-ring. Gary – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m new to still water fly fishing, and am in the market for a float tube or equivalent.  Several of my local fly shops are pushing the Outcast PAC 66 Fat Cat ($269).  What do you think of this design?  You sit higher in the water than in a typical float tube or V-boat – which has the advantage of keeping you drier and warmer.  Wouldn’t you be blown around more with a higher profile?  Are there other devices that are better for the same price? Is it really worth paying $100 for Force Fins? Thanks in advance. Steve

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I’m new to still water fly fishing, and am in the market for a float tube or equivalent.  Several of my local fly shops are pushing the Outcast PAC 66 Fat Cat ($269).  What do you think of this design?  You sit higher in the water than in a typical float tube or V-boat – which has the advantage of keeping you drier and warmer.  Wouldn’t you be blown around more with a higher profile?  Are there other devices that are better for the same price? Is it really worth paying $100 for Force Fins? Thanks in advance. Steve

I own a Super Fat Cat and love it.  I was fishing a lake last year that is notorious for the wind kicking up around noon.  The wind kicked up a little early this day (10:00) and I was barely able to paddle back to the launching area.  There were many tubers fishing and they were all blown off the water except for this one guy who just kept on fishing. I hung around a while to get a look at what he was fishing in and it was an Outcast Super Fat Cat.  I rented one the next trip to this lake and loved it. I noticed that it moves a lot faster for the same kick than any other U/V boat I have tried.  I highly recommend the Super Fat Cat.  I would also have to recommend the Force Fins as well.  I haven’t used a fin that gives as much as a push that is so easy to push through the water.  Even on lakes where the white-caps are racing accross the surface, my legs don’t cramp at the end of the day. It is true that the Super Fat Cat and Fat Cat have you sit higher  and are therefore more exposed to the wind, but it also reduces the amount of water that must be displaced to move the boat.  My experience is that the Super Fat Cat with Force Fins is a great combination for a windy lake. — John Strock `)))<               <`)))<                    <`)))<

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Gary: Could you explain this setup a little more fully?  I’m curious how the string is attached to the bag & how the mouth of the bag stays open. them. This allows for better water movement under you when you kick. Yes they may be a little harder to use in the wind but this can be easily taken care of with a plastic grocery bag tied to a small string and attached to a d-ring. Gary

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The way I used it was to simply tie a small bridal to each of the handles. It ends up working similar to a parachute. If you have troubles keeping the mouth open you can make a frame on the mouth with some drinking straws and scotch tape to hold them to the bag. Since there isn’t much water pressure this might work better. Gary — — LEGAL NOTICE: Anyone sending unsolicited commercial email to this address will be charged a $500 proofreading fee. This is an official notification; failure to abide by this will result in legal action, as per the following: By U.S. Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer meets the definition of a telephone fax machine. By Sec.227(b)(1)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to such equipment. By Sec.227(b)(3)(C), a violation of the aforementioned Section is punishable by action to recover actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever is greater, by each violation.

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M.W. Thank you for your insight.  You have some great ideas!  I know almost everybody is in to the $$$ side of fishing, but I prefer to get started without getting soaked.  Wow a $15 rod.  Although it’s glass, what a price.  I’m headed to WalMart and Kmart today to check out their stock. FYI, almost everybody has recommended a 8 1/2 5/6wt rod, then some good line and going cheap on the reel.  BTW, a couple of people have recommend the St Croiz ProGraphite rod ($70).  They say it’s a super rod that I won’t have to throw away. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – For Jimmy D. Geek, From what I have experienced, you don’t have to spend alot of money to get into fly fishing.  I started with a Shakespear 9′ glass rod, with a Martin 61 real loaded with #7 floating line. The reel was only about $9-10, but did everything it needed to do, hold line when its not in the water.  I "upgraded" last year, with a 8′ Diawa graphite composite rod ($15) and another Martin 61’s. I loaded # 5 floating line on this reel. I fish the small streams and rivers of Missouri. If you don’t have alot to spend, or don’t want to get in very deep at first you might try this approach. Check out what is included in the combos, refer to some basic books, and maybe talk to an expert about a good balance between rod length an line weight. Then maybe you can find less expensive alternatives to the pricer models.  A good mid range combo that you will likely see mentioned for a range of conditions, is a 5 or 6 weight line on a 81/2-9′ rod.  I have caught some nice fish and spent some nice time in the water while(with the help of a few books) teaching myself to cast. This was done often to the disgust of a few very decked out fellow fly fishers down the way who were coming up dry.  You might try a book by Joseph F. Petralia, called Flyfishing, First Cast to First Fish!  Its a good step by step how to guide. Good luck and good fishing. M. W. Hensley

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For Jimmy D. Geek, From what I have experienced, you don’t have to spend alot of money to get into fly fishing.  I started with a Shakespear 9′ glass rod, with a Martin 61 real loaded with #7 floating line. The reel was only about $9-10, but did everything it needed to do, hold line when its not in the water.  I "upgraded" last year, with a 8′ Diawa graphite composite rod ($15) and another Martin 61’s. I loaded # 5 floating line on this reel. I fish the small streams and rivers of Missouri. If you don’t have alot to spend, or don’t want to get in very deep at first you might try this approach. Check out what is included in the combos, refer to some basic books, and maybe talk to an expert about a good balance between rod length an line weight. Then maybe you can find less expensive alternatives to the pricer models.  A good mid range combo that you will likely see mentioned for a range of conditions, is a 5 or 6 weight line on a 81/2-9′ rod.  I have caught some nice fish and spent some nice time in the water while(with the help of a few books) teaching myself to cast. This was done often to the disgust of a few very decked out fellow fly fishers down the way who were coming up dry.  You might try a book by Joseph F. Petralia, called Flyfishing, First Cast to First Fish!  Its a good step by step how to guide. Good luck and good fishing. M. W. Hensley

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        Can anyone offer any suggestions of fly-in camping-fishing-hunting-etc. locations?  Looking for get-away weekend stuff for my son and I  to try.   NC, SC, VA areas most appealing, but any would be of interest. Gene

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Ocracoke NC and Cherry Springs state park PA are two of our favorites. – Rod Farlee

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I am looking for someone who will provide first-time instruction to a fly fishing beginner in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico.  Please

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There is at least one shop in Santa Fe that offers a guide service. Look them up in the yellow pages at your local library. (Yep, paper still works to transmit information!) — Ken Clark Ft. Lupton, CO

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There is at least one shop in Santa Fe that offers a guide service. Look them up in the yellow pages at your local library.

Try: Santa Fe Flyfishing School & Guide Service (505) 986-3913 Bill Schudlich Santa Fe, NM

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I need info on getting info (flyfishing for trout) in northern Washington, Idaho and Montana states. Thanx Bish

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I need info on getting info (flyfishing for trout) in northern Washington, Idaho and Montana states.

Hi Bish Your request is fairly broad.  In Washington I recommend you contact the Blue Dun Fly Shop in Wenatchee (509-664-2416) and in Idaho check with the Cast a Way Fly Shop in Coeur d’Alene (208-765-3313). In Montana the Yellowstone River is fishing good, most of the waters in the Park are also fishing well.  The Clarks Fork is high but starting to turn on.  The Madison is good AM & PM and slow through the day.  The Gallatin is Fishing good through the day and into the evening (caddis).   Hoppers, caddis, woolly buggers, and bead heads are the flies of choice.  Also Wulffs, Trudes, etc. are alway a good choice. Tight Lines Al Beatty BT’s Fly Fishing Products Bozeman, MT (96 catalog)

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The following are acouple of places that may be able to answer questions about fly fishing in Montana http://www.cyberport.net/ecs/troutski/troutski.html http://www.cyberport.net/ecs/wwater/gnwwater.html — Electronic Cottage Services http://www.cyberport.net/ecs/lakeco/business/ecs/ecshome.html PO Box 81 Polson, MT 59860 406-887-2899

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The following are acouple of places that may be able to answer questions about fly fishing in Montana

OR NOT!!!

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Path: news.micron.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-11.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.ed u!swrinde!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!hunter.premier.net!news.cais.net!nn tp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.fibr.net!news.inter netMCI.com!news-admin Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.fly Organization: InternetMCI Lines: 7 NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup535.bloomington.mci.net The following are acouple of places that may be able to answer questions about fly fishing in Montana OR NOT!!!

Try calling the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association or visit the Idaho home page.

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I suspect the dye you used was a problem – too many salts or something else.  Try a pure acid dye, and after dying, make sure to rinse the heck out of the hide. Thomas Gilg

It was RIT DYE….

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writes: Rit dye gives fairly good results but tough colors like black Rit is not very good for fur or feathers. Of course there may be someone on the group who has good luck with Rit, my hats off to them

To get a good black with rit dye you need to add some brown dye to it. Now if I could only remember how much!                                                    Dan Dan Gracia                                                               Orvis West Coast Fly Fishing Schools If you kill that big fish you can’t catch ‘em again.  So what if they eat other fish?  If you kill the big ones there will only be little ones left (funny how that works!).

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(Curtis Quist) writes: I am looking at moving to the Portland area.  I am tired of the mid-west and the lack of ff for trout in my area.  How much fishing is available within 60 minutes of Portland.  On a scale of 1-10, how good is the fishing in this area. Thanks in advance, Curtis

You could flyfish everyday of the year with a good expectation of catching fish.  What more could a mortal want?

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I am looking at moving to the Portland area.  I am tired of the mid-west and the lack of ff for trout in my area.  How much fishing is available within 60 minutes of Portland.  On a scale of 1-10, how good is the fishing in this area. Thanks in advance, Curtis

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – (Curtis Quist) writes: I am looking at moving to the Portland area.  I am tired of the mid-west and the lack of ff for trout in my area.  How much fishing is available within 60 minutes of Portland.  On a scale of 1-10, how good is the fishing in this area. Thanks in advance, Curtis You could flyfish everyday of the year with a good expectation of catching fish.  What more could a mortal want?

Let’s be clearer.  You can flyfish for trout, you can fly fish for steelhead, you can fly fish for salmon, you can flyfish for small mouth and large mouth bass, a few bluegills, and surf fish.  Driving a little further, you can get stripers, the Deschutes ( a fair to middling river), the various high Oregon lakes.   I lived in Portland a few years back, and was so snooty, I wouldn’t drive more than forty five minutes.  Fished 150 days one of those years.  Caught a few.  Had a lot of fun.  That was before the kids came along… Seattle is OK, too.

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I have an upcoming business trip to Ann Arbor, MI (May 22-26) and am wondering whether to bring the rod…..   Can anybody on the net suggest some nice trout waters within a 2 hours radius of Ann Arbor?  (Thanks, but the Au Sable is too far away, some other time perhaps) Perhaps also a Ann Arbor fly shop? If I get some suggestions, I’d stay an extra day…. Please email, thanks, -PWM Nat’l Center for Atmos Research    voice:  (303) 497-1293 Scientific Computing Division     Consulting Office

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Fly-sishing for trout is out if you are looking to fish in a two hour radius of Ann Arbor.   If you want to fly-fish for Bass in the huron River, call MacGregor’s out doors on Mainstreet (an Orvis shop) and ask for Mac Richardson. He and his son know where to fish for small mouth on the Huron.   GaryLarry

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