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Segar Grand Max is pretty hot right now.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – i like fluoracorbon material since the fish kant see it.  its expensive but works awsome.  have you ever perchased florocarbon from cabelas?  is it good.

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i like fluoracorbon material since the fish kant see it.  its expensive but works awsome.  have you ever perchased florocarbon from cabelas?  is it good.

Everyone I know whose fishing I respect uses the same old Maxima – reliable, strong, doesn’t get in a twist. LC — Lazarus Cooke

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i like fluoracorbon material since the fish kant see it.

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around, will berkeley hear it? (the bishop of Cloyne, not the tackle manufacturer in Iowa) Mu

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<Crap snipped. What you write, is an affront to most people

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Fished my favorite local stream today.  Testing out the back after the new treatment.  WOO WOO!  Fished for five hours and my only complaint was cold feet (as in, "who switched my feet for these bricks"). Got to the Patapsco, below Daniels Dam (Old Fredrick Rd turnout) at about 8 a.m.  Water was 48 degrees, air about 50, foggy with a light breeze. I walked up to my favorite pool and started casting a size 14 wooly bugger. After two 10 inch stocker rainbows in the riffle, I started up a conversation with an older gentleman on the walking path.  Turns out that he is a "retired" fly fisherman who can no longer wade due to two artificial hips and some heart problems.  The sun had come out and he pointed out some fish rising in the next pool down.  He then "guided" me into position by spotting my traverse across the stream.  I stayed wonderfully dry because of him. With his advice, I got into perfect position behind a rock.  I was high enough out of the water to make a decent cast, but shielded from the fishes view by the rock.  There were about twenty fish rising in a 20 foot circle. I looked on the water and saw some tiny size 30 black gnats floating by. Well, didn’t have anything that small, so settled on a 22 Griffiths Gnat. No dice.  They splashed all around it.  I retied on the black wooly bugger, but again, no joy.  I then remembered a fly in my box that I learned about whilst inspecting the Pirate’s Dry Fly Larder (the man will never again have to tie a dry).  It was a size 16 parachute Hare’s Ear.  Chaching!  These guys couldn’t get enough of it.  About every third to fifth cast I was into another fish.  One fish was still bleeding slightly in the other side of the mouth from where I had hooked him before. Man, I love stupid fish.  Even got a very confused smallie (still had his winter coat on). When the action slowed down, I looked up and the gentleman was still there, sitting on a log.  I offered him my rod, but he refused.  He didn’t buy a license and was "adding a bit of English to my casts."  We chatted for a bit more and then the fish started rising again.  When action eased, I looked up and he was gone.  I want to thank him and all other "stream side angels." He was indeed fishing without a license, but my license worked for him, because I became his arms and legs for just a bit.  My cast straightened out, my fly selection was spot on and the fish were fearless.  I firmly believe that more than words pass between master and apprentice and today, while fishing that little circle of fish, that connection with this nameless gentleman, with the Pirate, with old Floyd Turnbull who took me fishing as a kid, and many, many others, was made. I sat on that pool all morning.  Others came by and said those were the only rising fish in two miles of river.  I sat on a rock and had my sandwich with my line in the water (still my pool, dammit!).  While sitting there, a huge (for the Patapsco) trout, about 18-20 inches, flashed about ten feet out from the rock.  I sat there for a 45 minutes casting everything in my flybox, hare’s ears, pheasant tails, wooly buggers, usuals, biots, nothing worked, even though he continued to flash and dart around.  That ethereal link was still there, but there are some fish that you aren’t meant to catch. A front came through at about one o’clock, clouds, sprinkles and wind.  Shut the fish down.  I didn’t mind.  I’d had a good morning, the fishing lust was sated, and I had reached a new level in my relationship with the water, and, my past. — Frank Reid Reverse email to reply.

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……a "retired" fly fisherman who can no longer wade due to two artificial hips and some heart problems.  The sun had come out and he pointed out some fish rising in the next pool down.  He then "guided" me into position by spotting my traverse across the stream…….

What greater ambition for a fly fisher than to BE that old man? Wolfgang see you at penn’s

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Fished my favorite local stream today.  Testing out the back after the new treatment.

        (snip)         i am once again reminded of the best argument for the existence of this group–gifts such as that i snipped, above. your friend in the old north state wayno

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Frank Reid wrote…

<snipped a wonderful TR A front came through at about one o’clock, clouds, sprinkles and wind.  Shut the fish down.  I didn’t mind.  I’d had a good morning, the fishing lust was sated, and I had reached a new level in my relationship with the water, and, my past.

Thanks for sharing that Frank.  Gems like that are what keep me coming back here. — Warren Henry’s Fork Clave info and Bozeman, MT fishing info www.geocities.com/troutbum_mt

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but there are some fish that you aren’t meant to catch.

Boy, that’s an evocative line…thanks for the TR, Frank. – Sid

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What greater ambition for a fly fisher than to BE that old man? Wolfgang see you at penn’s

To BE that old fly fisher and married to Anna Nicole Smith for her money?         Frank

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What greater ambition for a fly fisher than to BE that old man? Wolfgang see you at penn’s To BE that old fly fisher and married to Anna Nicole Smith for her money?         Frank

See, that’s what we love about this place…….no question asked in good faith will go unanswered!     Wolfgang

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What greater ambition for a fly fisher than to BE that old man? Wolfgang see you at penn’s To BE that old fly fisher and married to Anna Nicole Smith for her money?         Frank

Something tells me she’d insist on a strong pre-nup…

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – What greater ambition for a fly fisher than to BE that old man? Wolfgang see you at penn’s To BE that old fly fisher and married to Anna Nicole Smith for her money?         Frank Something tells me she’d insist on a strong pre-nup…

Anything she wants!! Scott

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Fished my favorite local stream today.  

Great story, Frank. That was a special day that I’ll think will stay with you. Willi

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Best wishes to you and yours Frank Dave

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Frank Church writes:

(nice stuff snipped) Daisy, Guts and I wish you all a very Merry Xmas, and a wonderful New Year. Frank, Daisy and Guts the Cat Church

What?  No Church Mouse?   Thank you, Frank, and many Happy returns to you and your’s. Dave LaCourse

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That time of the year again folks, my how time flies when you’re having fun! Local paper says this is the coldest winter in these parts since 1989, and we’re about to equal snowfall records as well if this keeps up. My back deck is awash in snowbirds, finches, etc. foraging in the snow for the seeds that I throw out there, Guts has a ball watching them, her own private entertainment center, as it were.  A hump in the park on snowshoes is the order of the day, then to thumb thru well worn flyfishing magazines to decide what fly to tie for the upcoming 2001 swap. The choices are narrowed down when my ability to tie is taken into account. Without ROFF, this year, as in the past, would be diminished measurably.  I am grateful for the cyber-friends I have made, and most grateful for the ones I have had the privilege to meet in the few claves I have attended. Really looking forward to doing it again in 2001. What a great bunch of ruf…er….people! Daisy, Guts and I wish you all a very Merry Xmas, and a wonderful New Year. Frank, Daisy and Guts the Cat Church —–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! —–==  Over 80,000 Newsgroups – 16 Different Servers! =—–

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Hi folks, I haven’t been flyfishing all that long but I have been pretty successful. I don’t have a problem with low backcasts on my 4wt, but when I am casting #4 or #6 bass poppers on my 6wt as I lengthen the cast the backcast drops, often into the water -or even worse, getting caught up in the bushes.  I’m sure there is a pointer or two that you might know to help me out.  Thanks in advance. Padre

You’re probably just taking the rod back too far on the backcast. Pretend that you’re throwing the line straight up into the air. A double haul should help, too. — visit my web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulff/ something bogus to avoid spam)

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Hi folks, I haven’t been flyfishing all that long but I have been pretty successful. I don’t have a problem with low backcasts on my 4wt, but when I am casting #4 or #6 bass poppers on my 6wt as I lengthen the cast the backcast drops, often into the water -or even worse, getting caught up in the bushes.  I’m sure there is a pointer or two that you might know to help me out.  Thanks in advance. Padre

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Padre, Quite often an individual in his/her quest for a cast which does not drop/slap on either the forward or backcast actually excertes way too much effort.  This causes one to lose technique (by which I refer to the motion-with-a-stop basic casting stroke) thereby exacerbating the condition. I would suggest that when this first occurs that you relax and focus on stopping your backcast with the thumb of your casting hand pointing straight up.  This is of course a bit extreme but the result would be a backcast which has a higher trajectory (gives your cast more time to complete), a tighter loop (enables the line to better move that wind-resistant popper!) and restores control of this situation back to you. Remember that casting heavy (chuck-and-duck) or wind-resistant fly’s that the casting motion becomes deliberately slower and longer.  Try to cast one too fast and you would be more likely to butt end load the flyrod causing a larger loop, tired arm and quite possible the fly would ‘tic’ the flyrod causing it to break. Regards, Roger Mihara – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi folks, I haven’t been flyfishing all that long but I have been pretty successful. I don’t have a problem with low backcasts on my 4wt, but when I am casting #4 or #6 bass poppers on my 6wt as I lengthen the cast the backcast drops, often into the water -or even worse, getting caught up in the bushes.  I’m sure there is a pointer or two that you might know to help me out.  Thanks in advance. Padre

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_______ I spent so much money today . . . buying the final Bastard Assembly Line Items, I don’t know how MUCH the Certified Check was for, but just the ink on it weighted 3 pounds.  (From what Gladys says)  The postage to send it Priority Mail cost her $22! I do know this.  Bastards are going to be worth every bit of $1800 – $2400 dollars right out of the starting blocks.  That I’m crazy enough to offer them for $300 as an introductory challenge to the world of fly fishing, does NOT mean I’m forced to hold these prices forever. Why don’t you guys move the conclave to here and help me build your fly rods? Today it is a steady, cold, spring rain.  My fax machine blew up.  Had to buy a new one.  Just now finished hooking it up. This was AFTER we mailed that BIG check. See your Grand American & Bastard Updates.  Order a reel with that Bastard Beauty that you have coming.  You only live once.  This is what a lot of you are doing. Visit: http://www.gink.com I’m looking for a good golf ball wax for this one golf ball I have.  Any suggestions Walt?  It is, by the way, beginning to look its age.  I’ve only played 112 rounds of golf with it.  Wayne will make it 113 which will be his spook number.  Possibly we should write a book about this one.  "How to Play With One Ball," by F. Burywood?  Forward by:  Wayne Harrison? Mr. G.

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_______ I spe I’m looking for a good golf ball wax for this one golf ball I have.  Any suggestions Walt?  It is, by the way, beginning to look its age.  I’ve only played 112 rounds of golf with it.  Wayne will make it 113 which will be his spook number.  Possibly we should write a book about this one.  "How to Play With One Ball," by F. Burywood?  Forward by:  Wayne Harrison? Mr. G.

 George…you’re askin the wrong guy. I lose more damn balls than a schizoid squirel loses nuts. Hell, last time out I lost 18 damn balls in one round. I’d smack my tee shot and lose sight of the dang thing. After ’bout 4 hours of this crap I headed for the bar.  About 15 minutes later this guy walked in with his wife and gave me my damn 18 titleists back. He said, it’s proper golf ettiquette to remove the ball from the holes after you sink ‘em. Go figure. Waldo —          The Blue Ridge Book Gallery      P.O. Box 5112  Banner Elk, NC 28604       http://www.mercury.net/~wgwinter to view our ongoing auctions at Ebay, click below… http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=blue…

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – _______ I spe I’m looking for a good golf ball wax for this one golf ball I have.  Any suggestions Walt?  It is, by the way, beginning to look its age.  I’ve only played 112 rounds of golf with it.  Wayne will make it 113 which will be his spook number.  Possibly we should write a book about this one.  "How to Play With One Ball," by F. Burywood?  Forward by:  Wayne Harrison? Mr. G.  George…you’re askin the wrong guy. I lose more damn balls than a schizoid squirel loses nuts. Hell, last time out I lost 18 damn balls in one round. I’d smack my tee shot and lose sight of the dang thing. After ’bout 4 hours of this crap I headed for the bar.  About 15 minutes later this guy walked in with his wife and gave me my damn 18 titleists back. He said, it’s proper golf ettiquette to remove the ball from the holes after you sink ‘em. Go figure. Waldo

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 I am going to be on the East Coast in May, and am looking for information on where to fish in the Catskills ( or anything nearby).  Is it possible to avoid the crowds at that time of year. I will only  be able to fish for a couple of days. Any advice will be greatly  appreciated.

Catskills fly fishing for trout opens late April (Adirondacks late May) and there may be migratory shad in Delaware R. &c.  Some people like this season best (before mosquitoes appear) but popular locations can be crowded. — |  Donald Phillipson, 4180 Boundary Road, Carlsbad Springs,  | |        Ontario, Canada, K0A 1K0, tel. 613 822 0734         |

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where to fish in the Catskills ( or anything nearby). Any advice will be greatly  appreciated.

Chuck, the Catskills cover quite a sizeable chunk of Geography. Do you know where exactly you’ll be in that area? I have a cousin back there who guides on the Esopus, the Schoharie, Westkill, and some other small backcountry streams. He’s not a high-priced guide, in fact, he works for damn near nothing, but don’t  tell him I told you so. His greatest joy in showing off his streams to fly fishermen – and women. He lives in Catskill, but will be in Florida til early March I think. I can give you his number if you’re interested. Regards, Dennis

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 I am going to be on the East Coast in May, and am looking for information on where to fish in the Catskills ( or anything nearby).  Is it possible to avoid the crowds at that time of year. I will only  be able to fish for a couple of days. Any advice will be greatly  appreciated. Thanks, Chuck Remove nospam when replying by e-mail

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I am going to be on the East Coast in May, and am looking for information on where to fish in the Catskills ( or anything nearby). Is it possible to avoid the crowds at that time of year. I will only be able to fish for a couple of days. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Chuck Remove nospam when replying by e-mail

The Catskills will opkay in May but the fishing isn’t as good as it could be.  If youare coming east ou should come to NC where the weather in May is beautiful and we fish for striped bass and get around 100 or so gish per man per day on Deceivers and other types of streamers.  Check out my website for all the info. — Flyfish NC                                                   Gordon Churchill                                        http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/3853                                                                     Dragon’s Hope Publishing Heidi Dragon Churchill                                               Business cards, ad design, forms and all manner of desktop publishing.      

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: I hear there’s a good stream in Vail…. Hey, that’s my bit. — Rick T. Rick Fletcher   –   http://www.chem.uidaho.edu/~fletcher/ Associate professor of chemistry  |  That’s Idaho, not Iowa.    | ad hominem University of Idaho               |  Upper Left Hand Corner.    | ad hominem Moscow, ID 83844-2343             |  No, I don’t grow potatoes. | ad hominem

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It’s rare indeed, but if you can find that section of clear bank, slightly inclined, it is possible to ski down while trolling a wooley bugger… TimW

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Does anyone have any statistics on the percentage of skiers who flyfish or flyfishers who ski. I was wondering what kind of turnout might be expected for a flyfishing show held at a ski resort or in a ski resort town where the flyfishing show would be scheduled for the evenings (3 to 10PM).  Please respond directly. thanks, Bill Althoff

The ski industry does a lot of market research including reseach on other sports of interest to skiers.  I have seen those reports in the past but don’t recall the fly fishing is very the list of other sports of interest to skiers.  Ski Area Management magazine could probably give you the data, or put you in touch with the people that have the data. For what it’s worth, my personal observation (28 years teaching skiing, 32 years fly fishing) is that there is not very much natural attraction between skiers and flyfishing (at least alpine, downhill skiers). In contrast, there is a very high cross-over between skiing and sailing or windsurfing.  I suspect you will find a higher correlation between nordic skiers and flyfishing.  I do think however that as interest in fly fishing has increased in recent years, that skiers as a group are a likely target for "recruiting".

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Using backcountry ski’s to get up to fish some pretty areas in the winter sounds great to me. You might want to find some Rivers or Lakes that don’t freeze over tho. It’d be pretty boring to be casting to that little hole in the ice! Ted…. (I x-country ski, but have never tried this)

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Does anyone have any statistics on the percentage of skiers who flyfish or flyfishers who ski. I was wondering what kind of turnout might be expected for a flyfishing show held at a ski resort or in a ski resort town where the flyfishing show would be scheduled for the evenings (3 to 10PM).  Please respond directly. thanks, Bill Althoff

In general, these would be the people I’d avoid like the plague.   Strictly the Jeep Grand Cherokee-driving, capuccino-sipping, Cuban cigar-smoking, "Friends"-watching, cellular phone-carrying, lunch-doing, narcissistic, over-paid, post-Yuppie (have I covered it all?) crowd. I’ll stay home and re-read Haig-Brown. –Rich

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I don’t know about statistics, but I love fly fishing and my family loves skiing (I have problems skiing due to arthritis). So, we usually go out west skiing for my kids spring break (first week of April) and I look for ski areas near good fishing opportunities. A lot of ski areas are right near great fishing areas because mountain streams are great for fishing. My sense is that the FF business picks up in the summer after the snow is gone. A good time to do a show, would be first week of April. Spring skiing is good then and so is pre run-off fishing. Steve Rosenblum

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Does anyone have any statistics on the percentage of skiers who flyfish or flyfishers who ski.

Here’s the sad tale of why these don’t mix. In 1967 a nice friend of the family gave me a gift. He knew I loved fishing so he gave me a bamboo flyrod. Took me a long time to figure out how to use it, couldn’t get that fat line through the hook eye, bait kept flying off when I cast, etc. Finally saw a story in a mag at the rec center, butchered my sister’s Barbie doll, raided the Xmas stuff and tied me a fly. Caught some tinker mackerel and pollock on it. All this was well and good until skiing ruined it. In 1968 I used to ski on a hill behind my house. At the base of that hill lived a – high school girl (I was 12 at the time) and she was cuuute. After the Olympics she had a crush on Jean Claude Killy. I had a pair of skiis, but didn’t have any gates to fly through and win her heart. I cut up all my fishing poles (I had a lot of them) and set me one hell of a course. Learned to ski through it too. She ran away with a basketball player. I had no fishing poles. It was many years later when I was poking around my Dad’s basement, that I found the cork grip with a little stubb of bamboo sticking out of it. A little stub that said "Orvis" on it. This is all true, I only hope that wasn’t a Wes Jordan I ran GS through. So you see skiing and flyfishing just plain don’t mix. The woman part is arguable.                                                                 jc

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Does anyone have any statistics on the percentage of skiers who flyfish or flyfishers who ski. I was wondering what kind of turnout might be expected for a flyfishing show held at a ski resort or in a ski resort town where the flyfishing show would be scheduled for the evenings (3 to 10PM).  Please respond directly.

No statistics, just a few ideas. The same can be said for fly-fishing and skiing regarding portions of the sport.    

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I’m planning a trip to the Portland, Oregon area the first week of October.  Can anybody provide advice on rivers, lakes, oceans, etc. for fishing, including spin and bait fishing for sturgeon, walleyes, steelhead, etc.  I will also need a guide for one day.  Can anyone personally recommend someone? Thanks for your help, Mike

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I’m planning a trip to the Portland, Oregon area the first week of October.  Can anybody provide advice on rivers, lakes, oceans, etc. for

                                                        ^^^^^^ I’d suggest the Pacific, just for ease of access. — Derek R. Larson           Indiana University        Dept. of History                 "Nothing interesting occurred today…"         -Meriwether Lewis at Ft. Clatsop, Oregon, Jan.4th, 1806

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writes: I’m planning a trip to the Portland, Oregon area the first week of October.  Can anybody provide advice on rivers, lakes, oceans, etc. for fishing, including spin and bait fishing for sturgeon, walleyes, steelhead, etc.  I will also need a guide for one day.  Can anyone personally recommend someone?

    In that time slot, I’d try the Upper Clackamas for late summer steelhead and/or the Wilson for searun cutthroats, both pretty close to town.  Glenn Young of Beaverton OR is a very good guide for ffing in the Tillamook Bay area, but I can’t find his phone number –perhaps another ROFFer can supply it. –Roger, Portland

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes: I’m planning a trip to the Portland, Oregon area the first week of October.  Can anybody provide advice on rivers, lakes, oceans, etc. for fishing, including spin and bait fishing for sturgeon, walleyes, steelhead, etc.  I will also need a guide for one day.  Can anyone personally recommend someone?    In that time slot, I’d try the Upper Clackamas for late summer steelhead and/or the Wilson for searun cutthroats, both pretty close to town.  Glenn Young of Beaverton OR is a very good guide for ffing in the Tillamook Bay area, but I can’t find his phone number –perhaps another ROFFer can supply it. –Roger, Portland

I show that the number is 503-642-4570 for Glenn Young. Don Chen Mid-Willamette Fly Fishers (Corvallis, Oregon)

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes: I’m planning a trip to the Portland, Oregon area the first week of October.  Can anybody provide advice on rivers, lakes, oceans, etc. for fishing, including spin and bait fishing for sturgeon, walleyes, steelhead, etc.  I will also need a guide for one day.  Can anyone personally recommend someone?     In that time slot, I’d try the Upper Clackamas for late summer steelhead and/or the Wilson for searun cutthroats, both pretty close to town.  Glenn Young of Beaverton OR is a very good guide for ffing in the Tillamook Bay area, but I can’t find his phone number –perhaps another ROFFer can supply it. –Roger, Portland

You can contact Glenn at (503) 642-4570.  I’ve fished with Glenn a number of times and he is top notch and his rates are very reasonable. Be SURE to try the searun cutthroat–best fly rod fish in the state!! Paul

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That’s a pretty good time of year to try sight fishing to steelhead in the "skinny water" high up on any of the coastal rivers.   Greg in Albany – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes: I’m planning a trip to the Portland, Oregon area the first week of October.  Can anybody provide advice on rivers, lakes, oceans, etc. for fishing, including spin and bait fishing for sturgeon, walleyes, steelhead, etc.  I will also need a guide for one day.  Can anyone personally recommend someone?    In that time slot, I’d try the Upper Clackamas for late summer steelhead and/or the Wilson for searun cutthroats, both pretty close to town.  Glenn Young of Beaverton OR is a very good guide for ffing in the Tillamook Bay area, but I can’t find his phone number –perhaps another ROFFer can supply it. –Roger, Portland

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   In that time slot, I’d try the Upper Clackamas for late summer steelhead and/or the Wilson for searun cutthroats, both pretty close to town.  Glenn Young of Beaverton OR is a very good guide for ffing in the Tillamook Bay area, but I can’t find his phone number –perhaps another ROFFer can supply it. –Roger, Portland

Glenn Young’s number: Hackle and Hide Glenn Young  (503)642-4570

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Question: In tying a prince nymph, what materials should be used in place of where the usual hackle would go? i.e. behind the eye of the hook. I’ve noticed two materials used on the fly, but I don’t know what they are. Your help would be much appreciated. –Scott in Arkansas or

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The original pattern called for brown hackle (2-3 turns) tied in shinny side forward and pulled back wet fly style. I have substituted both soft hen hackle and partridge. The partridge tied in beard style. No appreciable difference in effectiveness. **  Vic Brockett        <<<  I fish therefore I am ** **  Vic’s Fly-By-Night  <<<  Read "The River Why"   **

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Do you mean, "Over-dressed?"

Heck no, the dressing is fine. The problem here is having the flies shaped like pizza-chowing beer-guzzling yuppie american fly fishers. (‘;’) Thomas Gilg 2001

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Do you mean, "Over-dressed?" Heck no, the dressing is fine. The problem here is having the flies shaped like pizza-chowing beer-guzzling yuppie american fly fishers.

Send ‘em cross-country skiing… TC, R PS: What do they use to imitate the tobacco drool?  Of course, if they just imitate the female, is this "matching the snatch"?

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Remember that most flies for sale are tied "fat and juicy" to entice the buyer, and not necessarily the fish.

You very rarely see a real Sawyer pheasant tail, for example.

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Remember that most flies for sale are tied "fat and juicy" to entice the buyer, and not necessarily the fish. You very rarely see a real Sawyer pheasant tail, for example.

_____  True. There are also, a great number of ‘Commercial tied flies’ that use shortcuts that depict an ‘Adams’ for example, but the fly is tied incorrectly.  Again, for example some Adams have deer hair tails, others barred, etc. and many do NOT use Muskrat for the body dubbing as they should.  If its gray, that’s good enough, is the thinking. wrong. This is one of many reason its best to learn how to ‘roll your own,’ as I always say. — (C) George Gehrke 2001 http://www.gink.com/shopcart/index.html     fine bamboo flyrods & blanks

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This is one of many reason its best to learn how to ‘roll your own,’ as I always say.

Yes, yes. That would explain a lot.

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This is one of many reason its best to learn how to ‘roll your own,’ as I always say.

But in such cases, isn’t fatter better ? Thomas Gilg

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Remember that most flies for sale are tied "fat and juicy" to entice the buyer, and not necessarily the fish.  I have heard several fly-fishing/entomologist authors comment that the #1 problem with store bought flies is how fat they are. Thomas Gilg

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Remember that most flies for sale are tied "fat and juicy" to entice the buyer, and not necessarily the fish.  I have heard several fly-fishing/entomologist authors comment that the #1 problem with store bought flies is how fat they are. Thomas Gilg

_______  Do you mean, "Over-dressed?" — (C) George Gehrke 2001 http://www.gink.com/shopcart/index.html     fine bamboo flyrods & blanks

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I’m doing some tying for the spring.  I have a question about the prince nymph in sizes larger than a #14 hook: The store bought flies I have seen in the larger sizes seem rather robust in the body.  Is that from lead wire underbody, or is it just a pile of herl wrapped around the shank?  Easier asking here than to pick one apart! Peter Collin

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I’m doing some tying for the spring.  I have a question about the prince nymph in sizes larger than a #14 hook: The store bought flies I have seen in the larger sizes seem rather robust in the body.  Is that from lead wire underbody, or is it just a pile of herl wrapped around the shank?  Easier asking here than to pick one

apart! I have seen them done with both lead and dubbing underneath to help give them that "robust" look.  I actually tie them both ways depending on whether I need something to get down deep or something for shallower water.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I heard that flyfishing equipment is less expensive in Canada due to currency devaluation.  I live in Washington and sales tax is 8.2%.  Is there any good deals across the border say in Vancouver or by mail order? Thanks in Advance, The Canadian "dollar" is now worth around US$.70. Check out Smallman’s in Cochrane, Alberta.  Among other things, they sell Hardy equipment for less than anywhere I’ve been able to find (e.g. a Hardy Princess for CAN$151.00, which currently is about US$115).  You may be able to skip the GST if they ship it to you – ask them about it.  There’s no provincial sales tax in Alberta. Their number is         +1 800 667 4753 Tim

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Looking for information for the Kings, San Joaquin and Kaweah rivers in central CA.  I have lived here for a few years and have fished all three, but would like some specifics.  I can give lots of advise and specifics on the High Sierra and Kins Canyon National Park.  Enjoyed a great trip last summer for Golden Trout, I have great advise for this area.  Thanks in advance!

I am a native of Merced and am currently living in the Bay Area.  I am a relative novice to fly fishing but I try hard and I love it.  I would appreciate any suggestions you have, including float tubing.  Thanks in advance.                                  Dave W.

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I heard that flyfishing equipment is less expensive in Canada due to currency devaluation.  I live in Washington and sales tax is 8.2%.  Is there any good deals across the border say in Vancouver or by mail order? Thanks in Advance, Wayne

In BC we have 7% GST (federal goods & services tax) and 7% PST (provincial sales tax. Despite that, the 1.42cdn==1us$ exchange rate is working in your favour…. I’m not sure about fishing equipment, as I’ve never bought any from the US, but computer stuff tends to suffer an extra 10-20% (or more sometimes!!!) cost just for being in Canada. — Pat Dowler UVic Astronomy

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Looking for information for the Kings, San Joaquin and Kaweah rivers in central CA.  I have lived here for a few years and have fished all three, but would like some specifics.  I can give lots of advise and specifics on the High Sierra and Kins Canyon National Park.  Enjoyed a great trip last summer for Golden Trout, I have great advise for this area.  Thanks in advance!

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I heard that flyfishing equipment is less expensive in Canada due to currency devaluation.  I live in Washington and sales tax is 8.2%.  Is there any good deals across the border say in Vancouver or by mail order? Thanks in Advance,

The Canadian "dollar" is now worth around US$.70. Check out Smallman’s in Cochrane, Alberta.  Among other things, they sell Hardy equipment for less than anywhere I’ve been able to find (e.g. a Hardy Princess for CAN$151.00, which currently is about US$115).  You may be able to skip the GST if they ship it to you – ask them about it.  There’s no provincial sales tax in Alberta. Their number is          +1 800 667 4753 Tim

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I heard that flyfishing equipment is less expensive in Canada due to currency devaluation.  I live in Washington and sales tax is 8.2%.  Is there any good deals across the border say in Vancouver or by mail order?

Check out Wallace W. Doak & Sons Ltd. P.O. Box 95, 331 Main Street, Doaktown, New Brunswick, Canada. E0C 1G0 Tel: 506-365-7828 Fax: 506-365-7762 Doak’s prices for many items are comparable to what I have seen in some American catalogues (e.g. Cabela, Orvis), but the prices are in Canadian ($0.71) dollars. More importantly, they epitomize friendly, efficient service.  The only shortcoming is that they are hardcore Miramichi-ites, so their selection is somewhat salmon-centric. I have never dealt with Smallman’s, but it has been recommended on the net. Smallman’s Fly Shop 220 First Street, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada. T0L 0W0 Tel: 403-932-2122 Fax: 403-932-7107 1-800-667-4753 — Keep your stick on the ice.

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 Wayne we have 2 taxes,provincial 7% and G.S.T. 7%.Your stuck with the provincial but I believe you can get all of the G.S.T. rebated at the border on your way home if you keep the receipts.

If you mail order from outside the province, you do not pay provincial sales tax.  I sometimes have stuff mail ordered from Doak’s in New Brunswick to my home in Ottawa because postage is less than sales tax. The GST does not apply to exports, so our southern confreres are spared that indignity. — Keep your stick on the ice.

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I heard that flyfishing equipment is less expensive in Canada due to currency devaluation.  I live in Washington and sales tax is 8.2%.  Is there any good deals across the border say in Vancouver or by mail order? Thanks in Advance, Wayne

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is less expensive in Canada due to : currency devaluation.  I live in Washington and sales tax is 8.2%.  Is : there any good deals across the border say in Vancouver or by mail order?  Wayne we have 2 taxes,provincial 7% and G.S.T. 7%.Your stuck with the provincial but I believe you can get all of the G.S.T. rebated at the border on your way home if you keep the receipts.As far as saving money with the exchange rate you probably can do quite well,I know its rarely worth it for me to shop down south anymore.Give me an example of exactly what you want and I will find out the local cost for you. —                  *              Doug Cook                *                  *            Abbotsford,B.C.            *                  *                Canada                 *

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