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Uh huh. Must be speaking from experience. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – likes boys.
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Uh huh. George, you cry like a baby when someone posts crap like this about you. riverman
Well, you’re right. If Connor would stop stalking ALL OF ROFF, it might help. But, you make a good point. George
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Tattle-taler Connor is a loser. Sneaky back stabber, two faced coward, stalker, yellow spined sissy, troller, jealousy of George, devious, blue thingie poster, limited fly fishing knowledge but fair fly tier . . . quibbler, untrustworthy poster, attention hungry . . . likes boys. George Gehrke
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Tattle-taler Connor is a loser. Sneaky back stabber, two faced coward, stalker, yellow spined sissy, troller, jealousy of George, devious, blue thingie poster, limited fly fishing knowledge but fair fly tier . . . quibbler, untrustworthy poster, attention hungry . . . likes boys. George Gehrke
Uh huh. George, you cry like a baby when someone posts crap like this about you. riverman
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Willi writes: Didn’t know fly fishing required discipline. I’m not a very disciplined person.
Nor am I. <g By "three disciplines" I mean dries, nymphs, and streamers ( I consider an emerger to by a dry and a wet to be fished like a streamer or nymph). Dave, You don’t live in Maine do you? Just found a piece of heaven there?
No, I live in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts. I have found *several* heavens in Maine and it is the main reason (no pun intended) that I bought the RV. Dave
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1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing? 2. What time of the year provides the best fishing? My guess is that there will be some regional differences and differences depending on the species. My answers: I fish mainly in Colorado for trout. 1. Fall 2. Late prerunoff
In my corner of New England it would be: 1. June 2a. (quantity of fish) June 2b (size of fish) October George Adams "From the rockin’ of the cradle to the rollin’ of the hearse, the goin’ up was worth the comin’ down." ___Kris Kristofferson "The Pilgrim/Chapter 33"
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Forgot to add, Willi: We have *big* brookies in Maine. The largest caught on the Rapid was 27 3/4 inches (on a #12 Goddard). If you know where they are and what they want, 3 – 5 pounders can be common (remember the iddybiddies that Bruce H. tied at the SJ Clave?? <g) Also, there are some landlocks that are just plain hawgs. I took one on the Kennebec this past October that was only 22 inches long, but it had to be around 5 pounds — it was thick around the waist, not unlike me. <g Dave
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…well, not to be a contrarian little big man, but i’ve yet to discover an unfavorite time of year for fishing the backwoods nc streams…still, to the point, imo and limited experience, the best catching is in april-may and in my birth/re-birth month of october… jeff – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My thread on September weather has caused a debate about Fall fishing. Here’s a question for everyone. 1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing? 2. What time of the year provides the best fishing? My guess is that there will be some regional differences and differences depending on the species. My answers: I fish mainly in Colorado for trout. 1. Fall 2. Late prerunoff Willi
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Forgot to add, Willi: We have *big* brookies in Maine. The largest caught on the Rapid was 27 3/4 inches (on a #12 Goddard). If you know where they are and what they want, 3 – 5 pounders can be common (remember the iddybiddies that Bruce H. tied at the SJ Clave?? <g) Also, there are some landlocks that are just plain hawgs. I took one on the Kennebec this past October that was only 22 inches long, but it had to be around 5 pounds — it was thick around the waist, not unlike me. <g Dave
For those that have not been to the Rapid River, don’t bother! I was there, courtesy of the nefarious Pirate of ROFF, earlier this year. The accomadations are paltry; the scenery pedestrian; the fishing, just so-so, and the company, well, let’s not go there… Suffice to say, the fewer people ripped off by spending their time and money on this place, the better for me and Dave…err… I mean… well…err.., the better for them all!!! <GBOSEG Danl See you there next year, Dave….
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Willi In Maine on the Rapid, it would be late May to late June. The first main hatch has come off when the water temp hits 53 degrees. It is usually only in the mid 60s by the end of June. However, if it get above 70, fishing is iffy. Fall fishing would be September on the Rapid, and October on the Kennebec. All three disciplines can be used successfully. Dave
Same as Dave – late May – early June and September for trout – June for pike – mid-summer for smallies and panfish – fall for chinook, late fall and early spring for steelhead but mid-winter as well when temps permit – mid summer for largemouth – mid summer for carp – like I said, if the water isn’t hard . . . Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://home.cogeco.ca/~pcharles/streamers/index.html
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William Loehman wrote… 1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing?
1st choice, Late Aug. thru Sept. out west (Rockies) during hopper time. 2nd choice, Anytime out west. 3rd choice, anytime anywhere. 2. What time of the year provides the best fishing?
Anytime except during a really long hot spell in the midwest. Joel Axelrad **DFD**
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My favorite time in this part of the Rockies is the fall…usually mid-late September and into October.
<snipped a bunch Tim, where do you live again? Colorado? — Warren www.geocities.com/troutbum_mt
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My thread on September weather has caused a debate about Fall fishing. Here’s a question for everyone. 1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing? 2. What time of the year provides the best fishing? My guess is that there will be some regional differences and differences depending on the species. My answers: I fish mainly in Colorado for trout. 1. Fall 2. Late prerunoff
Where I live (central Idaho, in the Sawtooth Mountains) the fishing season begins in March and April for steelhead. Very unethical, but lots of fun nevertheless. Fishing is closed in May on the running water, but you can catch some nice bull trout at the inlets of lakes. June is runoff season. The specific time and duration varies wildly, depending on the snowpack and the weather. In late June and early July you can get very good cutthroat fishing, with suitably sparse salmonfly hatches. The cutthroat are moving into the headwaters to spawn. I suppose that fishing for them is unethical, as well, but so be it. This continues into August, depending on the weather. As the summer progresses the fishing becomes more problematical. The past two years have been low water, high temperature drought years. Finding the fish can be hard. They tend to be found downstream of cold-running springs and tributaries. Starting in late summer the chinook start running. We haven’t had a chinook season in Stanley for a few years, but there were a lot of them this year. The word is that we’ll have a season this year, so I’ll probably try it. Frankly, I prefer trout. Very late summer and fall is the season for the high lakes. It’s a butt-buster to get there, but often enough it’s worth it. After about the middle of October I have to travel somewhere else to fish.
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during years when there is lots of water, i like late august on a certain stream i know when the isonychias start coming off and every big trout in the stream waits for the bugs in shallow water…wahoo!!!…mostly may/june is best here under normal conditions…i love september for trips to the mountain west…the colours are best, the crisp temperatures suit my temperment and the trout are plenty active…. Eugene somewhere in ontario
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My thread on September weather has caused a debate about Fall fishing. Here’s a question for everyone. 1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing? 2. What time of the year provides the best fishing? My guess is that there will be some regional differences and differences depending on the species. My answers: I fish mainly in Colorado for trout. 1. Fall 2. Late prerunoff Where I live (central Idaho, in the Sawtooth Mountains) the fishing season begins in March and April for steelhead. Very unethical, but lots of fun nevertheless. Fishing is closed in May on the running water, but you can catch some nice bull trout at the inlets of lakes. June is runoff season. The specific time and duration varies wildly, depending on the snowpack and the weather. In late June and early July you can get very good cutthroat fishing, with suitably sparse salmonfly hatches. The cutthroat are moving into the headwaters to spawn. I suppose that fishing for them is unethical, as well, but so be it. This continues into August, depending on the weather. As the summer progresses the fishing becomes more problematical. The past two years have been low water, high temperature drought years. Finding the fish can be hard. They tend to be found downstream of cold-running springs and tributaries. Starting in late summer the chinook start running. We haven’t had a chinook season in Stanley for a few years, but there were a lot of them this year. The word is that we’ll have a season this year, so I’ll probably try it. Frankly, I prefer trout. Very late summer and fall is the season for the high lakes. It’s a butt-buster to get there, but often enough it’s worth it. After about the middle of October I have to travel somewhere else to fish.
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during years when there is lots of water, i like late august on a certain stream i know when the isonychias start coming off
I’m bad on Latin, is there a common name for the fly? Is the hatch restricted to that given stream? and every big trout in the stream waits for the bugs in shallow water…wahoo!!!..
Nothing more fun than a hatch that moves the big fish into shallow feeding stations. Willi
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… for fishing the backwoods nc streams…best catching is in april-may
Been there. Done it. Concur. and in my birth/re-birth month of october…
Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. jeff
Late November through early March, I prefer NZ or Chile. Wolfgang
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1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing? 2. What time of the year provides the best fishing?
Here in Tennessee, I prefer now through the dead of winter. I think that time provides me as good fishing as any other time…mostly because I suck so bad at it, so I don’t see a difference! Seriously, I’d take now through February over any other time here. Bruce Thomsen
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1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing? 2. What time of the year provides the best fishing? My answer for both 1 & 2 (for trout & summer steelhead in Oregon, Washington & Idaho) is September and October. I often wish that the conditions of early October lasted 6 mos.
Bob, I wish you’d quit telling people this. I know we like to kid that there’s no good fishing here, but if you actively disseminate this sort of misinformation, it could cause real harm. Some poor Floridian or Californian might spend all his hard-earned vacation money to come here when you "recommend" and miss the really good fishing in, oh, say, February. JR (who is speaking ONLY about Oregon and understands the Sept/Oct fishing in WA and ID really IS fantastic) http://www.visitid.org/ Idaho Tourism ("Great Potatoes, Tasty Destinations") http://www.tourism.wa.gov/ Washington Tourism ("A Little Trip to the Extraordinary")
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My thread on September weather has caused a debate about Fall fishing. Here’s a question for everyone. 1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing? 2. What time of the year provides the best fishing?
Well now, that is an excellent question. Willi? I cannot name just one time of year, because it depends so much on what major fly fishing celebrity I’m fishing with and upon which continent I am on. Also, weather fishing bamboo or not effects the answer. One of my fondest memories is flying Lee Wolf down to Argentina in my MIG-27. We went in October because the autumn time is so beautiful in Argentina in the fall. It was one of HIS last seasons and he asked me to do him this little favor and of course I obliged, my good friend. My fly had become tattered from catching so many large browns (they have teeth like crocodiles down there) that I killed and field dressed a cockaburra with my Swiss army knife, given to me by my deer friend George Harvey Oswald. I cut urine-stained fur from this female, and this natural fiber orangey-gray shade is the ONLY color and material that the fall-spawning large browns down there will hit on. I redressed my fly. Most people don’t realize you can do this, but I have done things you can only dream about. And you know? On the very first cast I landed a huge hen on 11x tippet. (Several months ago, with the decreasing diameter tippet they were making now, I predicted they would come up with this, and they did. It is too difficult to work with for most fishermen though, we don’t recommend it for normal fishing.) Lee looked at me holding that fat trophy and he said to me "George" he said, "I think that is one of the largest, most beautiful native browns I’ve ever seen, if not a record." As I returned the 36 lb. monster safely to her home, I noticed a look of contentment and serenity on Lee’s face that I had never noticed before. I now knew he would die a happy man, and this journey had been worthwhile. It must be said, fall, is my favorite time. That is all the time I have to answer your question at this time. Good question Willi. We enjoyed the diversion.
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My thread on September weather has caused a debate about Fall fishing.
Good for a laugh. Missing George already are ya? Willi
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My thread on September weather has caused a debate about Fall fishing. Here’s a question for everyone. 1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing?
I like spring, because everything is headed in the "right direction". Water is cold but getting warmer, days are getting longer, hatches are getting more heavy. The whole world is waxing rather than waning.
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<awesome gibberish snipped aruhdean, izzat you? Just don’t go so far into GG’s head that you can’t find your way out. Leave a trail of bread crumbs, or something. Kevin maybe a trail of gink…
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Fall fishing would be September on the Rapid, and October on the Kennebec. All three disciplines can be used successfully.
Didn’t know fly fishing required discipline. I’m not a very disciplined person. Dave, You don’t live in Maine do you? Just found a piece of heaven there? Willi
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My favorite time in this part of the Rockies is the fall…usually mid-late September and into October. The weather is cooler, and the fish are pretty hungry before the winter. There are bwo hatches. With the water low and clear, it can be pretty technical and challenging. But, we catch fish on dries even as late as mid-October. As far as the best fishing…..usually I find it is best when the water clears just after runoff, about early July. Less technical due to the higher and faster water, but the water is still pretty cool so the fish are active. But, to be honest, we can allways seem to find times and places when the fishing will be good. Tim Lysyk – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My thread on September weather has caused a debate about Fall fishing. Here’s a question for everyone. 1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing? 2. What time of the year provides the best fishing? My guess is that there will be some regional differences and differences depending on the species. My answers: I fish mainly in Colorado for trout. 1. Fall 2. Late prerunoff Willi
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My thread on September weather has caused a debate about Fall fishing. Here’s a question for everyone. 1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing? 2. What time of the year provides the best fishing? My guess is that there will be some regional differences and differences depending on the species. My answers: I fish mainly in Colorado for trout. 1. Fall 2. Late prerunoff Willi
In the GWN, anytime the water isn’t hard. Peter Visit The Streamer Page at http://home.cogeco.ca/~pcharles/streamers/index.html
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Willi writes: My thread on September weather has caused a debate about Fall fishing. Here’s a question for everyone. 1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing? 2. What time of the year provides the best fishing? My guess is that there will be some regional differences and differences depending on the species. My answers: I fish mainly in Colorado for trout. 1. Fall 2. Late prerunoff Willi
In Maine on the Rapid, it would be late May to late June. The first main hatch has come off when the water temp hits 53 degrees. It is usually only in the mid 60s by the end of June. However, if it get above 70, fishing is iffy. Fall fishing would be September on the Rapid, and October on the Kennebec. All three disciplines can be used successfully. Dave
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My thread on September weather has caused a debate about Fall fishing. Here’s a question for everyone. 1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing? 2. What time of the year provides the best fishing?
1. Definitely fall (okay, indian summer) 2. For me personally? I do pretty good in pre-runoff also, usually the March Brown and/or Skwala hatch as well as streamer fishing before the melt hits. I do think that early July has some of the best fishing of the year around here (only around 3000 to 4000′ MSL). Usually, PMD’s, Green Drakes and plenty of caddis as well as reasonable thunderstorms to provide some cloud cover so it’s not just constant bright sun (man, I hate that). — Brian D. Nelson Diamond N Outfitters, Missoula, Montana www.diamondnoutfitters.com
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My thread on September weather has caused a debate about Fall fishing. Here’s a question for everyone. 1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing? 2. What time of the year provides the best fishing? My guess is that there will be some regional differences and differences depending on the species. My answers: I fish mainly in Colorado for trout. 1. Fall 2. Late prerunoff Willi
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1. What time of year is your favorite for fishing? 2. What time of the year provides the best fishing?
My answer for both 1 & 2 (for trout & summer steelhead in Oregon, Washington & Idaho) is September and October. I often wish that the conditions of early October lasted 6 mos. Bob Weinberger
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The Sylvania Tract, a little west of Ironwood, has geat smallmouth fishing. It is all canoe, catch and release, barbless hooks only, and if you stay in overnight, has only primitive camping. It is possible to rent a canoe and go into Clark Lake in the morning, fish the day, and get out before dark. It’s not that big a lake. We fished in June and caught bass to 21 inches. I expect if you do a search on Sylvania Tract you will quickly find info. good luck
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I’m heading up to Ironwood, Michigan for a wedding in mid August. Does anyone have any advice on some good fishing spots nearby? Any type from fly-fishing for trout to trolling for walleye would be appreciated. Thanks, SB
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I was up in that neck of the woods last summer and did some fly fishing in two general locations in that area. The Porcupine mountains are a few miles northeast from Ironwood. I didn’t catch too much there, but it sure is a pretty place with some beautiful vistas and backcountry. If you take Rt. 2 east to Watersmeet, you’ll come to the Ontonogon River. Easy to wade and full of cooperative brookies. I had great luck with small royal wolffs. When you buy your license, get a free copy of Michigan’s Inland Trout and Salmon Guide, which has maps of the whole state and its trout streams. Good luck. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m heading up to Ironwood, Michigan for a wedding in mid August. Does anyone have any advice on some good fishing spots nearby? Any type from fly-fishing for trout to trolling for walleye would be appreciated. Thanks, SB
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I’m heading up to Ironwood, Michigan for a wedding in mid August. Does anyone have any advice on some good fishing spots nearby? Any type from fly-fishing for trout to trolling for walleye would be appreciated. Thanks, SB
If you are daring and have a bit of cash book a charter out of the harbor about 45 min north of there (The name escapes me right now Black River Harbor???) . The Salmon should be just offshore by then. Otherwise you have world class musky and walleye waters about 30 minutes south in the Turtle Flambeau Flowage in Wisconsin. No Trolling allowed but this is world class water with many opportunties. Clear and dark waters lie in the flowage and boat rentals as well as local info are available. Night fishing may be the key for some really big fish by then. As for trout streams the Montreal can yield some good catches late in the season if the water remains high enough and is only 15-20 minutes to the west. Then you do have the Brule to the east, but personally I believe it is overrated and overfished. Good luck. Both to you and the future wedded couple. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –
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I’m having a real problem finding a pair of wading boots that don’t slip.
I think the footwear you need are two different beasts. You are asking one pair of boots to adequately perform two wildly different tasks; if your boot works well for hiking it’s no good for wading, and if it works well wading it’s a crummy hiking boot. I don’t think one boot will meet both your needs. You’ve just got to be willing to carry the extra weight. Anglerboy — Trout fear me, Women want me.
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I’m having a real problem finding a pair of wading boots that don’t slip. I had Orvis boots with carbide cleats that worked pretty well for 5 or 6 trips but then they lost traction. Part of the problem may be that to get to the good fishing on the little local creeks I fish, a 5-10 mile hike over broken terrain is required. I’ve used tennis shoes, but they fall apart after 3 or 4 trips. My last 3 trips I’ve tried rubber wading shoes ( uncomfortable after 5 miles and not much traction) and regular hiking boots, which are great for the walk in but clumsy and slippery in the stream. I’m thinking about sandals with cleats but hate to keep throwing out $50 a pop to experiment. If anyone can advise me I’d be eternally grateful.
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I’m having a real problem finding a pair of wading boots that don’t slip. I had Orvis boots with carbide cleats that worked pretty well for 5 or 6 trips but then they lost traction. Part of the problem may be that to get to the good fishing on the little local creeks I fish, a 5-10 mile hike over broken terrain is required. I’ve used tennis shoes, but they fall apart after 3 or 4 trips. My last 3 trips I’ve tried rubber wading shoes ( uncomfortable after 5 miles and not much traction) and regular hiking boots, which are great for the walk in but clumsy and slippery in the stream. I’m thinking about sandals with cleats but hate to keep throwing out $50 a pop to experiment. If anyone can advise me I’d be eternally grateful.
I usually have shorter walks in the one to two mile range, mostly on gravel or over forest paths with my Weinbrenner studded boots. The soles are felt with a metal stud. They have lasted well, probably because the studs support the soles over rock etc. I’m in to my fifth season with them and they have probably been used on over 100 occasions, most involving some kind of hike. The studs on my boots are hardly worn despite the use. Peter
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I’m having a real problem finding a pair of wading boots that don’t slip. I had Orvis boots with carbide cleats that worked pretty well for 5 or 6 trips but then they lost traction. Part of the problem may be that to get to the good fishing on the little local creeks I fish, a 5-10 mile hike over broken terrain is required. . . .
You can make your own chain sandals with supplies from the hardware store, that weigh less than a pound so are worth carrying on a hike. In use they often slip, but once customized you can usually add extra hooks to one or two eyelets to keep them in place. — | Donald Phillipson, 4180 Boundary Road, Carlsbad Springs, | | Ontario, Canada, K0A 1K0, tel. 613 822 0734 |
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Last year I was given a pair of wading boots from LL Bean that have a special rubber bottom which was supposedly designed by a company that manufactures rock climbing shoes. The soles are designed to grip wet rocks well instead of slipping. I was a bit dubious about these boots when I first got them, but I have used them now for awhile and they work quite well. They are at least as stable as felt soles when wading and work just like hiking boots on the way to the stream. They are called "Aqua-Stealth" wading boots and cost $90/ pair. I would think that they might be ideal for someone who likes to hike a long ways into a stream. You may want to give LL Bean a call (800) 221-4221. I have no financial interest in LL Bean (sigh…) but thought this might help solve your problem. Steve Rosenblum Ann Arbor, MI
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I’m having a real problem finding a pair of wading boots that don’t slip. I had Orvis boots with carbide cleats that worked pretty well for 5 or 6 trips but then they lost traction. Part of the problem may be that to get to the good fishing on the little local creeks I fish, a 5-10 mile hike over broken terrain is required. I’ve used tennis shoes, but they fall apart after 3 or 4 trips. My last 3 trips I’ve tried rubber wading shoes ( uncomfortable after 5 miles and not much traction) and regular hiking boots, which are great for the walk in but clumsy and slippery in the stream. I’m thinking about sandals with cleats but hate to keep throwing out $50 a pop to experiment. If anyone can advise me I’d be eternally grateful.
I’ve a similar problem. . . only I walk in on sharp gravel access roads that tear all the felt off the boot. . . So I got a pair of cheap Fly-Tech boots. . . really just a glorified canvas boot with a rubber boot sole ($27.00). Then I use galoshes style cleats that slip over the boot. I can carry the cleats in a vest or fanny pack until I get where I’m going. The other option is to pack a day pack and stash it or lug it around with you all day. . . or wet wading and fishing from the bank a great deal.
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I think the footwear you need are two different beasts. You are asking one pair of boots to adequately perform two wildly different tasks; if your boot works well for hiking it’s no good for wading, and if it works well wading it’s a crummy hiking boot. I don’t think one boot will meet both your needs. You’ve just got to be willing to carry the extra weight.
I disagree. Gym shoes are my favorite hiking attire, and make decent wading shoes. Besides, like it or not, all hiking shoes tend to become wading shoes at stream crossings or during heavy rains. — -Wayne Trzyna
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The historic Antrim Lodge, located in Roscoe, New York is falling into a state of disrepair. We recently relocated to Roscoe from New Jersey, and are renovating our own 100-year old victorian, but we hate to see the last of the Roscoe hotels go to seed. Now, we’re not into the real estate business and this is not a for sale ad since we have absolutely no connection to this place other than it being two blocks away from our home. What we’re wondering is whether there exists any individual(s) interested in looking at this place to see what can be done with it. We’d be happy to coordinate a meeting, perhaps on opening day or the weekend afterward…If no one single individual can handle it, then maybe some form of limited partnership. Of course, the highest and best use for this place would be a flyfishing club, restaurant and possible fishing-related shops. But’s it’s been vacant for three years, and needs a lot of work. Paint peeling off inside and out, mechanicals need to be brought up to code, etc., and redesign of rooms…. Originally and currently set up for 23 "fisherman" rooms, most of which have no common or shared bathroom. Two stone fireplaces, one on the lower level in the "great room", and one on the main floor near the entrance where a new restaurant should be located. Large "modern" stainless steel kitchen, but wasting away thru non-use. Parking for about 26 cars, large mature trees on 1-1/2 acre lot. Lot’s of fishing greats have stayed at, drank at, and told their Beaverkill stories at the Antrim. Built in the late 19th century and originally known as Central House, the Antrim now has good highway visibility, easy access off the Southern Tier thruway system, and within walking distance to the Beaverkill River. There are two flyfishing specialty shops in Roscoe, Donegal’s and the Beaverkill Angler (an Orvis shop). Roscoe has some resident local nature artists, and the area has recently seen an influx of New York City expats. The Antrim has been for sale for the past couple years, and the asking price has been about $250,000. I believe a renovation could add another $150-250,000 so it’s not a little project. Those old rooms need to probably be combined to make about ten larger rooms with private bath…maybe a group of new owners could each own a room or develop a time share. But let’s consider doing -something- with this place. The previous restaurant operation at the Antrim was run by a fine Greek gentleman, but the Greek food turned off the locals and visiting fishermen alike. We need to see traditional American sportsman dining there amidst Adirondack style decor. If you have some interest, and a measure of potential resource to back it up, please let us know, and we’ll see if we can coordinate a meeting. The annual Catskill Flyfishing Center’s dinner and auction is also coming up on the Calendar scheduled for the weekend after opening day in case your planning on coming up this way. Email us if your interested…let’s see what we can make happen. Cheers, Marie Wisco
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The historic Antrim Lodge, located in Roscoe, New York is falling into a state of disrepair. <snip
I wish I had 1/2 million I had no other use for! I remember my first reading on flyfishing mentioning the Antrim – a favorite of many of the great personalities of Fly Fishing. Zern, Gingrich, etc. It must have been wonderful. It is more than a shame that this grand old place has fallen on such hard times. Todays realities are that such places are often doomed to decay. The investment required is substantial, and the return not likely to be great. It would be wonderful if some Very Rich Person, came along and made it a lifes work. It would be a better world knowing places like the Antrim live and that one day I might belly to the bar there. </chaz — "resistance is futile"
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