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I recently purchased a Mini Bass boat and a minn kota trolling motor with it, 35lbs of thrust, I boutght a 12v deep cycle battery as well. My question is, how much "life" can I expect out of the battery? if used sparingly during the day, 3 hours? 6 hours? 8 hours? I know it depends on a lot of things, but I’m looking for a ball park figure. Wondering if I should get  second as backup to take along. Other then that, fishing in Weymouth Mass was great this weekend lots of perch, but some pretty healthy largemouth. thanks in advance.

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If the minkota has the maximizer feature and it’s a group 27 or larger battery, expect to fish two days on it, anyway. I can do that no problem with my 50 thrust minkota on a 14-1/2 footer. RichZ

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I’ll be in Breckenridge the last week of July and wonder if anyone can offer any tips on where to go in the area, or any outfitters or guides to check out. Send me any secret spots via e-mail and I promise mum’s the word <g Thanks, Rick Krizman

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I just got back from Keystone near there.  Fishing in the Snake was very slow and put and take fish.  They were dumb and soft. A friend of mine who is a rank amatuer ( he can barely form a loop) caught 20 fish on dries on the Platte with a guide from Summit Outfitters in Keystone.  They are on the net.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ll be in Breckenridge the last week of July and wonder if anyone can offer any tips on where to go in the area, or any outfitters or guides to check out. Send me any secret spots via e-mail and I promise mum’s the word <g Thanks, Rick Krizman

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I’ll be in Breckenridge the last week of July and wonder if anyone can offer any tips on where to go in the area, or any outfitters or guides to check out. Send me any secret spots via e-mail and I promise mum’s the word <g Thanks, Rick Krizman

        right, rick; you won’t tell a soul, but if you do, you will tell them not to tell, for certain.         wayno

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Wayne, my favorite fly shop is in Silverthorne, just above Breckenridge and about an hour and 15 west of Denver; all interstate. Cutthroat Anglers; Trapper, Andrew, Jimmy, others. All neat folks who love to fly fish. 888-876-8818. on the web at www.fishcolorado.com They’ve always put me on good water. If you speak with them please convey my best regards. Phil Joffe, Raleigh, NC

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I have recently started fly fishing for striped bass and would like to pick up a floating line to match my 9 wt diamondback rod. I lready own an intermediate sinking line.  My question is wether to get a 9 wt or 10 wt. and also any recomendations on different lines would be great.  I have been looking at Cortland 444 big game; I have been told it is good for turning over "big flies". Any suggestions. Also I have a pair of orvis clearwater breathable waders.  And special cleaning considerations after using in salt water? Thanks, –Gerard Department of Mathematics and Statistics 16 Colchester Avenue                     phone:  (802) 656 – 3372 University of Vermont                            (802) 656 – 2940 Burlington, VT 05405-1455                  FAX:  (802) 656 – 2552

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I have recently started fly fishing for striped bass and would like to pick up a floating line to match my 9 wt diamondback rod. I lready own an intermediate sinking line.  My question is wether to get a 9 wt or 10 wt. and also any recomendations on different lines would be great.  I have been looking at Cortland 444 big game; I have been told it is good for turning over "big flies". Any suggestions.

#10 shooting head.  The rod is a little much for bass, I think.  You should get a BASTARD BAMBOO for a 7 Wt which you can load with a #8 shooting head. Just kidding about the rod having to be a GG BASTARD BAMBOO.  Any old brand will do but do consider a step down in casting power for bass.  You don’t need a light Tarpon Rod to catch bass with. George Gehrke All Writings

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Folks, can anyone confirm or disconfirm that dolly varden are available inthe bob marshall?  have heard theymight be found in flathead basin area? any truth to this rumor? edwin

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Folks, can anyone confirm or disconfirm that dolly varden are available inthe bob marshall?  have heard theymight be found in flathead basin area? any truth to this rumor? edwin

Dolly Varden are not available in the Bob.  Dollies are costal fish. Bull trout, on the other hand, do inhabit the Flathead area.  Don’t get caught fishing for them intentionally.  They were recently listed under the ESA.  In this years Montana fishing regs you were permitted to fish for bull trout in Swan Lake with a daily and possession limit of one fish.  I don’t know how the listing has affected this regulation. Regards, Don Kelly Butte, MT

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No dolly varden….but there are some bull trout….soon to be on the endangered list. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Folks, can anyone confirm or disconfirm that dolly varden are available inthe bob marshall?  have heard theymight be found in flathead basin area? any truth to this rumor? edwin

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Folks, I guess what I meant by dolly varden is bull trout.. and I am sad to hear that they are headed for the endangered spcies list… I’ll hope not to hook any! cheers, edwin – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – No dolly varden….but there are some bull trout….soon to be on the endangered list. Folks, can anyone confirm or disconfirm that dolly varden are available inthe bob marshall?  have heard theymight be found in flathead basin area? any truth to this rumor? edwin

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: Folks, : can anyone confirm or disconfirm that dolly varden are available inthe : bob marshall?  have heard theymight be found in flathead basin area? : any truth to this rumor? : Dolly Varden are not available in the Bob.  Dollies are costal fish. : Bull trout, on the other hand, do inhabit the Flathead area.  Don’t get : caught fishing for them intentionally.  They were recently listed under : the ESA.  In this years Montana fishing regs you were permitted to fish : for bull trout in Swan Lake with a daily and possession limit of one : fish.  I don’t know how the listing has affected this regulation. What is the difference between a Dolly Varden and a bull trout? I though that the same species had both names. Once, when fishing in Pacific Creek in the Tetons, I saw another angler catch a fish he called a Dolly Varden. Was he correct? It looked like a char, sort of like a brookie or a laker, but different. By the way, who was Dolly Varden?

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Joe,    The story is a lady was visiting the town of McCloud in California and she saw a char taken from the McCloud river.  She said it looks just like Dolly Varden’s gingham dress.  Dolly Varden was an entertainer and the name stuck. — Ernie Harrison Remove NOSPAM to send E-Mail Selling my Fly Fishing Books Go to: http://users.ccnet.com/~emh – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – By the way, who was Dolly Varden?

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No dolly varden….but there are some bull trout….soon to be on the endangered list.

Sorry to bear the bad news, but I believe that recent attempts to find bull trout in the McCloud failed.  It is yet another extinct race of trout. -John —       My Wife, Yes…       My Dog, Maby,       My Gun, Never!

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Sorry to bear the bad news, but I believe that recent attempts to find bull trout in the McCloud failed.  It is yet another extinct race of trout. -John

 John,  The Bull trout are alive and well in the Swan. This is one of the few lakes that you can actually fish for "da Bulls". (C&R) Have fun! -Bob

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Three years ago I caught & released a bully of 19 inches in the headwaters of the Bitterroot, above the lake.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – No dolly varden….but there are some bull trout….soon to be on the endangered list. Sorry to bear the bad news, but I believe that recent attempts to find bull trout in the McCloud failed.  It is yet another extinct race of trout. -John —      My Wife, Yes…      My Dog, Maby,      My Gun, Never!

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Dolly Varden, a "fancy lady" Schuhfly

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Anybody out there know genus-species for the Alder Fly? Email or post is fine Bill S.

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Anybody out there know genus-species for the Alder Fly? Email or post is fine Bill S.

Bill, Family is Sialidae and only the single genus, Sialis, occurs in North America.  Not being an entomologist I could be mistaken but I am fairly certain of my resource.  Hope this helps. James Ehlers Underhill, Vermont Uncle Jammer’s Guide Service Vermont Fly Fishing, Hunting, River and Woodland Outings http://pobox.com/~uncle

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Anybody out there know genus-species for the Alder Fly? Email or post is fine Bill S. Bill, it’s funny you mentioned it, and I have heard it before,and can’t remember, but it then occured to me that my grandfather gave me a book written in the 50’s by the Sportman’s cigarettes company,it’s

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James Ehlers is correct. Alderflies belong to the family Sialidae, and there is a single genus, Sialis. There are about 20 or so species. They are in the order Megaloptera, at least that is where most entomologists place them, although I sometimes see Megaloptera listed as a suborder of Neuroptera. — Tim Lysyk http://www.telusplanet.net/public/cnangler/html

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I’ll be in Ashville, NC in mid-October and was looking for some info about fly fishing there.  I am an experienced saltwater angler but this would be my first attempt at fly fishing for trout.  Thanks, Mike Lang Sarasota, FL

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Hunter-Banks is the place in Ashville N.C. they can set you up with everything and give you all the info you will need. Have a good time. Presg

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F I’ll be in Ashville, NC in mid-October and was looking for some info about F fly fishing there.  I am an experienced saltwater angler but this would be Well, 2 of my favorite places to fish near Ashville are Wilson Creek near Elkmont N.C. and in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. In the park I fish all over but enjoy Abrahms Creek because of its beauty, fertility, and the rose stripe on those beautiful rainbows! I will be in the Smokies next weekend!      I am sure there are some great streams nearer to Ashville, but the Ocanaluftee in the park should be less than 3 hours, maybe much less away and Elkmont is about 1.5 hours away.      Trey

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Don’t listen to what other people say , get new line if it is knicked.If you can find these colors they work good. 1.Trout-green;blue 2.Salmon-orange;yellow 3.Pike-gray;brown 4.Bass-dark green;mud                                                     Fellow Fisherman,                                                        Mr.Oralando

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Don’t listen to what other people say , get new line if it is knicked.If you can find these colors they work good. 1.Trout-green;blue 2.Salmon-orange;yellow 3.Pike-gray;brown 4.Bass-dark green;mud                        Fellow Fisherman,                            Mr.Oralando

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Don’t listen to what other people say , get new line if it is knicked.If you can find these colors they work good. 1.Trout-green;blue 2.Salmon-orange;yellow 3.Pike-gray;brown 4.Bass-dark green;mud

I started to respond to this,  but got so confused by the above message I forgot what I was going to say. Ernie Harrison

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: 1.Trout-green;blue : 2.Salmon-orange;yellow : 3.Pike-gray;brown : 4.Bass-dark green;mud :                        Fellow Fisherman, :                            Mr.Oralando : /dave (To KF or Not To KF: That is the Question ;^) Now, now.  Be nice. — Rick T. Rick Fletcher   –   http://www.chem.uidaho.edu/~fletcher/ Assistant professor of chemistry  |  That’s Idaho, not Iowa.    |  These University of Idaho               |  Upper Left Hand Corner.    |  opinions Moscow, ID 83844-2343             |  No, I don’t grow potatoes. |  are mine.

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Would appreciate info on flyfishing opportunities in Nevada and Southwestern Utah.  Best times, fly types, locations, etc. Thanks to all.

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Would appreciate info on flyfishing opportunities in Nevada and Southwestern Utah.  Best times, fly types, locations, etc. Thanks to all.

William Kiene Kiene’s Fly Shop Sacramento,CA,USA

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Hi,    There is some excellent fishing up in the northeastern part of Nevada. While most of the flyfishing is floattube reservoir oriented, there are some stream fisheries.   The season is year around, techniques and locations change with the seasons. Winter means ice on most of the stillwaters, and that severely limits flyfishing. The tailwater fisheries below Wildhorse Reservoir and South Fork Reservoir stay open water in all but the coldest temperatures. The Collection Ditch at the Ruby Marshes also stays open and provides some good winter nymphing.   Early spring is the best fishing, and it is winding down at this time. Big rainbows head up the South Fork of the Humboldt above the reservoir starting at ice off and they can be caught on nymphs or midges. Near the inlets on all the reservoirs will show some fish on these techniques. The Collection Ditch at the Marshes and some of the Marsh areas produce big trout at this time (the Ditch collects the springs and routes the water to the various units–it is really a big spring creek)  Big runnoff time, which we are into now, generally means muddy water and the small waters and the Marsh are the best as they don’t get as muddy.  Post runoff finds the streams dropping and you can get into some of the areas like the Bruneau and Jarbidge river systems and these have good dry fly fishing for trout. The bass action starts to improve and three pound smallmouths on a flyrod will almost make you forget about trout.   Summer and warming water shifts the good fishing to the early mornings or after sunset–you can fish this area on almost all waters as long as the casinos stay open…   Fall fishing is excellent. The browns start spawning about the time the first frosts cut the bug populations. Most of the anglers have given up for the season, but the fishing is great.   That’s the year in a nutshell. There’s 1100 miles of streams and about 50 lake and reservoirs in the county, so it would take a book for specifics. Tight Lines, Jim, Nevada Jim’s Outdoor Sports, Elko, NV

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Hi all,     thinking about buying a pair of danner wading boots… for $5 more, i can get them with cleats already built into the soles… I’ve never worn cleats before, stealth is not my concern since a do a fine job spooking trout even in my felt soles… thanks, g.

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   thinking about buying a pair of danner wading boots… for $5 more, i can get them with cleats already built into the soles… I’ve never worn cleats before, stealth is not my concern since a do a fine job spooking trout even in my felt soles…

Easy answer — get the cleated felts.                                                       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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   thinking about buying a pair of danner wading boots… for $5 more, i can get them with cleats already built into the soles… I’ve never worn cleats before, stealth is not my concern since a do a fine job spooking trout even in my felt soles… Easy answer — get the cleated felts.                                                       Dan

Big ditto.  You’ll wonder what took you so long.

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: :     thinking about buying a pair of danner wading boots… for $5 more, : : i can get them with cleats already built into the soles… I’ve never : : worn cleats before, stealth is not my concern since a do a fine job : : spooking trout even in my felt soles… If the water is fast enough to warrant cleats, I can’t imagine that a loss of stealth from cleats would be a problem.  Fast water over rocks is a prescription for turbulence, and the energy generated from turbulence will overpower (and dissipate) anything added from the cleats.  A bit like our inability to see the stars in the day time.  They are still there, but the energy from the sun swamps them.  Slow water will be different. — Rick T. Rick Fletcher   –   http://www.chem.uidaho.edu/~fletcher/ Assistant 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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Let me register a negative vote on the cleats (the sort that are imbedded in the felt).  I hope folks will stay away from these.  They are destructive of the bottom, make a mess of a drift boat, are unusable in a raft, and are very inconsiderate to wear anywhere outside of the water (like in a car or into a flyshop).  If you must wade where you have to have cleats to stay upright, use a pear of slip-on stream cleats.  You can then take them off when they are not needed. Lyman

Your points are well taken, but I thought the warning about using them in boats had already been voiced.  Looking back it wasn’t, but the tone of the thread was about wading, not drift fishing.  You don’t really need them to stand up in boats anyhow just in the river.  8^.   That was supposed to be a little humor, but you are absolutely right about wearing them in boats.  Most drift boat guides I know won’t allow them in the boat and for good reason.  I’ve used the Stream Cleats.  Stream Cleats can be removed, but how often do you see people remove them?  And boy do they cut fly lines up easily when they are new and the edges are sharp. If you get them tight enough to stay on your feet when you need them to, they are not easy to remove and most people don’t.  Certainly not likely to pull them off and put them back on numerous times a day.  Korkers are much easier to remove, they just weigh a ton.   I have a pair of Korkers that I used for years, and they are still in the bottom of my wader bag in case someone else needs them.  For my conditions (just go ahead and try to wade the Pit River in CA or the North Umpqua in OR without them) the studded felts are the best choice.  The operative phrase is "my conditions". Thanks for the reminder of other’s fishing conditions,                                                             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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   thinking about buying a pair of danner wading boots… for $5 more, i can get them with cleats already built into the soles… I’ve never worn cleats before, stealth is not my concern since a do a fine job spooking trout even in my felt soles… Easy answer — get the cleated felts.                                                      Dan Dan Gracia                                                               Orvis West Coast Fly Fishing Schools

Let me register a negative vote on the cleats (the sort that are imbedded in the felt).  I hope folks will stay away from these.  They are destructive of the bottom, make a mess of a drift boat, are unusable in a raft, and are very inconsiderate to wear anywhere outside of the water (like in a car or into a flyshop).  If you must wade where you have to have cleats to stay upright, use a pear of slip-on stream cleats.  You can then take them off when they are not needed. Lyman

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 thinking about buying a pair of danner wading boots… for $5 more, i can get them with cleats already built into the soles… I’ve never worn cleats before, stealth is not my concern since a do a fine job spooking trout even in my felt soles…

We sell about 50/50,  felt versus studded felt.  The studs are popular in large rivers and may increase felt life.  On small streams, felt is more popular and not so " skippy " on dry rocks.

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I live in Bozeman, Montana and fish in some waters that are difficult to wade. I am a Stream Cleat fan, too.  They are actually made in Livingston,  Montana.  The nice thing about them is that you can bring them along on a float trip, and just slip them on and off.  I’ve guided here for 22 years, and I don’t like folks to wear them in my drift boat, either.  I do like the extra stability they provide and the confidence they give the angler which results in them being able to wade into good fishing positions and reach more fish.  Add a wading staff to your "handling package, too".  Dave Kumlien, Montana Troutfitters Orvis Shop, Bozeman, MT   http://www.gomontana.com/Business/Trout/trout.html

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Anybody know some goods spot in and around Ottawa Canada for some trout fly fishing. Luc Nocente — Luc Nocente

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Ottawa is more a bass/pike hotspot than trout, but I’ve heard that there are now Brown trout in the Ottawa River (Quebec has been stocking them). The flyfishing for bass in the Ottawa is good, and for that alone is worth bringing your rod alone. Try the rapids from Britannia Filtration plant downstream. The Ottawa is a big river and can be fearsome in high water.

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Ottawa is more a bass/pike hotspot than trout, but I’ve heard that there are now Brown trout in the Ottawa River (Quebec has been stocking them).

Confirmed:  a 3 or 4 lb. brown was reported taken at Britannia 13 months ago, and I got a 10-inch brown during the summer.  Local folklore has it that, because the Ottawa River is the frontier between Ontario and Quebec provinces, fisheries managers are not supposed to stock it:  but one or more managers dumped surplus trout there just to see if they could survive and reproduce — which my 10-inch fish suggests is possible. The flyfishing for bass in the Ottawa is good, and for that alone is worth bringing your rod alone. Try the rapids from Britannia Filtration plant downstream. The Ottawa is a big river and can be fearsome in high water.

This is why early fly fishing has been poor this year.  When the water warmed up enough, hydro dams upstream were opened to run off extra snow melt or rain, and the good spots are now too deep and the current too strong.  Fly fishing for bass is best done wading (and from July one can wade wet i.e. in shorts and sneakers).  Anywhere with exposed rocks and mixed current and quiet water can be good.  There are reliable hatches at sundown half the time in July-August, when besides bass other species can be taken e.g. mooneye and walleye. —  |          Donald Phillipson, 4180 Boundary Rd., Carlsbad         |  |        Springs, Ont., Canada K0A 1K0; tel: (613) 822-0734       |  |  "What I’ve always liked about science is its independence from |  |  authority"–Ontario Science Centre (name on file) 10 July 1981 |

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Hello Donald Please reply here and in e-mail,I’m curious if this get’s out…sorry folks just a test for the moment Tight Lines Dale Kent … I cna ytpe 300 wrods pre mniuet! |Fidonet:  Dale Kent 1:351/400

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Rather than the Ottawa River, I’d suggest the Mississippi (the *other* one, in the Ottawa suburbs). Nice smallmouth, pleasant surroundings. — 3798 Woodland Drive     voice: (604) 368-9315 Trail, BC               data:  (604) 368-9341

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: Rather than the Ottawa River, I’d suggest the Mississippi (the *other* : one, in the Ottawa suburbs). Nice smallmouth, pleasant surroundings. : — Speaking of which, I was FFishing the Mississippi just below a set of rapids/waterfalls and could *see* some really nice smallmouth, but dammit all I could catch were lots of rockbass. I mean, the rockbass were *fun* but I was getting really frustrated with the smallies. Now, I was using a wooly bugger for a while, brown and black, and then changed to smaller nymphs, and kept catching the panfish, but no bass. Sigh. Still, the spin casters were catching *nothing* so I was happy. — Chris Pawlowicz, Research Engineer Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

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Hi My name is Matt I am an acomplished fisherman (meaning im not some young dork who doesn’t know a thing about fishing but brags cause he spent a lot on his gear) any way I am doing a project for school on fishing around the world if you could get any info to my address at home by tonight I would greatly appreciate it……and if anyone needs help or advice on fishing in nothern and central New Jersey or eastern Penn I would be happy to give it out…. Thanks in advance, Matt, age 16

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any way I am doing a project for school on fishing around the world if you could get any info to my address at home by tonight I would greatly appreciate it……

In my day, Matt, we would wait unitl the morning the project was due before starting research. . . . –sean williams

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any way I am doing a project for school on fishing around the world if you could get any info to my address at home by tonight I would greatly appreciate it…… In my day, Matt, we would wait unitl the morning the project was due before starting research. . . . –sean williams

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Quoting lauraoli from a message in rec.outdoors.fishing.fly    If  anyone has sources for    materials at good prices I would be interested in that as well.  Thank    you in advance! Try     Anglers Workshop         P.O. Box 1044         1350 Atlantic         Woodland, Wa. 1044         1-206-225-9445         1-206-225-6359 Jim in Southern California `[1;30;47mRainbow V 1.06 for Delphi – Registered

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I have built two rods.  I bought the cork handle, reel seat, and guides from Angler’s Workshop in Woodland, WA., for the last rod and beleive I got a very good deal from them.  I bought my epoxy glue for the handle, thread and wrapping finish from them.  They have been very helpful.  For books, I have Skip Morris’s and L.A. Garcia’s.  I like both, but if I only had one I would use Skip’s.  They may be in your library.  For tools,  I bought a reamer for the cork handle.  The wrapping finish kit had syringes for measuring and brushes for applying.  I make my own rod support and used a book to develop the trhead tension like Morris explained in his book.  I bought a pen tip and ink as he suggested for the inscription at a stationary store.  Masking tape, tip top adhesive,   and some fine sandpaper and that is about it.  I would get Morris’s book and work with Angler’s Workshop.  I do not think they will try to sell you what you do not need.  Call them at 206-225-9445 and they will send you a catalog.  Both rods have come out nice.  One is a Sage 9′ 6 wt, and the other is a St. Croix 8′6" 5/6 wt pack rod.

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Summary: Keywords: Hello, I am attemping to build my first rod.  I have sent off for a book on building rods, but I am interested in information from some people that  have actually tied your own rod.  What materials and equipment will I just HAVE to have?  I have my blank already.  But I would like a few tips on things to watch for and supplies I need and those I might can do   with out. Also, If  anyone has sources for materials at good prices I would be interested in that as well.  Thank you in advance! Fish whenever you can and dream about it when you can’t! Thanks again, Kelli B. c/o RLaura Oliveri

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