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 For those that use Outlook Express, I need your help.  I want to accomplish two things. 1) change my name that appear on the NG to "fly-fishing-midget." 2) have another of my hotmail addresses appear on the NG instead of my primary address. I am now using My Deja to accomplish this.  However, I rather use Outlook Express unless I’m searching something. I think everyone will know why I want this changed due to be all the hoopla going on lately.  I hope to eliminate the hate mail that my wife sees coming to my primary address.  I can read it at one of my other addresses without upsetting my wife.  She has nothing to do with my actions on this NG or other e-correspondence.   Vern U Before you buy.

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Vern, try this: For 1) Select the News Group Select TOOLS Select Accounts (Hi-Lite Account Desired) Select Properties Select Name and enter the name you want to use Select OK For 2) Try: Same as above except select E-Mail Address instead of Name, Both Name and email address can be entered at one time if you want. Personally, I like Vern better and the hate mail will die quickly, good luck Jim – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – For those that use Outlook Express, I need your help.  I want to accomplish two things. 1) change my name that appear on the NG to "fly-fishing-midget." 2) have another of my hotmail addresses appear on the NG instead of my primary address. I am now using My Deja to accomplish this.  However, I rather use Outlook Express unless I’m searching something. I think everyone will know why I want this changed due to be all the hoopla going on lately.  I hope to eliminate the hate mail that my wife sees coming to my primary address.  I can read it at one of my other addresses without upsetting my wife.  She has nothing to do with my actions on this NG or other e-correspondence.  Vern U Before you buy.

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  I hope to eliminate the hate mail that my wife sees coming to my primary address.  I can read it at one of my other  Vern U

Ohhhhhhhh Vern baby….I just hate it when youstop touching me in that special way you have…….I just hate when you have to leave so early in

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  I hope to eliminate the hate mail that my wife sees coming to my primary address.  I can read it at one of my other  Vern U Ohhhhhhhh Vern baby….I just hate it when youstop touching me in that special way you have…….I just hate when you have to leave so early in

Hooooboy… I think ASADI slipped in the stream and hit his head!!! Someone get a DOC and a cold beer! Tihs man is hurt! {shudder} — Michael Era

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I’m considering an expat job in Frankfurt Germany. A quality of life question: Is there good fishing around there – fly fishing preferably, any fishing in a pinch? Thanks for the help – FlyFisherRay

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I’m considering an expat job in Frankfurt Germany. A quality of life question: Is there good fishing around there – fly fishing preferably, any fishing in a pinch? Thanks for the help – FlyFisherRay

Hi Ray, I lived in Frankfurt for some time and never found any decent fishing.  If you are prepared to, and can afford to travel, you can reach some good fishing.  It is quite difficult to obtain a fishing licence here, you have to pass an exam.  If you need further specific info e-mail me and I will try to be of assistance.  I now live in a small village not far from Hamburg, but I should have no trouble providing you with the relative info. Tight lines ! Mike Connor

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Not much of a report actually, Kathy . I think you were going for something like SPAM. Capt. Gary S. Colecchio West Palm Beach "Lie ? Me ? Never!  No, no, no, the truth is far too much fun !" – Captain Hook

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Would be nice to know where you are talking about in the Florida Panhandle. Destin? Port St. Joe? ….other?

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This past month has been HOT! HOT! HOT! Not only record temperature-wise but the Tarpon have been here in very large numbers. They have been cruising through AND laying up in the bay, great opportunities for both Fly fisherman and Plug Casters alike. Some days this month we have had up to 35 shots at Tarpon on Fly, with a respectable hook up ratio. Though we have been after the Tarpon since early May, barring unforeseen weather (the "H" word) we plan on fishing for them into September.     Tarpon aren’t the only fish to grace our waters this time of year either. We have seen huge schools of Black Drum, some nice sized Redfish, Tripletail, Sharks, Cobia, Jack Crevalle and other reef fish. For more details and information please email me direct or call me at 850-653-8896. Thanks! Kathy Robinson

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I’m a newbie to this NG so please forgive me if this question has been asked before but here goes.  I live in Southern California right next to the beach and regularly enjoy surf fishing and would like to try fly fishing in the surf.  My father used to do it a LONG time ago before fly fishing became hi-tech.  He said that he got some lead-core trolling line and put it on a fly real and used a 6 WT rod.  Evidently there were no 9 or 10 WT rods back then so he really tore up his shoulder trying to shoot the lead-core which was necessary to keep the line from being tossed around by the waves. Anyway, I know that surf fishing is much more common nowadays and better equipment is available so my question is this, what equipment is needed?  What weight rod, line, etc?  Is the lead-core necessary? Can anybody recommend any good books or web sites?  Any information is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. DM

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< SNIP Try this URL, some great info on surf fly fishing there. Including a very good introduction. www.marco-island-florida-com Hope this helps ! Tight lines ! Mike Connor

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The authors name escapes me but there is a great book out there (Jim Shewey?? maybe) called Trout & Beyond that chronicles in part his surfperch fishing. Maybe that will help.  Try amazon.com for it… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m a newbie to this NG so please forgive me if this question has been asked before but here goes.  I live in Southern California right next to the beach and regularly enjoy surf fishing and would like to try fly fishing in the surf.  My father used to do it a LONG time ago before fly fishing became hi-tech.  He said that he got some lead-core trolling line and put it on a fly real and used a 6 WT rod.  Evidently there were no 9 or 10 WT rods back then so he really tore up his shoulder trying to shoot the lead-core which was necessary to keep the line from being tossed around by the waves. Anyway, I know that surf fishing is much more common nowadays and better equipment is available so my question is this, what equipment is needed?  What weight rod, line, etc?  Is the lead-core necessary? Can anybody recommend any good books or web sites?  Any information is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. DM

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I was watching a PBS station that was showing a film about Nantucket lighthouses on the East Coast last night.  In one shot they showed a picture of several fly fishermen lined up along the beach surf fishing. Does any one know what type of fish they were fishing for? — 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 – < SNIP Try this URL, some great info on surf fly fishing there. Including a very good introduction. www.marco-island-florida-com Hope this helps ! Tight lines ! Mike Connor

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They were probably fishing for striped bass, Ernie. Homey – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I was watching a PBS station that was showing a film about Nantucket lighthouses on the East Coast last night.  In one shot they showed a picture of several fly fishermen lined up along the beach surf fishing. Does any one know what type of fish they were fishing for? — Ernie Harrison Remove NOSPAM to send E-Mail Selling my Fly Fishing Books Go to: http://users.ccnet.com/~emh

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I was watching a PBS station that was showing a film about Nantucket lighthouses on the East Coast last night.  In one shot they showed a picture of several fly fishermen lined up along the beach surf fishing. Does any one know what type of fish they were fishing for? — Ernie Harrison

Probably stripers and bluefish.   (and in the fall, Bonito and False Albacore)   The coasts of NY, MA, CN, and ME are famous for the great striper fishing.  Plenty of easy access, plenty of willing fish. If you haven’t tried it, you should!   I live inland, but started making a two-week trip to the coast (Cape Cod) every year after my first trip. Imagine a 25lb. saltwater brute on an eight or nine weight.   Yee ha! Bob Scott

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His and Her Fly shop in Newport specialize in fly fishing the surf. There are many Fly Fishimg clubs in Southern Ca. that can help. Check with Bob Marriot’s Fly Fishing Store in Fullerton. Their fall show , the week end before thanksgiving is usually loaded with world class saltwater flyfishermen such as Nick Curricone, Dan Blanton, Lefty Kreh,Bob Popovics and Bob Clouser. If they can’t help no one can.

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Probably Stripped Bass.

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Probably Stripers or possibly Bluefish Steve – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I was watching a PBS station that was showing a film about Nantucket lighthouses on the East Coast last night.  In one shot they showed a picture of several fly fishermen lined up along the beach surf fishing. Does any one know what type of fish they were fishing for?

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IMHO it is worth fly fishing in any water that you think might hold fish. Jack.

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Anyone know if it is worth trying to flyfish in the upper mississippi? just wonderin’

Most definently.  The Mississippi above Minneapolis is a terrific smallmouth fishery.  In addition, throughout the entire upper sections there are plenty of fish willing to take dry and wet flies. Jon Russell FlyFish Minnesota

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Anyone know if it is worth trying to flyfish in the upper mississippi? just wonderin’

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I need to speak at the funeral of a friend who loved to fly fish.  I’d like to read a poem about flyfishing.  Any suggestions.

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I have two suggestions.  One suggestion is a lovely poem by Elizabeth Bishop entitled "The Fish," found in "North & South" and "The Complete Poems: 1927-1979."  My other suggestion is any one of several contemplative poems by Raymond Carver with a flyfishing setting in his collection "Ultramarine."  Bishop’s "The Complete Poems" is available in paperback from The Noonday Press; Carver’s "Ultramarine" is available in paperback from Vintage Books.

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I need advise on where to look for the things I might need.  I think it would be very satisfying to catch fish with a rod I built myself. What book or videos do you recommend?  Is it cheaper to build your own or buy a new rod? Thanks, Koop

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(Whitehors) writes: I need advise on where to look for the things I might need.  I think it would be very satisfying to catch fish with a rod I built myself. What book or videos do you recommend?  Is it cheaper to build your own or buy a new rod? Thanks, Koop

Koop- I would encourage you to give it a try.  Start with either of the books by Skip Morris or A. Garcia (assuming you are talking graphite and not cane) which should be available at your local flyshop.  I would also suggest you check withyour local shop and/or flyfishing club to see if anyone is offering classes.  The same sources might provide some items that you can borrow, such as a turning motor and rod vice. Aside from one time purchases such as books, motor (which is not essential), and rod vice (which can be improvised), the cost of a rod build yourself should be about 2/3 the cost of a comparable rod on the same blank at a flyshop, including sock and tube. I suggest avoiding the kits.  Part of the fun and value of building your own rod is selecting the components that match exactly what you want.  You can’t do that with a kit.  Some advice from a shop or club will help here too. When you have gathered the components (or before you buy if you are unsure whether you really want to do this), I suggest getting some winding thread, epoxy coating material (flex-coat), and an old piece of blank or dowel and do some practicing.  Wrapping well takes practice,and it is better not to start on your blank with your first try. Finally, plan on building more than one rod!  If you find you like rodbuilding, you will definately not be satisfied with your first effort. Good Luck, Lyman Hughes Ennis, MT Dallas, TX

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: Heard this Napa valley winery is holding a fly fishing school each month : sponsored by some big name equipment manufactuere?  Anybody know anything : about this – good or bad or worthwhile for some from Seattle to fly down : and attend?  I know that they make good wine! — Glen Bolen Assistant Regional Planner The views expressed are my own and do not reflect the opinions of my employer, METRO.

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Read a blurb in USAir Magazine (March ‘95) that Orvis was sponsoring those schools, which are held on the Russian River. Haven’t heard anything about them, but if you’ve got that kind of money to spend, and fly-fishing is your main objective, I think you could get more bang for your buck with private lessons. If you want to drink wine and schmooze with the well-funded dilettantes, the telephone number is 415-392-1600.

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Does anyone know a mail-order outfit (name, phone num) that carries the velco-tie style of felt-sole wading shoe?

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Does anyone know a mail-order outfit (name, phone num) that carries the velco-tie style of felt-sole wading shoe?

I got a velcro-cloe pair from Hook and Hackle (in NY) a couple of years ago.  They have held up just fine.  They have an 800 #, but its at home and I’m not….  They usually advertise in the fly fishing magazines…. Nat Davis Virginia Tech.

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ke.edu!solaris.cc.vt.edu!usenet – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.fly Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Lines: 14 NNTP-Posting-Host: dulcimer.ee.vt.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-NUPop-Charset: English Does anyone know a mail-order outfit (name, phone num) that carries the velco-tie style of felt-sole wading shoe? I got a velcro-cloe pair from Hook and Hackle (in NY) a couple of years ago.  They have held up just fine.  They have an 800 #, but its at home and I’m not….  They usually advertise in the fly fishing magazines…. Nat Davis Virginia Tech.

The brand of velcro-ties I have is Pro-Line; they have held up for two seasons, and are great to have with cold, gloved hands. Mine are one size larger than my normal shoe size for the neoprenes. I bought mine at a store in Kalamazoo, but I have seen them in Bass Pro and other catalogs. Jim Johnson Michigan State University

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Does anyone know a mail-order outfit (name, phone num) that carries the velco-tie style of felt-sole wading shoe? I got a velcro-cloe pair from Hook and Hackle (in NY) a couple of years ago.  They have held up just fine.  They have an 800 #, but its at home and I’m not….  They usually advertise in the fly fishing magazines…. Nat Davis Virginia Tech.

Hook and Hackle’s number is 1-800-552-8342.  The shoes in question are made by Pro-Line and cost $32.25.  I bought Pro-Line’s 44mm neoprene stocking-foot waders from H&H for $65 and have been reasonably satisfied with the product. Hook and Hackle respond efficiently and have good prices. Peter Just

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: I’m thinking about a first trip to the San Juan this fall or next spring. : When’s the best dry fly fishing? Chris, Absolutely the best dry fly fishing I ever had on the San Juan was in mid-September a few years back over a Pale Morning Dun hatch.  I have been back a few years at the same time but have never caught it that way again. Baetis and midges hatch pretty much anytime conditions are right (overcast) regardless of time of year. Plan to fish some nymphs. Chuck

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I’m thinking about a first trip to the San Juan this fall or next spring. When’s the best dry fly fishing? Chris Long Long Island, New York

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