| 2 Bamboo rods & some Old $hit |
I managed to acquire (long story) two bambo rods each I known to be at least 60+ years old. One does have a bit of a set to it but the other is like Olive Oil. There are no markings on eit...
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| Black depression! |
Trout season closed on most streams in Michgan's UP today. I'd gotten out 62 times according to my fishing log and it would have been more if I had not started the season with a broken leg....
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| Fillin' the gap |
I have the hankerin' to build a new rod. Perhaps the "one" rod. A few months ago while out for a bike ride, I came upon a fellow casting a flyrod on his front yard. I stopped to chat and h...
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| One Rod |
For twenty years I essentially fished with one rod. My first rod that I got in 1972 was as a glass Fenwick 8.5 ft 6wt. I used that until I built a Sage 8.5 ft 6wt in 1988. Then, last year ...
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| Post-Isabel Cleanup |
If any of you guys in reasonable driving distance have a chipper-shredder and would care to lay up in the shade of the trees and swill free beer while I chain-saw massacre the front fourty, ...
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| October Fly Swap |
If any of you are interested in getting involved in a fly swap program, I have one that's starting up at the beginning of October. It will have fly tiers from all over North America. ...
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| TR: Ocean Isle, NC |
Now I'm not much of a beach man. Give me them hills any day. Anyway, down at the beach with a bunch of friends and for a lark I take along my 9' 8wt. Figuring that there could be a fly sho...
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| FS: '87 chevy s10 in Eugene, OR |
1987 Chevy S10 X Cab Automatic. Cruise control, white body, inside/outside in great condition, light brown carpeted interior, AM radio. 137000 miles. Recently replaced transmissio...
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| October suggestions for California maybe S.Oregon |
In years past my fly rods were put up by now ( 'cept the Striper rig ) and my mind was on getting ready for waterfowl. But, as I age, I find that not being able to C&R ducks is reducin...
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| deep fried turkey |
Hi All, I'm going to arrive at the clave Friday, 10/3 and fish Saturday, 10/4. I was wondering if enough people would be there to put together a covered dish supper. For my part,...
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| NC dropout |
Well guys and gals.. I had surgery on my throat last thursday. (carcinoma) and thought i'd be in shape to make it 8 days later. Apparently my healing powers ain't what they used to be. I'...
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| NASF Auction |
I'm passing on this info for anybody interested in Atlantic Salmon flies or salmon restoration: To raise funds for the North Atlantic Salmon Fund (the fund that is buying out comm...
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| Re: Way OT: Spy Charges |
"rw" <rw56_to_the_chase@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:3f767484$0$187$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com... > Wolfgang wrote: > > "rw" <rw56_to_the_chase@earthlink.ne...
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| Wisconsin Trout Fishermen- Proposed Law |
The state Assembly has a bill in consideration which will greatly affect access to the smaller trout streams in Wisconsin. If passed, many of the native brook trout streams that are now open...
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| World Seies |
Bosox over Cubbies in six......you heard it here first. George Adams "All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of youth that doth no...
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| Fly Fishing Equipment |
I've been wanting to get in to fly fishing and I am wondering what brand of equipment would you recoment for a beginer. Rob
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| Ping Brian Neilson (spellcheck) |
Haven't seen Brian post here in a while, anyone know if he's ok -- Clark Reid http://www.dryflynz.com Umpqua Designer Flytier
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| The Ordeal |
Subtitle: "We may not know where we are, or what we're doing, but at least we're still alive!" Bound and determined not to let the Maine freshwater fishing season end with a mere ...
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| Fly Fishing In Alabama??? |
I may be in Alabama for awhile. Can anyone tell me about the fly fishing opportunities that might exist? I assume bass are one species, how about others? I'm referring to the northern par...
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| nc....hope you guys have fun... :( |
...wish I could be there but I can't. john
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| Micro-Patterns |
Really, I have to stop flirting with these little things and strike up a serious relationship. The usual rituals have been performed, bought the books, the hooks, tied up tricos...
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| Wader repair |
I just bought an Aquaseal repair kit for a small rip in my Dan Bailey breatable waders. It came with a couple of patches which have an adhesive on them that seems pretty tacky. I also...
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| Where in the world is Opus McDopus, OP, Mark...? |
Where are you, Mr. B.?
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| Clave and Hazel creek |
Jeff--how is Hazel creek day [ as part of clave] coming along ? Should I put seats in the van???l Bass fishing on my big pond is really slowing down--or maybe I do not know how to ...
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| non dead drift dry flying |
The only way I know how to fish is dead drifting. Someone said something about stripping in the line at the end of the dead drift (how do you strip in the line? I just think of cute naug...
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| Kassnar fly rod |
Hello everyone, I found a Kassnar fly rod at a sale. I've never seen one before, and would like any information about the Kassnar brand. Nothing much comes up on Google but g...
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| OT: RIP Robert Palmer |
No more Sneakin' Through the Alley With Sally. Geez, he was only 54. -- Charlie...
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| Waay off topic, ex-military only |
The Navy found they had too many officers and decided to offer an early retirement bonus. They promised any officer who volunteered for retirement a bonus of $1000 for every inch measured in...
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| Passing it on.... |
Hey guys, Snoop Spongey Bob is having probs posting to ROFF. His post show up on Alt.test but not here. He asked me to post this TR regarding the Bighorn for him. Subject: Sno...
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| fiberglass rods? |
Anyone out there recently purchased a modern fiberglass rod? Your thoughts? Mu
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