| Lack of Flyfishing |
I love to flyfish and I'm going through withdrawals from not being able to. I go to school in Flagstaff, AZ and there is no good flyfishing areas nearby.
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| Life's little frustrations... |
..holding the rod at a 45 degree angle, I carefully thread the flyline thru all the guides, making sure not to miss one as I occasionally do. Finally with the leader and line thru the tip...
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| Seing you guys talk of spring...... |
......spring is a relative thing ;-) We have gotten the sun back and the days are quite long. But this is what I see when i look outside my kitchen window: http://www.imsoc...
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| New website with 1000+ photos & videos of wild trout & insects they eat |
http://www.troutnut.com I just finished this site a few days ago as an original resource for fly fishermen to learn about stream science so they can tie better imitations and just...
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| TR: Walk in the woods |
For several weeks now, the rivers have been calling to me, not necessarily for fishing, although that would be fine. Their song has been playing in my mind as I picture the water as it runs ...
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| Giganews |
Anyone else notice that Giganews dropped ROFF, and ROFFT? Just wondering if this was a local situation. It might be a pain for those of us using comcast and using Giganews as part of our s...
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| Book suggestion |
The book is "King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon" by David R. Montgomery. He was speaking at our fly club Wednesday and raised some interesting concerns about the way ...
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| Pack rods |
Hi, St. Croix also makes many nice packable rods (mainly 4 piece). I have used a 7 wgt and a 5 wgt model for awhile now - the 7 is my main rod when on trips to salt water destinat...
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| Tongariro and Turangi Flooding |
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~colin.m/ Someone sent me this url is anyone wants to see the state of the Tongariro River as of last night. Hydro pool bridge is closed due to extensive dam...
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| Rapid River |
The following is a letter I received from Friends of Richardson: The character of a unique and historic area in Western Maine is in jeopardy....and we need your support! Uni...
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| OT Neocon plan to take over the world |
If, like me, you want to know why a bunch of warped and evil thugs have convinced BushCo to embark on a dubious and expensive program of world domination but don't want to put $26 in Richard...
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| Trip Report - OT - I went to a funeral . . . |
An uncle whom I remembered fondly until I turned into a teenager and refused to have anything to do with farming old folks passed away. It had probably been that long since I had seen ...
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| OT: "...I didn't know penguin bits could fly!" |
To paraphrase "WKRP"... http://adorablebunnies.com/UPLOAD/pinguxtreme.swf Fun for the whole family - if that family is particularly blood thirsty ;-)
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| OT Diets |
Started dieting two weeks ago, and I was wondering if any of you have any success/failure stories regarding dieting and weight loss. I'm using a modified Atkins, low carb, but with a greater...
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| Need help testing something |
Guys I need someone to help me test something,, I know this catches fish with an ultra light, using flies,, but I need to test if it can be cast effectively under different conditions fly...
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| OT: inequality |
Forbes came out with it's annual report on the world's richest people. I thought this fact was astonishing: "Americans dominate this list [top 20 billionaires] with 11 members, ...
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| REQ What's that fly in Maurice Walsh book? |
In this wonderful book "The Quiet Man and Other Stories" by author Maurice Walsh, wich is an Irish saga and gave the movie "The Quiet Man" staring John Way and Maureen O'Hara... the love for...
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| What it's all about |
Old man winter is loosening his grip on the great NorthEast. Seems like this winter was longer than most. Got this from my brother yesterday. Cabin fever begone!! I want to fish!! <...
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| lamson radius reel? |
can anyone give any criticism, constructive or otherwise, on the lamson radius reel? it's a small arbor machined reel... and i would use it on small to medium sized trout from st...
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| Ping Herman Nijland |
Hi Herman, did you get my e-mail reply? ( On the Softex ). I am getting so many false "delivery failure" and similar notices, ( Mostly viren, worms etc) and as I am unable to determine...
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| Plan being assembled to potentially close all rivers in Sacramento/San |
Friends, The California Rivers Restoration Fund (CRRF) has just received confirmation from NOAA Fisheries (the short version for the National Marine Fisheries Service), of the...
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| Top Posting |
One of the most succinct statements about top posting: A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top posting such a bad thing?...
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| Trip planning - Yellowstone after Labor Day |
I backpack with a group of guys and a couple of us fish too. None of us have been to Yellowstone (except for family trips as kids) and are looking at hinkng/fishing spots Labor Day week. W...
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| Pensacola FL fishing |
I will be visiting the Pensacola area in May. Does anyone have any tips/suggestions where to fish? Thanks Pete
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| OT Food for thought |
I don't often find myself in agreement with Thomas Friedman and I'm not sure if I'll end up agreeing with this column, but it did cause me to think of outsourcing in a different way. This wi...
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| OT, political: Move on, Bush. |
I've been reading the campaign threads, and thinking about the National Guard years, the staged photo op on the Aircraft carrier, the opportunistic news reports about Osama Bin Laden, the ch...
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| TR: Rain Forest Adventure |
I know some think of the great jungles of the tropics when a rain forest is mentioned, but the Olympic Peninsula rivers get 12 feet of rain each year, and the moss hangs from the trees and...
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| pack rod suggestions, please |
I'm just getting back into fly fishing after *many* years off....so I'm not up on the latest & greatest..... I want to get a pack rod (at least 4 piece) that is suitable for back ...
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| Stupid netiquette question |
Not even sure, don't care really, if i spelled it right but for the net nannies: After snipping and replying to usenet posts for some time now, I agree top posting is a pain in th...
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| Saltwater FF in the Dominican Republic |
Hello, I've plans to go on holiday to the DR probably in/somewhere near Punta Cana. It will be mainly a family holiday with sunbathing and swimming (especially for the girls) but ...
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