| TR-Fishigan Opening Day |
I had gone up to Grayling Michigan to recharge batteries and see some old friends that congregate there for the season opener. I drove through rain and endurred a chilly night Friday afte...
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| Detour..Cherry Run for Penn's Clave |
Just a head's up for those of you planning on attending the Penn's Clave this year. Last I knew (early April)there was some road construction just above the junction of Cherry Run Road a...
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| Mu |
Not sure anyone's has seen this, but roff's own Mu Young Lee has an article published in Northwest Fly Fishing. Congrats. Very well done! brians
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| Forgotten Treasures #19: THE SPECKLED BROOK TROUT--PART V |
THE SPECKLED BROOK TROUT PART V: THE NEW ADIRONDACKS. ________________________________________ THE NEW ADIRONDACKS. The Adirondack Mountains of north...
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| Poop ---ah |
Reading Tom's TR got my mind tuned to caddis, and from there to a pattern I like a lot. The next step in the stream of semi-consciousness was to realize that I don't remember seeing it...
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| Penn's in April--TR |
Just arrived home from a spectacular opening week for Clave Central in Coburn. The weather was somewhat typical for us....yes, it rained a bit most days, and was a little chilly, but not b...
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| FFF's Spring 2007 Fly Fisher magazine |
See the essay, "Be Still My Heart, page 15. It is a true story. They edited out my writing errors. And it was written by a fellow ROFFian <g>. Enjoy. John
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| Re: News of the weird... |
"rw" <rw56_to_the_chase@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:os3Zh.2029$296.869@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... > Wolfgang wrote: > >> who, if exposed to much...
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| Forgotten Treasures #19: THE SPECKLED BROOK TROUT--PART IV |
THE SPECKLED BROOK TROUT PART IV: THE OLD ADIRONDACKS. ________________________________________ Last summer the New York Times published an article deprecating the "ruinous...
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| My Dearest Littleton.... |
...look up the date when I first mentioned going to Penns and I'll tell you when I broke my wrist the next day.... No shit...this is getting old...I mean I feel his Frank! The dreaded...
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| Forgotten Treasures #19: THE SPECKLED BROOK TROUT--PART III |
THE SPECKLED BROOK TROUT PART III: THE HABITS OF THE TROUT. ________________________________________ Most prominent among the trouts-in fact, of any of th...
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| Newbe Intro |
Evening, Apparently, seeds that were planted years ago, are starting to germinate. I started thinking about fly fishing, started doing a fair amount of reading. Been a long ti...
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| Forgotten Treasures #19: THE SPECKLED BROOK TROUT--PART II |
THE SPECKLED BROOK TROUT PART II: ________________________________________ BIG TROUT OF THE NEPIGON, LAKE EDWARD, LAKE BATISCAN, ETC.
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| In One Year.... |
I learn that they are building a Wal Mart on the banks of my favorite trout river, right next to the pool where I got my biggest dry fly fish. And I also learn that they are building an ...
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| Forgotten Treasures #19: THE SPECKLED BROOK TROUT--PART I |
Something different this time. Based on the admittedly unsupported supposition that there really are readers in ROFF who would like to see something other than the usual vacuous cult of p...
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| Replacement knee |
I had a left knee replacement in Sept. 2001 and a right hip replaced in Jan. 2003. These were football injuries. I am able to wade reasonably comfortably but, I do use a wading staff. I ha...
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| replacement knees |
Last year, after having knee surgery, I was able to tackle a few slippery round rock freestone streams without paying a huge price in pain. I enjoyed it very much although it's still not...
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| New line |
Checking my rods, I see that I could use a new floating 5wt line. The last couple lines I bought ( for other rods ) disappointed me ... one, a gray one ( maybe SA but I'm not positive...
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| "New to fly fishing in need of some help" |
This weekend I finally got a chance to try out my new fly rod. I packed the rod and wife into the truck, and went to the local ball field to start casting practice. After the first few try...
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| LL Bean blanks? |
Does anyone know what blanks LL Bean uses for their 5 piece travel rod series? --riverman
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| OT: About time |
Apparently, fired US attorney Iglesias has formally filed complaints, which might result in a real live investigation into Hatch Act violations. The Hatch Act regulates (well, more l...
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| News of the weird... |
AP Newzwired, Washington, DC - Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) has started what he calls a "non-partisan attempt at getting that Goddamned Republican motherfucker creep of a veep" by filing th...
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| Google Groups |
I've not seen a post since about 5:30 a.m. local, so just wanted to see if every one died or is it Omaha. Frank Reid
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| Cleanin' and packin' |
Well I've started cleaning out the trailer and packing gear for the summer <G> Each year it amazes me how much fly fishing shit I own. Equally amazing is how little of ...
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| OT Scumags |
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-Iraq.html?_r=1&oref=slogin What a scumbag! He's laughing at the World and the American public while he is getter fatter and wealthie...
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| First time TR for 2007 |
Well, with Penn's looming, I figured some casting practice might be a good idea, so it was off to the Local Trickle for a few hours on Monday afternoon. Now, mind you, a week previous I wa...
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| Prawn fishing at Victoria, BC |
I've posted an entry with images and a description of a prawn raid in the Victoria, BC area at www.octopus-diver.com.
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| Traditionalist Trout- Short Early Season TR |
Went over to the "Mayfly" River yesterday. Wolfgang and Joel know where it is. Got there about 11am. There were a few rises, very subtle, as well as an occasional tan caddis. For no particul...
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| Trip Report (mushrooms, steelhead, and mussels) |
Previous weekend: Headed up to Sauvie Island, on the Columbia River, to look for morels. The trail runs along the beach before eventually moving inland ~100ft to the trees. Hiked...
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| inexpensive, small gps units |
I'm looking for a relatively cheap and conveniently small-sized gps unit for trips to backcountry streams in areas that are unfamiliar to me. If anyone would care to suggest some suitable u...
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