#661117 - 02/07/11 02:18 PM
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River Nutrients
Registered: 08/14/06
Posts: 2508
Loc: edmonds
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2 questions.
What's "fins and feathers"....was I wearing my ascot? 1) Where rumors start... 2) No, Thank God...
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#661423 - 02/08/11 06:51 PM
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The Beav
Registered: 02/22/09
Posts: 2832
Loc: Oregon Central Coast
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I actually thought about including an ascot with your recent request of feathery tid bits... BUT, there aren't many places to get an ascot in my neck of the woods, so you got lucky...or did you?
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#661468 - 02/08/11 08:37 PM
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Dick Nipples
Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 28170
Loc: Seattle, Washington USA
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Stam, you know that once you join the Order, you can't drink Rainier Beer any more, right? Just thought I'd warn you before you take the plunge...
Fish on...
Todd
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#661561 - 02/08/11 11:44 PM
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Ranger Danger
Registered: 02/08/07
Posts: 3098
Loc: AK
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Well, it is about time. I have been suspicious for a while. First the bit about "finding" a spey rod on your BC trip. You might as well just used the tried and true "It's not mine, I was just holding it for a friend" excuse. Don't be ashamed.
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#661578 - 02/09/11 12:09 AM
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The Chosen One
Registered: 02/09/00
Posts: 14486
Loc: Tuleville
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.......and strangely, as I write this, in my head I hear it coming out in Big Stick's voice, interesting...the transformation has already begun? Fixed that for ya.
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#661792 - 02/09/11 04:36 PM
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River Nutrients
Registered: 10/28/09
Posts: 3314
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Sure "A River Runs Through It" was a fine movie....but, c'mon, a fly-rod don't make ya' no brad pitt The Chosen One speaks the truth. Fly rods I have, but Brad Pitt I ain't. There are a lot of generalizations out there regarding gear fishing vs. fly fishing, and I think they add something to the fun of the sport we all enjoy, which in the end is just fishing. There are people out there who take those generalizations far too seriously in my opinion, and I think that must detract from their overall enjoyment of the sport. Fly fishing is what I do in most situations where the conditions allow it, but I have had a lot of fun fishing herring, spinners, spoons, plugs, jigs, and draggin' yarn through water that I could have flyfished this year with members of this board, and I hope for many chances to do more of the same in the future. To Salmo's point, my brand of fly fishing (at least for salmon and steelhead) is not always "pure," whatever that really means. Sure, I'm partial to swinging for steelhead where I have a legitimate chance, but I'll dead drift yarnies and beads at 'em if they want to try and hide in water I can't swing 'em in. Whatever it takes. Heck, I heard what I thought was a great twist on the idea that flyfishing is the most "pure" way to fish from our own fp, who announced to a group of us fishing together last fall that he was "too much of a purist to use an artificial." Great stuff there. For the record, on the off chance anyone might be interested, I will drink whatever's around if the muse (demon?) strikes. I definitely appreciate the good stuff, but after choking back a couple drinks of the not-so-good stuff, I tend to shed any prejudices and go with the flow, just like a dirty, filthy nymph rig through a prime slot.
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#661814 - 02/09/11 06:28 PM
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River Nutrients
Registered: 08/14/06
Posts: 2508
Loc: edmonds
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Not sure I'll ever go the way of spey, Must have bought himself a one hander...
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#661853 - 02/09/11 09:59 PM
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 10/31/02
Posts: 1341
Loc: Monroe,WA.
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This is getting a little off topic, but speaking of fly rods, many years ago there was a small rod building shop in Carnation owned by a gentleman named Jerry Fleming. His brand was Totem Traders, which produced both fly and gear rods.
He had a great guarantee, if you didn't like the rod you had purchased, you could return it for any reason.
One day he got a complaint from one of his customers, that said the fly rod he bought wasn't any good and he wanted to return it.
Jerry asked him what was wrong?
It doesn't cast a number 8 nightcrawler worth a damn, was the reply.
When I was growing up in SE Oregon, the standard rig for crick fishing was an 8-1/2 to 9 foot fly rod which we used dew worms, grasshoppers and salmon eggs for bait. Many used telescopic metal rods, that wouldn't cast a fly very well but was great for bait fishing little cricks.
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#661922 - 02/10/11 01:57 AM
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Three Time Spawner
Registered: 04/29/06
Posts: 1740
Loc: Offshore
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I guess I still just haven't gotten past drinking beer to catch a buzz and fishing to catch a fish. ...someday my tail may fall off... or not. Either way is fine by me, I'm sure someone will keep me posted. Most haven't discerned that you're just applying these rules to fishing and life for the full enjoyment of same.... http://calvinball.wikidot.com/Rock on!
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