Tackle and Tactics

VA Flyfishing Festival

feeds@yuku.com (waynebh) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:09:53 GMT

Hi All;

Anyone else going to this event this weekend?

http://vaflyfishingfestival.org

Waynebh

THE DAY HAS COME

feeds@yuku.com (Gerbubble Bug) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:00:24 GMT

After years of reading opinions on this web site, I thought that this new web site might generate some thoughts. Go to www.bassnfly.com a new web site for the promotion of fly fishing for bass. It has fly only tournament information and one of its founders wrote an article in World Tackle Trade titled "You Said You Wanted A Revolution" suggesting that now that saltwater angling slowed to a near halt. that warm water fly fishing...

CABELAS - HARTFORD,CT

feeds@yuku.com (Gerbubble Bug) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:18:36 GMT

Went to Cabelas yesterday in East Hartford CT & would highly recommend you using the Catalog for your shopping. Went to the fishing department and listened to the staff complaining how hard they had to work and how screwed-up everything was. It was early in the morning so I decided to come back later after things would settle down. Three hours later, they were still at it and just let me stand there. They do have a friendly staff, because they always say hi, but never say can I help you....

Canoe recommendatins

feeds@yuku.com (ozarkgold) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:42:30 GMT

Hi,

I am thinking about buying a canoe to fish in small lakes/ponds and relatively small/calm streams. I was looking at the Old Town Guide 147 and the Mad River Adventure 14'. Has anyone had experience with those brands or models? Or is there another option I should consider? I would need to stay around or below that $700 range to keep peace at home!

thanks for your help,

Paul

NOW IT ALL MAKES SENSE

feeds@yuku.com (Gerbubble Bug) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:55:37 GMT

I just got my membership form for a club I belong to that noted that to stock a 22" Rainbow now costs $57.00! Finally we cant justify those $1000.00 rods, $600.00 reels, and $100.00 lines. On another note, I saw a TV show that noted that fishing today is better than it was twenty years ago. This group is based in Minnesota where Trout does not have the same following as the Northeast. Minn has trophy Smallmouth, Walleye, Musky, and Pike Programs and very strict limits and laws. I...

Keep a fishing log...

feeds@yuku.com (gillbuster) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:29:37 GMT

Does anyone do a fishing log to see there is a pattern in fish biting? I started one last year, I definitely found out and learn a lot....takes some of the guess work out when the temp,wind, sun was at a certain criteria. It was fun to look back over the last year and remember certain fishing trips. My memory is not so good anymore. Here is a neat website that is easy, free to use to set up a fishing log on you computer. Takes 3 minutes to fill out after a fishing trip and gives you all kind...

Outcast Fat Cats on Sale

feeds@yuku.com (Wee Hooker) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:06:19 GMT

All, no affiliation with any of these companies but I love these tubes. The Outcast Fat Cat and Super Fat Cat have changed a little for 08 so I've been seeing a few 07 models being cleared out. If you've ever shopped for these fine fishing machines you know that prices are normally fiarly fixed/unmovable. Anyway, if you're in the market for the "Cadilac of float tubes" Plate River Fly Shop has the FC for $225 delivered and Cabelas has the SFC for $300 which equates to...

Nor-vise tying demo

feeds@yuku.com (gillbuster) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:05:09 GMT

For those who do a lot of fly tying, watch this amazing video by Nor-vise... I know what I am asking Santa for next year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xvJCfd4Js

Ultra-Light fly reel

feeds@yuku.com (BigBluegiller) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:54:10 GMT

I need a reel for a short, under 6ft., 1 or 2wt. small water/blueline flyrod. Bass Pro Shops has a 'White River' fly reel that weighs 2.2oz. Is this a good reel?Or not? At $89.99 plus shipping this is more than I want to spend on an unknown. Thanks.

HELP!

feeds@yuku.com (bill0215) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:57:39 GMT

My Bronson 390 royal matic fly reel needs to be repaired. It is a classic automatic reel. any idea of who can repair this reel? Lower Left

Bill

new rod

feeds@yuku.com (sedleyfisher) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:36:26 GMT

i started fly fishin last january with a old hand-me-down 5wt and im lookin for somthing lighter than that and under $150

stimulus check

feeds@yuku.com (bill0215) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:23:25 GMT

How will you spend your check from President Bush, when it arrives in May?
I'm hoping to get a fancy reel.

Bill

Wasp MacDougal

feeds@yuku.com (BigBluegiller) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:28:42 GMT

I've been reading Jack Ellis's "The Sunfishes" and can anyone tell me where to find a picture & pattern for this fly. Some of the places I fish have Red Wasp nests hanging over the water. Or does any one tie this fly? Deer hair doesn't cooperate with me, I'm clumsy not to mention a touch of arthritis(sp?). Thanks.

Beulah "Switch rod"

feeds@yuku.com (bill0215) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:16:26 GMT

I picked this rod up at the fly fishing show. It is 10' 6", 4pc, 7/8, IM*8 rod

Fly Source

feeds@yuku.com (spinzo) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:17:38 GMT

An acquaintence hipped me to a source for quality flies on the cheap. And by cheap, I mean per-fly price, though there's a minimum order (I think it's 5 doz). Still, if you need a source to stock your boxes for the season, I think their per-dozen price is about $6 for most flies, so that's $30 for sixty flies... pretty good.

Best of all, the flies are from Maine, so you don't have to worry that some Pakistani terrorist is using the profits from your sale to fund...

A bit of winter fly tying...

feeds@yuku.com (Cornmuse) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:52:09 GMT

Ed Materne's Pigtails is a Rhode Island striper fly dating to the post WWII period. It's also a pretty little guy. I just posted the fly tying video and step-by-step instructions. Click here...

Joe C.

Favorite Warmwater Fly Reel

feeds@yuku.com (Heddon Pal) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:40:27 GMT

As part of my transition from chasing the "latest greatest" in fly gear to fishing fiberglass fly rods has also been picking up a few single action and click and pawl reels. Over the past two years I've narrowed my collecting to J. W. Young reels for trout and Martin reels for warmwater. So far the Martin 67 series...67A, 67N, and all the rest of the reels built off that same frame style for other companies have become my favorite warmwater fly...

Replacing the Backing

feeds@yuku.com (bluegillbob) — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:59:20 GMT

I'm replacing my flyline and my backing, and I'd like the backing to go on evenly. Is there such a place (or a machine) that evenly replaces the backing, or must I replace it myself? I don't live in flyfishing country either (no flyshops).

I upgraded my flyline to SA's "GPX" (AST coating, streamlined loop). It'll be better than that $10 I'm using!

Cheers,

Robert

Penn Gold Medal Fly Rods

feeds@yuku.com (FlyCoach) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:38:09 GMT

I have an opportunity to purchase a new 8', 7 wt. Penn Gold Medal fly rod at a great price. It looks like a well made, high quality rod but I have no experience with these rods. If any of you have fished these Penn rods, I would be grateful for your comments. Thanks.

Coach

Heresy... Blasphemy... Betrayal!

feeds@yuku.com (spinzo) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:44:03 GMT

Got myself a couple LL Bean gift cards in my Christmas stocking. Think I'm gonna buy a spinning rod/reel combo. I've got an old spinning rod I bought in 1981 that sees some action maybe once or twice a year in freshwater, and I have a bait casting outfit (rod 20yrs/reel 15yrs) that I use for stripers once or twice a year, but I think I'd get some use out of a spinning rod that I could use for both bass and stripers. There are two combos available online for $99... seems like a...