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Over the years, I have gone through a lot of wading shoes. The best by far have been the Chotas STL (no studs). They have all the plusses mentioned above, but no one mentioned the gray felts. The...

Jim and Deanna - I was traveling and late picking up on this thread.

Wish you all the best and do get better. We need you.

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tuber - when I saw your note, my 1st thought was 'Holy Cow - how can a ffisher rack up so many sponsors to his/her supplier list?'

So I pulled up the Sponsor board and counted 35! Kinda sneaks up...

Well Z - tied up a dozen Philadelphia Lawyers in #22. Never done so many in a stretch and actually found a better technique.

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les

I have caught one large Deschutes steelhead in OR which the locals told me was an Idaho "B" run (13 lb). Naturally this raised the question of what an Idaho "A" was.

During one of the Lowell...

Hey Z - how come I hear about being in the 2nd swap of my 50 yr tying career from across the water? :roll:

Was I in the chat room when this was set up? Or was that my evil twin brother?...

sport - Orvis has made many tapers in 7'6". One excellent rule of thumb to help with your best line weight (assuming modern plastic lines) is weight.

Another refinement in making a judgement is...

mantis - I always greatly enjoy catching up with you at these events. See you on Saturday.

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Ronnie - I can recommend the A-5, at least 7'6"4wt. I also like the GP's - these models ffish well and cast very smoothly.

When Albright was a sponsor here, I mentioned them to my cane...

Thanx to Ol'Blue for the punch yarn assortment - they arrived today in good order as my bestus day-after present! Better yet, no returns-crowd to fight at the malls.

Anyhow, I then tied up a...

101 - are you sure your orange KFlash isn't really Flashabou? Does it have a twist to it?

A lot of the current generation of Mylar based thin foils have a very thin coating that diffracts...

Tyro - which shop is that?

Did you know the Upstream in Los Gatos is closing? How is the Midge (in Palo Alto?) doing?

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les

Well - although I've been using canes and even graphite for the last month on the spring creeks, all this glass palaver got me thinking.

Today, SE PA decided to bag the cold for a few days and it...

A coupla weeks ago, I was ffishing a nice olive and midge hatch on Spring Creek near State College when I smelled the aroma of a nice cigar.

I complimented the smoker, who was using an HI bamboo...

Canoe - keep in mind the Rockies get snowmelt, which puts them way out of shape. July near Hamilton is safer than June.

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les

Had some great Chinese food a day ago. This could be put to that use?

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Rookie - this is Somerset, NJ, which is fairly near NYC and Trenton/Newark. That might be a long day trip for you, but the big fly fishing show in January might be worth the pilgrimage for you. Car...

ran into Monty, Mantis, lou t, and Charlie among others at the event yesterday.

Lot of tyers there, and the regular vendors showed up, so there were plenty of tying toys to fondle.

It is...

Dave - just catching up with your fun article about one of my fave rivers.

Out of curiosity, I'm wondering what rod caused you to lose those 10 trouts? Or at least, what size and modulus?

On...

John - no worries about which 1wt line for this rod. At that light weight, the effect of the leader, especially the butt, has almost more impact than the taper of the 1wt line.

I've used the...

Despite my Orvis vest (I've used up 3) carrying 25-30 lbs of probably non-essential stuff, I've improved my back fatigue factor by 2 expedients: 1) a back support strap - I happen to use the Orvis...

Marco - even when I was a young pup with great eyesight, I found it was tough knotting on those #22-32 midges without mangling the fly (not that the trouts wouldn't eventually mangle them anyhow). ...

MtMoose - if you apply heat, I would do it with something gentle and topical - maybe a hairdryer at a discrete distance, or a low wattage light bulb.

Never tried either, since I believe in having...

muddler - I have caught both adult (flying) dragonflies as well as the nymph. Both are voracious. The nymphs were attacking my tiny soft hackles in a Smokies stream - I could feel the pecks and...

SE PA has been seeing a large resurgence of black bears, coyotes, and great blue herons. This week I was ffishing a riffle of a local tailwater that I thought I knew well. I thought I understood...