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peregrines,

Again, an amazing amount of information, all nicely laid out. I copied, pasted, and printed it.

And you and Dave agreed on floating and intermediate.

Thanks,

Busbee

Buddy, you old sexist. Why do you assume I will be the one catching fish and she will be the one complaining?

Well, actually you are right. And I would do as I always do if my fly is working and...

Peregrines,

Solidly useful information.

And solidly appreciated.

Busbee

Perhaps I am stepping in over my head, or shall we say over my waders, but a couple of threads of mine perhaps need some consolidation or clarification, probably due to one or more of my character...

While we're on the subject of matching (or mismatching) lines and rod and reels (another thread), I have a question less theoretical on a pair of surf and flats outfits: With a pair of identical...

Thanks, Buddy.

OK, so Roberts was reasonably saying that a 6-wt line on a 10 rod can can just fine, and Kreh was saying there can be a fisherly reason to use such a combination.

Another thing,...

Well, guys, it seems that waynep succinctly summarized the concensus with "It's about backing/line capacity."

Thanks,

Busbee

George V. Roberts, Jr. writes:

"In the hands of a competent flycaster, a fast action 10-weight rod can consistently cast an entire 90-foot, 6-weight line."

Lefty Kreh writes:

"When...

OK, we're sliding away from the original question. When I said that salt water fishers were, understandably, more into reels than freshwater guys, it was about drag. So I know drag is important. You...

Well, they ain't bought yet, so the decision hasn't been made. There are other possibilities, I guess. Such as the Redington CD-series. Same price range, and since we need two reels, price takes on a...

This is my first post to the salt water forum, and I haven't spent much time here (but I will), so as of yet I have a short supply of knowledge on salt water. But it appears that you salt guys are...

Specifically, the choices are Teton Tioga 8 standard arbor at $100 and Teton (not Tioga) 7 large arbor plus extra spool for $160.

My wife and I have a TFO Pro 8 and a Redington TRF 8-9 that we got for bass, but we found that our 5 and 6 outfits could easily handle even an occasional 30" carp, so we haven't used the heavier rods...

GNU Bee Flyer, missed mentioning your details about British Columbia. We have filed that away.

A lovely thing to read was from Chris Dore 1 in NZ: "Travelling around camping etc and staying in...

Castwell and Gardenfish, you suggest British Columbia. According to Canadian government Websites, settling down there, just as for NZ, is not an option it seems. But I?ve checked BC out on the Web,...

raw69, my father was in the coast guard, and we never lived in one place over three years. Small-town Coral Gables, Portland Maine, Virginia. I went to Vanderbilt, San Diego State, Cornell, Sull Ross...

A lot of good information. I guess I?ll respond to the ideas in a few separate posts, to keep it organized.

Dshock, you mentioned our finding every speck of info before we leave. Great reminder....

All this about pounding boats and throwing rocks to change the fish's mood makes sense. But noisy wading (bouncing rocks around on the bottom) will supposedly cut our chances of success. How does...

Bob, you mention one of the focuses of high-end reels being appearance. I think it was Lefty Kreh who said we could cast much better with larger diameter guides, but that rod makers know we think...

I retire next June, and my wife and I will live in what has been called "frugal comfort." That is, we will have enough to eat, drink, travel, and fish. No kids, no parents, no obligations. I have...

Ah, Castwell, your dreams soar so much higher than mine.

(For about ten days it has been raining just enough each day to crush all hopes of fishing. I am slowly going nuts, so please forgive this string of posts as I try to hang on to what shreds of my...

If memory serves me, someone wrote a couple of years ago about trying to get the feel of rods by test casting them in a fly shop parking lot, but without a reel. His conclusion: It wasn't a pleasant...

Think well.

Plain Old Jim,



No, the heavy reel is also moving. Looking at your own right hand fore cast, the rod will be moving forward and down (counterclockwise), and the reel will be moving back and up...