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:DI had the pleasure to meet Charlie at his shop in Denver last week. What a fly fishing shop and what a nice person. Purchased his new book, autographed of course, and it is indeed a fine fly tying...

:DI always look forward to my June trip to Kennabago Lake in the Rangeley region of Maine.

:( Dr Fish I feel your pain. I take about 80 flights a year and to make matters worse I have to deal with OHare here in Chicago. This summer I
was heading to Maine on a 1pm flight and there was...

:) For what its worth, the Field Museum in Chicago uses Moth Crystals to protect their skins and feathers. They have stuff in storage that is over 100 years old.

:( Your post just reminded me that I have one. My only complaint is that it is very difficult to spin the bobbin to unwind twist in the thread.

:D The only reason to buy the latest, most expensive rod out there is because you can. I have finally figured out, after 30+ years, that money spent on lessons are dollars well spent. I purchased a...

:( Check out the Fly Fishing in Maine web site for pictures of what this looks like.

I was fortunate enough to have a behind the scenes tour of the Field Museum in Chicago. When we got to the Zoology department the guide should us row upon row of bird and animal skins in drawers,...

Hi folks,

First, I do not represent a company that makes alternatives to felt soled waders, just an Electrical Equipment Manufacturer. OK, maybe banning all felt soled waders is a little extreme,...

:( Well, you people really disappointment me. I posted his hoping to get an intelligent discussion started, but instead most of you have decided to
take the Ostrich approach. This stuff (Didymo), is...

Downlocking all the way. Wish the rod manufacturers would offer this.

I encountered Didymo in the South Holsten river in Tenn last summer. Real nasty stuff. I have been reading up on Didymo and other invasives and to me one of the answers to this problem is real...

:lol: Flyrodde,

Flies in the mail.

Sport

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I recieved my replacement rod from Orvis, there is no filler evident in the cork grip. So, I am a happy customer, I will continue to buy from Orvis.

JC,

No kidding. Maybe I should clarify, spit soluable. I wet my thumb and rubbed the filler and it started to loosen up. What made me try that was that it looked just like the latex wood filler I...

I would like to join this swap. Will tie an Olive Bead Pupa. When you say toe tags, what do we put on the tag? Thanks. ( I am new to swaps, not to tying). But I have always wanted to do this!

Hello to all,

I was fishing out of Rusty Gates lodge last fall, and I picked up some dry flys tied with deer hair bodies. One of these flys was called Rusty's Spinner, another Robert's Drake. This...

Bambozle,
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Great to hear this about Orvis service. After posting awhile back complaining about all of the major rod manufacturers dictating what we need in fly rod design I ordered an Orvis Zero...

Wild One,

My wife is from East Tenn, and it is a fantastic area. I am also considering retiring there. From Norris you have several great trout and smallmouth rivers 1 hour away, plus the lake...

I have been pondering the similarity of fly rods and golf driver marketing sales pitches. Every advertisement
tries to sell us something that provides more distance, greater speed, less spin,...

:D Thanks Jerry, it worked! Now I can sleep tonight.

I was putting line on a reel today that I have not used in years, an Orvis CFO 3. This reel is a 1970 production model. Is there a way to change this reel from left hand to right hand retrive? I...

K3's,

I feel your pain. I have sharpened all of my knives,cleaned my fly lines, cleaned cork handles and fly rods, sorted flies into the proper fly boxes, and it is only the 12th of January. Fly...

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After all these years I have to admit the hardest thing for me to do consistently is to dub the body of a dry fly. I have tried all of the popular synthetic materials. I have tried possum,...

:D I purchased this bobbin about a year ago, and it has sat in my tool holder on the bench. This posting made me try to use the bobbin again, and I must say I am now impressed. Maybe I just did not...