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The Scott Voyager Series (SVS) was Scott's entry-level fly rod. Originally they sold for about $150 new. The V2 went for about $200. I don't think they sold all that well since the Alpha series...

This is one time where I really would recommend the big auction site. Big, blue water fly rods are a bit of a niche item. And it seems to me that a lot of 10wts and up that get sold are bought by...

I think some rods are built to be overlined (which is, effectively, what you're doing by carrying 60' of line.) I got into a ... discussion ... one time about a 7wt TiCRx I had for a while.

My...

Seems to be a lot of line conversations going on right now, so I thought I'd add one more. (BTW, great job stepping up for the kid with the cracked line.)

I was fishing for silvers off the beach...

Another from Washington state. There's a spring creek in central Washington that's near a commercial trout hatchery. That hatchery stocks the creek with these giant triploid rainbows. And since...

My first fly rod was a Loomis Premier that, in retrospect, I paid too much for at a pawn shop. It was a cheap rod, but it hooked me on the sport. My next rod was a GL3 and I couldn't believe the...

Lamson makes some excellent small reels. I've got a Velocity 1 that balances very nicely with all my 2 and 3 wt rods.

If you wanted a high-tech look, you might go with a Purist. That reel has no...

What does communing mean? You know, the verb. To commune.

You can commune with nature. I know that. Is there anything else you can commune with? Can you commune with the lady at the post...

I honestly believe they make a concious effort to make sure that nobody will know exactly what the rules are at any given moment. If a bad guy knows what the rules are, he'll have an easier time...

The thing that worries me about offshore assembley is the quality control. A company ships over some raw materials and assembly specifications and gets back a finished product. With things like...

Note: this is an honest question -- Not a troll.

I've always been curious about this. Apparently the issue of US wages is real since it seems like almost all consumer-goods manufacturing is going...

Yes, you can have floating and sinking lines which weigh the same, and it's not just a matter of diameter. Think density. Although a pound of lead and a pound of feathers weigh the same, one floats...

I've seen some of the dealers you're talking about on ebay. If we're looking at the same dealers, it appears that they're experienced and do nice work. More than likely, your rod would be more than...

As has been mentioned, there are a ton of variables involved. But basically, a manufacturer will build a rod to have a certain action with a certain weight line. Using a heavier line will slow down...

Here's the St. Croix marketing blurb for the Lengend Ultra:

"A 37-model line of serious casting tools that rival any rod, on any river. And prove that premium performance doesn't have to carry a...

I watched Denny Rickards tie at a show this winter. He was tying up a lake streamer. As he was tying, he said something like, "if you're gonna add flash, this is where you'd do it." He then went...

Holy cow, that is hard to see. I was unaware of the S/N. It's written in black on the dark green blank 180 degrees from the label. On mine, the characters are big enough that even when you do find...

I've been fly fishing for some 12, 14 years. Long enough that I know what I'm doing, but not so long that I've forgotten how hard it was at first.

I fished for about a year -- maybe to the day --...

Doesn't seem to be a lot of new stuff in full-sink lines. Lots of cool new lines with integrated sinking heads and floating running lines, but for full sink, the Cortland Camo is still as good as...

I've got the long box. Inserts are 3 1/8 x 6 3/4.

Can't help you with the dimensions or clips on the smaller size.

Can't answer your questions directly, but I have heard that Simms will build you a custom pair of waders for the same price as an off-the-shelf pair. Don't know what 'custom' entails, but I think...

Aha, so there's another method I'd considered, but couldn't figure out the specifics.

Sink tip + leader would get me down deeper, but I wouldn't know where -- or if -- to put an indicator. Any...

I've been fishing stillwater more and more the last few years and the one aspect of that I can't seem to get a handle on is chironomid fishing.

Dan mentioned that he fishes 6" or so from the...

One thing Google Docs has going for it is that I can get to it from any computer I happen to be using. On any given day, I might find myself in front of 3 or 4 different computers. (Over the top...

A while back I decided I was going to consolidate and upgrade my gear. I had ton of, mostly, mid and low priced rods and reels that I'd randomly accumulated over the years. Figured I'd sell off the...