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  1. Thread: Fly Line Question

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    Try typing "Sale Fly Line" or "Clearance Fly...

    Try typing "Sale Fly Line" or "Clearance Fly Line" in the google search box and check out the hits you get. Other search combos will get you more sites.
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    Two points on the noise, first SA has reduced the...

    Two points on the noise, first SA has reduced the depth of the texture to reduce the noise level, maybe your friend has a earlier line. Second, if you are a stream angler, how is it you can hear the...
  3. Thread: Pentax Optio ws80

    by RoyC
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    If I and the camera are 5 or more feet...

    If I and the camera are 5 or more feet underwater, I have bigger issues than what is happening to the camera.

    Roy
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    Actually, the guide does not deserve a medal. ...

    Actually, the guide does not deserve a medal. Talk to any guide that gets new fly anglers as a client and he/she will tell that the kind of stuff we saw in the video is normal for the guide to have...
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    When in Grayling, I never do business with the in...

    When in Grayling, I never do business with the in town shops. I always head to Rusty's fly shop at Gates lodge. He has everything and with 6 guides on the river daily and all of the fly shop staff...
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    I have been using a pair of the Simms Streamtread...

    I have been using a pair of the Simms Streamtread boots for 4 months now and they are great. As good as, felt in the water and they are a excellent walking boot as well for those long hikes back...
  7. Thread: Winston Rods

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    Server issues, site has been up and down since...

    Server issues, site has been up and down since yesterday.

    Roy
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    In GA you have to get a permit to stock fish. ...

    In GA you have to get a permit to stock fish. There are many places in the North Georgia mountains that have pay to play fishing. Average I hear is something like $400 per day for pelt fed fish. ...
  9. Thread: Fly Patterns

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    Go to http://www.gateslodge.com/hatches.htm and...

    Go to http://www.gateslodge.com/hatches.htm and check out the hatch chart for those two months. It will be a good starting point. Also, if you can narrow down the time period somewhat you can...
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    If the Doc gave you an anti-inflammatory drug...

    If the Doc gave you an anti-inflammatory drug such as Mobic, note that they block both Advil and Aleve. Tylenol will be your, most likely, best pain reliever.

    Roy
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    I have had a pair of the new Simms StreamTread...

    I have had a pair of the new Simms StreamTread boots for about a month. I have worn them twice and I am pretty pleased so far. If I had studs in them, I sure I could wade about anywhere. Also they...
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    Or do what the tree service/foresters do and go...

    Or do what the tree service/foresters do and go by your drug store and buy a bottle of Tecnu outdoor skin cleanser, which removes the oils from both poison ivy and poison oak.

    RoyC
  13. No big deal, I quit using Mustad years ago. ...

    No big deal, I quit using Mustad years ago. Their old hooks are very inconsistent in size and this was the reason I went to other brands.

    RoyC
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    The Winston BIIX is by far the superior of the...

    The Winston BIIX is by far the superior of the rod choices you have. I have 6 BIIX rods of my own and they are great. For trout fishing, especially dry flies, I love the 9' 4 wt BIIX. You can not...
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    3 days on the south and one day on the main. I...

    3 days on the south and one day on the main. I fished the south from Chase to Conners. The fish were biting real good all through the Mason Track up to about 5:30 each day. The sooner you hit the...
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    Weather has been great, 40's in the am and 70's...

    Weather has been great, 40's in the am and 70's in the afternoons. The 20 BWO's are just starting to show, ants are doing good along with the 12 ISO. Best consistent fishing is on streamers off the...
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    If you are going to be there next week, say hello...

    If you are going to be there next week, say hello I will be arriving at Gates Sunday noon and will be having fun with the pre-spawning brookies and browns all week.

    RoyC
  18. Thread: Graphite aging

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    Since aerospace graphite is used in rods, if hot,...

    Since aerospace graphite is used in rods, if hot, cold and UV causes it to fail we will should be reading about a lot of airplanes loosing their wings. But we haven't so I guess this is a stable...
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    Good, glad you got into some of them. The North...

    Good, glad you got into some of them. The North last week was covered up in Drakes. Wednesday, they were hatching out during the day and we had thousands of shucks in the water drifting past the...
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    Why were you fishing on the South when the North...

    Why were you fishing on the South when the North branch was covered up with Brown Drakes? Says I who floated from Lovells to Dam 4 three days last week.

    RoyC
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    Sure, own a Fish Pond tippet guage. RoyC

    Sure, own a Fish Pond tippet guage.

    RoyC
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    For a few $ more, look at the Winston 7'6" 3 WT...

    For a few $ more, look at the Winston 7'6" 3 WT B2T rod. This is a great small stream dry fly rod. I added one to my collection last fall and I have been very pleased with the choice.

    RoyC
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    Just a 14 hour drive for me, but I will be...

    Just a 14 hour drive for me, but I will be arriving about 2 days late on the 27th.

    I was wondering when a new owner would go in there.

    RoyC
  24. Thread: Fly line life?

    by RoyC
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    I fish 65-85 days per year and I expect to get...

    I fish 65-85 days per year and I expect to get 3-4 years out of a flyline.

    RoyC
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    My fishing ride is a Ford Excursion (Ford Valdez)...

    My fishing ride is a Ford Excursion (Ford Valdez) diesel. Plenty of room for all the gear men could ever want to carry and has an internal rod rack that fits 6 assembled rods up to 10 feet. BTW,...
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