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Let me know when you get back around KC. I am in the Lawrence area and would love to find some new fishin' buddies!

Darin, where did you go?

Go to any dam spillway and throw buggers along the rocks. You may be surprised at what you catch. Drum are fun!

They don't roll their own blanks. They have rods from medium to lightning fast.
Redington rods are, as a rule, fast. The exception is the Crosswater series. You find TFO rods too soft? What do you...

Mike, you mention what I think. I don't drive far to catch trout. I hit the winter lakes here in Kansas because everything else is shut down, but I hope to make a trip to Missouri to hit a certain...

Casting does not equate to fishing. Plain and simple. I know guys who cannot throw 40 feet of fly line, and guys who can toss 100+ feet. You know the difference in catch rates? ZILCH. I personally...

Nobody wants to hear my opinion on this, but here it goes. You can overline and underline by one weight rating without doing harm to the rod. In fact, I have fished five weight plastic rods that are...

Read the regulations of the national tours now. You can't use fly tackle.

In theory, water and air are both fluids. Water is 7x more dense than air. Air exerts force on something based upon mass, correct? If something has less mass (a lighter line) less force is exerted...

The Sage rods are not 6, 7and 8s, they are 8, 9.5 and 11. They are overkill for most bass, considering that the tournaments do not allow fly angling anyway. These are niche rods of the worst variety....

Honestly, the real use for a 9+' 3wt is for highsticking. Dorber even makes a 10' 1wt for this purpose, however, you can get plenty of casting range from an 8'6" 3wt, which TFO makes one, Sage has...

Now I am baffled...truly...you should check out an Orvis BBS then ;)

You didn't read the manual did you? If you change spools often, you are to apply some oil to the o-ring often to maintain the seal. That solves the solution of the o-ring failing.

Have you ever fished for carp? If you do so in rivers, a 5wt is PERFECT for 20 pound fish. The drag is amazing. Also, if you fish for BIG trout, your drag will come in handy. You can use a 5wt for...

Do yourself a favor and get the Lamson. The drag will not be outdone by anything Ross. The Ross drags when compared side by side with the Lamson, are not near as smooth as the Lamson. The Lamson...

I hope to acquire one of those beasts...I think it would be great with a Lamson LP-1 or Orvis BBS I on it.

Umm...the difference in a one weight line and a two weight line is not 100% as you suggest, but 20 grains. A one weight weighs 60 grains give or take 6, and a 2wt weighs 80 grains give or take six. ...

That is because people swear by the flawed party line of using a 5-6wt fly rod for everything. If you don't like feeling your fish, that works. I am sorry, but I cannot see the need for a 5wt to fish...

I am seeing a lot of misinformation here. Why the hell would you use some 1x on a 2wt? That is ridiculous. Compare apples to apples please, leave the 7-9wt rods out of this comparison. In fact, Buddy...

Allow me to add a few things to your excellent argument. The good thing about using a 2wt on that 5x, rather than the 5wt that most people are led to believe they have to use is the extra tippet...

Your definition of flexible must be different than mine. I think of flexible as being limber, not stiff. Fast action 4+wt rods are a waste for 80% of warmwater fishing. Why would you want a fast...

yeah, i might tie some w/o hackle, but i am loving the look of grizz hackle on black flies

Yeah, wish we had some stream smallies here locally, but I do have lake smallies here...just have NO idea how to catch them on the long rod...My guess would be sink tips around points and deep water...

I love the simpler flies. They seem more effective!

My favorite "leech" imitation has to be a black woolly bugger. Ol' reliable in my book. Has to be a bead head on a #8-12 hook for me. I twitch it along drop offs and through weedbeds...they seem to...