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I appreciate all the input. The first rod broke at the ferrule so it may have been loose although I check frequently. The second rod broke about four inches below the ferrule so a hit is a strong...

Sagefisher:thanks for your reasoned response; not being a foremost authority I didn't know so I asked. I read somewhere that the only dumb question was the one you didn't ask.

It seems to me...

Several years ago I read Castwell's article "Stop the Rod" and have been doing that since. I just broke my second rod just below the ferrule (2 piece rods) while casting. One was an 8wt & the other...

Bob, where are you? I miss your insightful articles & Cajun jokes.

The pepper flakes didn't stop the squirrels but it sure made them jump and run about.

Alan:
When I started tying around 1949 or so all dry flies were tied on turned up eyes. For one reason or another I drifted away from dries. When I became interested in dries again a few years...

I cut mine from a wine cork using a piece of copper pipe chucked in a drill. I colored the cork using marking pens. Seems to work just fine.

I spent a year in Parkers Prairie one July.