John,
You'll love the rod. Purchased the Hexagraph 8 1/2 4/5 Med action rod early this year from Harry Briscoe and made by Jim Clarkson of Raptor Rod Works. Great craftsmanship and that classic...
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John,
You'll love the rod. Purchased the Hexagraph 8 1/2 4/5 Med action rod early this year from Harry Briscoe and made by Jim Clarkson of Raptor Rod Works. Great craftsmanship and that classic...
The reason I think that wet flies kind of got phased out a little is because dry flies and nymphs started to become so popular here in the US in the early 50's. It became a new way of taking trout...
kgarland,
Check with my buddy Dan Cardellino ( mayflyguy@yahoo.com) he used to be the pres at the Ken Sink Indiana TU chapter and he fishes the Little Mahoning quite often. He might be able to...
Smernsky,
Being more of a trout fisherman then a bass fisherman I had the opportunity to fish the river last year with good friend and guide Todd Spacht of Spacht's Custom Flies located in...
Donat,
I have attended this show as a vendor for the past 3 year and its a great show. The South River runs right along the show site and your able to try out some of the latest equipment. Lots...
Welcome Mike, Lots of great info here and good people willing to share.
Wizard,
Being an avid wet fly fisherman, tandem rigs is all I use. My leaders are designed to fish 2 to 3 flies for a particular size stream and stream conditions. Starting at the beginning of...
I have 3 Battenkill Reels. Good drag system on them and very reliable and my clients like them. And of coarse you cant beat the price.
Panfisha, Nice tie. My buddy in Harrisburg, Pa tied one very similar to yours. But me being a wet fly guy mine was tied to get under the surface. The cicadas were real heavy here in Central Pa last...
Jeff,
Thanks for the tips. I'll put the camera to the underwater test this season.
Hi Guys,
I also have an Olympus 790SW that I got last year. But a little scared to submerge it. I owned a few other camera's that I carried throughout the fishing season and most of them were...
WarrenP,
A few years back I experimented with wire body wets and a fly that worked pretty well here in PA was a little yellow & brown stonefly with yellow dub thorax and a bleached partridge...
Got bifocals a couple of years back and it was real tuff for me to tie flys with them and still can't tie with them. So what I do is just pull my glasses down and get a little closer to the vice. Not...
Hey John great pics, Whats the chances of me getting a couple of those hides. I tie alot of my wets with Partridge. Ha Ha Ha Every winter I have acouple pheasants show up in my yard and its neat...
Should have been here last week.
Orvis CFO III-click & pawl
Orvis Battenkill Barstock
Both have served me well for years.
Ron,
Very interested in how I may acquire those two books for my collection. Care to share how you got them?
rookie I'll send you a PM.
rookie
I fish and tie a lot of wet flies and also collect books on tying and fishing wet flies these three copies of Sylvester Nemes books are in my library. You wont be disappointed in having...
John,
Will send you a PM that might help you out with your wing problem.
Guys thanks for the feed back on the rod. I think I am going to give the Hexagraph med action 8' 6" 4/5 weight a shot. Should be prefect for the streams here in Pa and hopefully it will fish my wet...
Great pic's, may I ask what kind of camera are you using ? I shoot with an Olympus 730 digital and I can't seem to get my photo's to turn out like that. I even lose the color in some of the flies I...
Hi Guys,
Just wondering if anyone in the group owns a hexagraph rod. Thinking of purchasing an 8' 6" med. action rod for next year. I thought since there's a wide verity of fly fisherman here...