Gandolf,

Up here in the northwest, fly fishing is still going strong, despite the very poor economy. There are still lots of people fly fishing and buying fly fishing related equipment. The bad economy has been the biggest negative impact over the past 5 years, but people are adjusting to the situation and are starting to buy needed supplies to replace old and worn out equipment. A good judge of the fly fishing situation will be the Oregon Fly Tyers Expo which takes place this weekend in Albany, Oregon. It will be interesting to see how it goes. They have well over 100 tyers, 60+ vendors, and all kinds of classes. There should be a lot of people attending.

By the way, maybe if you would tell some fly fishers about the great fishing in those lakes and ponds, then maybe you would see more people out there

Then again, maybe you don't want to let the secret out.

Larry ---sagefisher---