Very good! I like it. Did Frankie Laine make a version of it?
Very good! I like it. Did Frankie Laine make a version of it?
try: [url=http://www.blacklabfliesandsupplies.com/default.htm:3255f]http://www.blacklabfliesandsupplies.com/default.htm[/url:3255f]
he often runs a special
he sent me one to raffle off for my youth program and it was nice looking and casted nicely
[url=http://www.maineflyfish.com:3255f]www.maineflyfish.com[/url:3255f]
As someone previously mentioned, a used Orvis Battenkill is a great choice. They are excellent rods and can be had at a reasonable price (by bamboo standards, anyway). I highly recommend them.
JC....you ought to know I never troll.....It has been longer than I can remember since I fished for trout till this week. I was muddied out off the Susquehanna Flats this week so I got a trout stamp and a DE freshwater licence...pulled out my old Orvis 1 oz and headed to White Clay Creek for a Hatchery trout slaughter.....50 fish days c'mon now this was ridiculous. They had nowhere to run and nowhere to hide and had to eat = a formula for a fish slaughter.
I was then thinking about how tough it was to catch a Letort Native Brown Trout in comparison and thought maybe I would get a 7-7.5' 3-4wt bamboo rod and some silk line and go after the Letort Brown's traditionally for a challenge and a change of pace from saltwater fly rodding.
Waiting for a custom built bamboo rod is not an option because I really consider this trip to bamboo as more of a whim than an obsession....saltwater is my passion and I really don't take freshwater trout fishing seriously as you know. I was looking for a quality rod that would be an in stock item that is why I mentioned Orvis and Green River. I did look at Winston but at $3000.00 they are far more in love with their rods than I would ever be....at that price I figure they love them so much the don't want to sell them
Ladyfish, the Elkhorn are really nice? I figured at that price they would of been clubs.
Howdy DEcevR
Try this site [url=http://home.comcast.net/%7Esplitcane/index.htm:630a5]http://home.comcast.net/%7Esplitcane/index.htm[/url:630a5]
Dave has Cane Fly rods Not bamboo real cane rods. His site is a great place to learn about cane rods. From way back to today.
He is a straight shooter on price and quality.
ol Al
Caster of cane and lover of the feel of a great cane in my hand.
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Ol' Flysoup
Flycasting is as easy as flysoup
Hey Ray......long time for sure. I can't get into the chat area here because I am running an Apple system......I see the frog and flies but get no enter box.
You still into those "grass" rods and worm secretion lines?
I am looking to play in your venue this year....grass rod, silk line, terrestrials, and native browns on the Letort. (think I am going to take a butt kick'n via Letort.....it was as I remember the toughest trout stream I have ever fished with the spookiest fish). Now going after them with traditional fly gear is just the challenge I need to fire up my interest again.
Any suggestion on where I can get a in stock new bamboo rod 7-7.5' long dry fly action in a 3 to 4wt that I would be happy to cast (Ray you know me this might be tough) using silk lines would be greatly appreciated.
The ElkHorn cane rods are not clubs at all!
Very nice dry-fly action. Also, while I'm thinking about it - try the Cortland Sylk instead of a silk line. You will be pleasantly surprised, they feel 'right'...
although I understand the desire to go 'traditional,' as I have both silk and Sylk lines.
Nice to see you back here! OH - on the Chat Room, maybe if you download this it may allow you in the Chat: [url=http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp.:82776]http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp.[/url:82776]
I know it works on Mac. Could work
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LadyFisher, Publisher of
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I clicked on the Java site but it stated it could not find the file.
The Elkhorn's are a dry fly action huh? Sounds worth checking them out a bit closer....do they build these themselves or are they contracted under their name.
The low $500.00 price tag scared me off truthfully....how sick is that? Yeah please overcharge me so I will take your product seriously......I need medical help!
The ElkHorn are contracted, in China. That put me off initially, until I had a chance to really play with one on the water. I hate to say it was every bit as nice as the Royal Wulff Lee Wulff Classic I had, but actually the cosmetics of the ElkHorn were better!
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LadyFisher, Publisher of
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DEcevR, Did you look at the Kusse on ebay? It's a 7' 4wt. Perfect for what your looking for without the 3 year wait. By the way do you know how to cast a rod that's not 15' long??
The man who coined the phrase "Money can't buy happiness", never bought himself a good fly rod!
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