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Great job as usual Zach, but with two of my favorite fly fishing personalities. The Becks are simply fine people.
Looking forward to a great 3rd season! Thanks, man.
Hyde has a “skiff” that looks similar. It could be considered a “pram” although most true prams are only about 8-10 feet long. Skiff and pram are rather loose terms. The skiff is of European origin and can refer also to a small sailing dingy.
Brandon, the two Winchester Press books I currently have are Marinaro’s Dry Fly Code and Leiser’ Fly-Tying Materials. Both say “Produced by Nick Lyons Books” and “Published and distributed by Winchester Press, New Century Publishers, Inc.”
Chomp-Chomp 🙂
PS 1970 and 1973 copyrights
http://academiclearningcompany.com/about.html
webpage in the wings
http://www.academiclearningcompany.com/winchesterpress.htmlI think they were connected with Nick Lyons Books somehow for a while.
Good morning Zach. Duane Hada at Rivertown Gallery in Cotter is doing some metal art. He did all the trout silhouettes that Cotter has hanging on its lightpoles downtown.
Brett: The Guide Jacket was a piece I wouldn’t leave home without as well, but mine was an Ebay purchase for about $150 off when they did the redesign a few years back.
This seems to be a reoccurring trend in my purchases lately. I want to give more love to the local fly shop, but in order to be able to afford the gear that I want, I often have to search for discounts online. I hear lots of talk of small fly shops going under due to their inability to compete with the larger internet retailers and I have to wonder if the manufacturers aren’t playing a role in running these guys out of business? Then again, most people go for the better deal whether it’s on a $500 fly rod or a pack of gum.
As for the TFO’s, give them a serious look if you don’t have issues with the overseas manufacturing. I own several Sages, Winstons and TFO’s and the TFO’s have become my go to stick in numerous situations. While they aren’t a Winston or Sage, you can buy two TiCrX rods for the price of one BIIX or Z-Axis and the odds of you being disappointed with the fishability of the rod are very slim. You may be disappointed if you’re a stickler for jewlery quality components and flawless cork, but otherwise you won’t be disappointed in the rods they offer. Plus it doesn’t hurt to have a little extra gas money in your pocket when the time comes to take a road trip!
Great points guys.
While we’re on the subject, what relatively new type of gear or technology would you
i just checked the Fishermans web site and found they make prescription, polarized glasses for about $150 depending on the frame and I guess the prescription strength.
My “go-to” rod has been my 3/2 Battenkill(sp?) – Wes Jordan era with a Phlueger(sp?) 1494. She’s never let me down!
Not sure if your looking for a deal on a used rod or not, but if your looking for a new rod, go to your local shop and try out one of their Orvis Zero Gravity 8wts.
I have one and it’s super strong for any size streamer, yet super light for all day casting action.
Sweet pattern. I imagine they push a lot of water and have a great gurgling effect.
I could see them working well anywhere big hungry fish live.
I’ll add another nod for the Pentax Optio W30.
It’s rather small and compact compared to other digital cameras I’ve had, plus the waterproof feature is sweet. No need for cases or leaking zip locks, the camera will stay dry even if you take a dive in the drink.
It takes fairly nice pictures for the untrained (myself) and if you know how to use all the features and settings it could take awesome pictures. The macro feature is one of the best on digitals I’ve seen and used, and the underwater pictures and videos turn out very nice.
This picture is on our website so I had to make it fairly small to fit the page, yet it looks pretty good in my opinion. It’s a underwater shot in a fairly fast current.
Here is another picture, again minimized for our website, this time using the point and shoot auto focus.The more important question is how contented the cows are. Contented cows mean contented fishing :).
One of the local guides here, Zach, used to tell me to watch the buffalo at Garfield when going up to Beaver tailwater. I have not been able to always make a correlation, although I joke about it to my customers. The problem is it is 10-12 miles apart, so who’s to say the buffalo didn’t lie down when the fishing slows :).
One funny thing happened on Beaver once however. We started to notice when the crows started crowing the fish would start biting. This went on for 10-15 minutes. The crows would stop and the fish would stop biting. This cycle continued for about 4 hours. It was the only time I’ve ever made a connection, but even my customers commented on how uncanny it was.
Mike makes a great observation. I’ve often noticed on mornings when I drive to the river and the wildlife is very active, the fish are generally feeding well too.
