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Mike,
Are you the same guy who had been giving me so much grief about the salty stuff? 😉
Glad you enjoyed your trip, and great posts.
Bryan
Mike,
I meant to write and tell you how much I enjoyed yours, as well as everyone else’, post about why you fly fish (I was in CO for about a week and didn’t bother to look at a computer).
I am going to be spending a week in YNP the first week of Oct. and concentrating most of our fishing in the Lamar Valley area; but, if you don’t mind, we might give your Yellowstone section a look.
Lastly, what part of AL are you in? I grew up in Hartselle and spent a lot of days and nights on Smith Lake.
Bryan
Andrew,
What about Inyo in CA. About 2 million acres of altitude, granite, giant trees, and golden trout.
Bryan
One of my favorite quirky tents is the Mountain Hardware Kiva. It is a single wall, single pole shelter that weighs about three pounds. It isn’t particularly comfortable for the SE anytime other than the colder months (single wall tents don’t “breathe” all that well in humid areas, so they tend to be really stuffy). I bought it to be used as a cook hut/dining hall for backpacking. At just three pounds it is a weight economical luxury (when packing with two or more others) for the convenience of cooking and eating under a shelter during unexpected storms and really cold nights and mornings. It will comfortably sleep three and accommodate four or five for eating and whisky sipping. Black Diamond makes something similar.
Mike,
I bought a couple of the shirts and a vest a few years ago. I thought they were monkey ass ugly until I read the reasoning behind them, then kind of warmed to the idea. I’ve worn them mostly in the Smokies–and the mall.
Bryan
I’m adding this to my list of books to read in the fall: Â http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Jim+Lo+Scalzo&search=
Patrick,
Nice post and some great fish. Also, congratulations to your friend’s dad on reaching the top of Denali; that is on my list of things to do.
Bryan
Morsie,
I’m not sure if your picture post and the recent ones from John and David will inspire me to try harder to become a good photographer, or just throw up my arms.
You obviously have a lot of technical expertise–your exposures look to be dead on. No clipping or blown out areas. You certainly have a good eye.
Bryan
David,
How can you call yourself an Austrailian entertainment photographer and not have one shot of the Wiggles in your portfolio? ::)
You have a great site. I really like that all of the images in your personal gallery are fishing related.
Bryan
Welcome Darrin,
The Sierras are a beautiful fishery. Several years ago I spent a couple of weeks fishing from the Owens river at Bishop up and into the park. I’ll forever have a picture of the upper Owens burned to memory. It is an absolutely beautiful slow, winding, spring-like creek coursing a trough through 13,000 foot snow covered peaks. And, there is such a neat disparity in the rivers character above Lake Crowley, to the gorge section (which, when I first saw it, I thought it was a ditch), to the tailwater section. Pretty cool places.
I’ll look forward to reading your posts. Hopefully you will be able to write about some trips for goldens.
Bryan
Poudre,
That’s a nice looking rod. How is it with nymphs and smaller streamers.
Steve, thank you for your input. I’m interested–the new glass rods coming out of the established houses like Lamiglass, Scott, Winston, and T & T, and the independants like McFarland, are they better than the originals? Are the tapers more refined–the cosmetics certainly are (not that that matters a whole lot).
Bryan
David,
Some of the coatings on newer lines are so slick that they won’t hold a nail knot, and for that reason an Albright is better. Leader splicing kits are available that allow you to run the butt section of the leader through the end of the line. Makes for a nice smooth connection, but its been my experience that this method is better suited for larger lines–like fives and up.
Like Zach, I use Amnesia with a perfection knot in the end for about half of my lines and regular mono for the rest. I also try to match the butt material to the diameter of the fly line to prevent hinging.
Bryan
Thanks, Patrick and Cameron. I’m watching a Walt Carpenter rod and a Fenwick right now. Both are rated for six wt lines, I believe. I like the odd ball 7.5 ft 5 or 6 combinations. I have a cane rod configured that way.
Fiberglass is something I’ve wanted to get into for awhile, and thanks to you, Cameron, I think I’ll finally do it.
Bryan
