chris brodin
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Aside from production costs, the federal excise tax is my number one expense (although UPS is closing quickly) but I don’t mind paying it as the money goes to improve our fisheries. It is also not surprising to me that not many fishermen or fly shop owners for that matter, know about the tax. I wish that it would be more transparent.
It is also a very complicated tax. It is not really 10%. For starters, it is assumed that the tax is included in the wholesale price so it is actually 1/11th or 9.09%. If you have a distributor who is getting a 25% discount of the wholesale price, the tax is 9%. But fly shops that pay the regular wholesale price are only taxed at the same price as the distributor. This is called the constructive price.
On a $100 retail item, the wholesale price would be $60 and the distributor price might be $45. The tax on that item would work out to be $4.09 for all sales, far from the apparent 10%. If a manufacturer does not have a distributor, the tax would be based on $60 orI put this on my web site some time ago. A great article from The Economist, usually a very conservative magazine.
http://brodin.com/The_Seas.html
We have already eaten 90% of the larger pelagic fish in the ocean so we are now sinking into reverse evolution.
Anybody know what weight rod should be used for jellyfish? I understand that they can make a sizzling run.hey cor,
nice pics but sad story. all over the west rich guys are trying to lock up land that belongs to all of us. Utah is especially bad.
the first pic is awesome! cover? Send e mail.I have never used a furled leader, but some of the things that Zach says make a lot of sense. The perfect leader would be totally invisible and turn over like it was shot out of a cannon. Not going to happen.
I don’t like extruded leaders. You might start out fishing 6X, but by the time you have changed a dozen flies you might be down to 3X. A solution to this is to always tie on 24″ of tippet material to the leader. That way you will know that your tippet is not increasing in size. By necessity they are all made from the same material which means they are a compromise- ideally you want the butt to be stiff and the tippet soft for presentation.
For me, knotted leaders are the way to go. You can construct them to address different situations. Try buying an 18′ extruded leader at your local fly shop.
Knotted leaders have their problems too. I would never fish them where the knots would pick up algae. They are best for clean water.Zack, I think you have received a wealth of information in these posts.
Now it is so easy and cheap to share information that we are seeing the old ways of info distribution drying up. I’m all for it.
Corey- let me know when you want to do a trout fishing in Costa Rica movie.This isn’t the first time that this has happened in the Denver area.
Both of the shops mentioned are new or have new owners. I would be interested in seeing a picture of the [s:2yv6umaj]real[/s:2yv6umaj] reel thief.talk about being in the right place at the right time!
Those were awesome!
I really liked the one of the bird getting ready to enter the water with his wings back and talons out.I agree, unless you are a rainbow quietly feeding on midges.
Rabbits in Australia seemed like a good idea.
Flushing pet alligators down the toilet in New Jersey is a bad idea.
Pythons are eating everything in Florida.
Bullheads were a craze among the college crowd and then they were released. Damn, they have a voracious appetite.
I guess everything would be ok if we could get a handle on the most intrusive species of all.
No more screwing with Mother Nature. We are not smart enough to understand the consequences.
Did I mention salmon farms in Chile?First of all, content is king. I don’t care what you put on the cover. I used to read Field & Stream ages ago when I still hunted. I’m too old to drag deer out of the woods, not a moral thing. Every year they had the same lame article on how to field dress a deer. Boring.
FF mag has had grip ‘n grin photos on their cover for ages (air-boarding for trout) and their magazine is tanking. My last offer from them was $9 for a year’s subscription, obviously to attract advertisers. I canceled after the year. No content.
On the other hand, there are numerous on-line ff magazines with beautiful images and great content. So like newspapers, magazines are fading into the sunset, or are we looking at a new sunrise? When can I get something cool on kindle?No doubt about it, the slim beauty is the way to go. It has a low profile, is easy to tie once you get the hang of it and is nearly 100% in breaking strength. For class tippet, I prefer 20# Mason. It is stiff, for good turnover, and has a large diameter, which means good abrasion resistance. And if you are into IGFA requirements, it is easy to come out with the maximum length of class tippet. Impossible with double biminis.
And for the record, biminis are not that hard to tie. I tie them to relax. Easier than yoga.
