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Dally’s Fly Shop in Cotter, AR did a film this year of that name. They showed it in it’s entirety at the Streamer Lovefest. Pretty good film but not quite up to F3T standards according to Steve. You might call the shop, 870-435-6166, to se if they have DVD’s for sale yet.
I went down to McClellan’s Fly Shop in Fayetteville Saturday and cast an A4. Ended up buying the 5 weight and can’t wait to get it broke in.
John,
I had a knee replacement in 1994 at the ripe old age of 33 and had a revision to replace the plastic parts in 2007. It slowed me down a little, but not to terribly much. I probably do/did a lot of things that were not really recommended to do but I had mine at such a young age… I continued to snow ski, officiate football, and of course fly fish. I haven’t skied since the revision, but that’s is only because while others in the group would be skiing, I’d be fishing, ie, Blue River, Colorado River, Yampa, etc. I’ve also fished Alaska and numerous trips to the San Juan. The only real problems I have are in the uber slick areas like around the Cable Hole on SJ or some really slicked up rocks on White/Norfork. By problems I mean it just sort of wears you out a little easier and knee gets a little sore. I try to watch for areas that might be a little trickier to navigate to keep from taking a swim. Instead of hopping around on the rocks I’m more prone to go around or ease my way off/over. Things that I try not to do; jump down off of things, try not to carry overly heavy things very far (especially up or down stairs), high impact training, etc. I do a lot of low impact cardio work at the gym to prepare for football. I don’t think you should have any problems continuing to fish. I think that a big key is working hard at rehab and getting over some mental blocks. I will tell you that the rehab and recovery pretty much stinks. It’s gonna hurt like crazy for a while, or it did in my case anyway. If you have any more questions just holler back.
Mark
