[scott bullinger]

No I did not, only the 9ft.

[scott bullinger]

For the rivers I currently fish and the rods I currently own, I ended up going with a 4wt.

[scott bullinger]

All excellent points and thank you for giving me the questions to ask myself and forcing me to think.

We hit mostly rivers, so that’s moving water, and we are looking to hit new ones that to my understanding have more confined casting quarters…will research that.

I primarily trout fish, but do enjoy bass and carp (part of the reason for the 8wt).

[scott bullinger]

I’m just trying to add flexibility to my arsenal and thought this would be a good opportunity.

[scott bullinger]

Very good to know and no, I’m not worried about 80ft of line atm. 🙂

[scott bullinger]

Thanks for the tips Zach, I think that is the Ross I was thinking of (or it was one called the Flystart).

[scott bullinger]

Thanks guys.

Ya, he used the DS2 quite a bit.  It was his primary rod before he picked up the Winston, paired with a beautiful waterworks reel, this past weekend.

I plan to take the rod to a local fly shop and try a few different low end reels on it, to see what feels best.  With only getting out about 10 times a year, not ready to invest close to a grand yet in a nice rod/reel combo like my buddy just did.

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[scott bullinger]

Tulsa, Oklahoma.

That’s almost like saying, “St. Louis, MO”.

[scott bullinger]

I’m a Senior Principal Consultant for Oracle Corporation in the GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) arena.

[scott bullinger]

Tim,

Do not despair, I’m married and have two sons (a soon to be 4 year old and a soon to be 1 year old).

[scott bullinger]

I might be in, liked the last swap, but I’ve never tied a carp fly or have I ever seen a carp fly.

[scott bullinger]

Shock and Awe.

[scott bullinger]

Zach,

Did you happen to check out the link I provided, it had pictures of a factory in China along the lines of what Clark described.

[scott bullinger]

There was also a discussion on production fly tying over at flyfishingarkansas.

http://flyfishingarkansasandmissouri.yuku.com/topic/3872?page=-1

[scott bullinger]

Well if it’s carp bugs, I need to figure out how to tie some patterns.

[scott bullinger]

…
I’ll bet all my money that rednecks are not gonna start buying $70 3x Dry Shirts, $700 waders, and $20 dollar sun block (that stuff is such a joke) any time soon.

This made me laugh.

[scott bullinger]

Well, I thoroughly enjoyed my first swap experience.

[scott bullinger]

Scot,

I threw in random patterns into everyone’s boxes.

[scott bullinger]

Aaron,

Just got my fly box in, thanks a ton!

[scott bullinger]

If I remember correctly, he mentioned he was adding some local flys to the mix.

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