Tim Pommer
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Tim, leak your secrets on that muskie water and I’ll be there in grouse season for a cast and blast… haha. Actually, I have an insider tip to your world, we have a couple mutual friends of friends…..ah next year.
Come up anytime.
I will say this, the most serious, hard core, dedicated, knowledgeable (whatever you want to call it) anglers I know, both inside the industry and outside the industry are NOT big internet guys.
My guess is that they could care less what everyone else is doing, saying or thinking.I agree with you on the above in terms of anglers.
From an industry perspective, the internet is the greatest thing that has ever happened to fly fishing. Forums, facebook, and twitter (to some extent) have made our jobs so much more fun and effective. In fly fishing, I think too many people get stuck in their ways of doing things and this rigidity can be seen in the products 10 years ago. I think the discussions and amount of information being shared today has caused fly fishing to boom in a great way. Fishing with a two-handed rod is a perfect example. 5 years ago people would laugh at the idea of throwing a super thick, short line with a sink tip. Now skagit style fishing is maybe the most popular form of spey fishing. People applying this method all over the world and being able to talk about it has allowed this style to boom so quickly.
From a fisherman’s perspective, I think it’s helped me understand things to a certain extent but I dont think it’s really changed me much. You can scour the internet for information all you want, but nothing can replace time on the water and experimentation. I’ve learned some from digging up information on the internet, but nothing beats pulling out a map (whether it’s google maps or not) and scouting out water.
Hot spotting does definitely ruin things but I really question the number of people who actually pursue a secret that’s leaked. I’d be willing to bet if I leaked my favorite muskie water here in the midwest, maybe the greatest piece of muskie water in the world, only one or two guys would actually end up on the water due to me leaking the secret. And they still need to figure out how to catch the fish! I also recognize that some gems should remain secrets, so I keep my mouth shut for the sake of the fish and the others that enjoy the same water.
Another question… why the chest waders?
Lows in the thirties that morning, plus a lot of wet creek crossings. I have a couple pairs of Cloudveil wading pants but they don’t fit me properly; the legs aren’t quite long enough for me so I can’t get my knees up. Lauren usually uses them.
Zach
So, again, why the chest waders?
Dave –
Probably by going to school and getting an advanced engineering degree, like our buddy Tim here, or by owning a hell of a lot of engineering patents, like his boss Jeff Wierenga. Studying the cast and writing national scholarly journal articles with other academics about casting, like Bruce Richards (the former head of SA) did, would also help.
Zach
I really just stumbled on the gig. Saw an advertisement in the local paper.
The bite-off thing has me intrigued.
I’ve been fishing 30 lb wire with one smallish fish to show for it and a few pike, but recently switched to 80 lb fluoro because it’s looking like the status quo (for gear and fly) anymore.
Any comments on the wire vs fluoro thing?
I think this debate will never end as long as people are fishing fish with big teef.
The first and in my view most important was hiring Tim Pommer. Seriously; this counts as product news, because Tim is a really good angler who is going to make a difference for them by putting a lot of real-world fishing expertise in the driver’s seat of product design. With Bruce Richards’ retirement, SA needed to reload and this does that.
Zach
I paid him to say that.