Zach Matthews
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A fast 50mm on a film SLR or a fast 35 mm on the DSLR, for an equivalently “nomal” field of view and the ability to creatively control depth of field.
Second: a wide angle for crisp landscapes.
Zach
Hey Brandon-
Castmaster sounds an awful lot like ‘Castwell’ and that is one title I won’t be claiming.
Here’s the deal: DT lines have no rear taper and thus no loss of mass as the caster extends out line.
Look directly under the rotating picture frame, where it says “Hey, Steve154, You have 2 Messages!”
I think it should say that, anyway.
Zach
Hey Mike-
If you are interested in tying flies for a past-time, I don’t think you could pick up a technique that would give you more fun than spinning deer hair.
National Geographic Adventure magazine ran a story last month on a guy running Baja California trips out of San Diego (about 200 miles) on a US Navy style zodiac.
A lot of people approach fly fishing as a progressive exercise in specialization
That’s an astute observation, and it may be that right now I am just going through a big fish phase.
Hey Brian-
I agree entirely with your economic assessment and the reasons for the Game and Fish put-and-take rules and I do agree that a component of the scheme should be based on the principles you list.
However I have to point out that the White River system really is a substantially different place than the waters you fish, including the Cumberland, which it most closely resembles.
On any given day on the 7-mile Norfork tailwater, which supports the highest concentration of fish per mile, you will definitely see more fly fishermen than bait fishermen.
As I see it, Abel’s main problem has always been that by trading on the utmost high end of the regular market, they have limited themselves to a certain type of customer.
If they lower their prices to reach the middle, they have to sacrifice some of their ‘high end image.’
Bd-
I think you’ll find that on this particular question Arkansans and Tennesseans are further apart than you’d believe.
My response:
Issues:
1) Inadequate variety in stocking locations resulting in bait fishing/taking clusters around stocking ramps (i.e. Winkley Shoals).
2) Lack of minimum flow.
3) Inadequate public access in the Jon’s Pocket peninsula.
4) Lack of walk-in access at Mossy Shoals C&R
5) Open ended C&R philosophy fundamentally flawed given scientific data of brown trout migratory browsing and feeding
6) Unclear personal property boundaries on borders of river.Advice:
1) Employ stocking rafts most of the time in order to stock rainbow trout.