old f--ts with flyrods

[USMC130FE]

Sorry for the OT !!

Hi Bob, 

Sounds like your doing good!!  Glad to hear!

[rgfixit]

Hey Steve, you're alive

Thought about you last Thursday. Flew your flag for the Fourth. I put it up Memorial Day, Flag Day and the Fourth of July. Other than that, it's in the safe. I've always appreciated that gesture.

Bob

[KingPerch]

Glad to see you went and enjoyed yourself Bob!! You deserve it!! 

Now...off to the bench for some more hoppercators for KP!!!

Life is GOOD!!--KP

[rgfixit]

Glad to see you went and enjoyed yourself Bob!! You deserve it!! 

Now...off to the bench for some more hoppercators for KP!!!

Life is GOOD!!--KP

I agree Larry....I deserve it

I'm working up some new foam fly indicator patterns. Some smaller stuff for the 2wt. "Fun With Foam".

RG

[trapper2000]

when I  was a  kid ,we  were  camping  at  moose  river , I  left  the  flybox  and was  in the stream  so  my  brother  found a  cigarette  but  and  we  had  some   hooks  in our  wallets (trick  my  dad   taught us carry  hooks  matches and  band aids  in your wallet) we  put a  hook  in  it  and  ripped the paper off flaired  the  filter  up  for  wings  and we  killed  brookies  and browns ......   

[wiredstone]

Got the wife into it now. 

[black55]

                              Wirestone that is a good thing untill she starts catches more fish then you do .

[H.T.]

nice kevin looks like she is trying to read the water in that photo

[wiredstone]

She is learning fast.

[rgfixit]

Well...I was suffering from "Flyfishingitis" this afternoon...streams around here came up a lot over night with all the storm...so...I grabbed the ole Pfleuger 5wt and went exploring.

Spent a few minutes on Google Earth researching a local stream. Threw my stuff in the little red truck and departed on expedition. I drove in the general direction of a stream I knew about but never fished. Got in the stream and started to chuck some flies. Took about 30 minutes to get a pattern down. Smallmouth and big fallfish were the willing takers.

Is there anything better than picking a piece of water out of the air and then using your fishing experience...hand tied flies and home made leader to actually catch fish?

Priceless I say.

RG

[black55]

Sounds like a great day  the streams are the same here , just starting  to drop and clear . I have to ask what is a fall fish ?

[rgfixit]

They grow to about 16" in this particular stream. Very aggressive feeders.

RG

[trapper2000]

wiredstone she's  prettier  then  you  anyhow.....  nice  to  see  a  couple   enjoying  life  together ^5  the  mrs  is  ready  to  set  and  watch  a  pole  again  herself ,i been  waiting  almost  2  years  for  this

[black55]

I found a old tubular glass rod it is a hawthorne  #60-6679 -81/2  this rod doesn't have a weight number . Can anyone help md ID this esp what weight fly line it takes . This rod is from the late 60's or early 70's .any help is appreciate .thanks

[black55]

Another thing about this rod thats cool is there is a carved out spot for your thumb in the cork . I believe it was made like that from the factory .