What do you use?

[Dawn Moe]

Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians use?
I mainly fish the Muskegon River in west Michigan, pretty big water
(relatively) for this part of the country. It is a pretty diverse tailwater
fishery with everything from trout to sturgeon. I use a St. Croix Premier 9'
6wt with an old but tuff and reliable Pfluger Medalist spooled with Orvis
Evergreen 6wt floating line. That's for trout and any other smallish
species. For salmon and steelhead I use an Orvis Clearwater 9' 8wt,
Battenkill 8/9wt reel (since discontinued) with Orvis Wonderline Gen3 8wt
running line.


Jeremy Moe

[riverman]

Dawn Moe wrote:
> Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians use?
> I mainly fish the Muskegon River in west Michigan, pretty big water
> (relatively) for this part of the country. It is a pretty diverse tailwater
> fishery with everything from trout to sturgeon. I use a St. Croix Premier 9'
> 6wt with an old but tuff and reliable Pfluger Medalist spooled with Orvis
> Evergreen 6wt floating line. That's for trout and any other smallish
> species. For salmon and steelhead I use an Orvis Clearwater 9' 8wt,
> Battenkill 8/9wt reel (since discontinued) with Orvis Wonderline Gen3 8wt
> running line.
>
>
> Jeremy Moe


You're bound to get a range of answers, and the gear whores are gonna
have a field day with this.

For small stream fishing, I use a homemade Mike Connor 8.5 ft 4 wt with
a LA 'Stealth' reel from South Africa. I also use a 5pc Hardy Gem
Smuggler, but I prefer the action of Mike's rod over the softer Hardy.
Both reels are spooled with some old SA line that needs to be changed
soon.

For larger streams and salt water, I use a 9ft 6-7 wt Guideline Pro
that I bought in Norway, with a BFR Dragonfly reel spooled with some
old SA line that needs to be changed soon.

--riverman

[Bob La Londe]

"Dawn Moe" > wrote in message
news:kh%Ug.3808$1o.1949@trndny09...
> Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians
> use? I mainly fish the Muskegon River in west Michigan, pretty big water
> (relatively) for this part of the country. It is a pretty diverse
> tailwater fishery with everything from trout to sturgeon. I use a St.
> Croix Premier 9' 6wt with an old but tuff and reliable Pfluger Medalist
> spooled with Orvis Evergreen 6wt floating line. That's for trout and any
> other smallish species. For salmon and steelhead I use an Orvis Clearwater
> 9' 8wt, Battenkill 8/9wt reel (since discontinued) with Orvis Wonderline
> Gen3 8wt running line.
>
>
> Jeremy Moe


I've got three flyrods of weights 5, 6/7, & 7/8. I use the 5 wt for almost
everything, but I have a heavy line and leader on the other two for casting
heavy bunny strip streamers and large bass poppers.

All are inexpensive (cheap) rods with the most expensive being the 5 weight
that I picked up in Sedona for fishing Oak Creek.

I've got a variety of reels from the el cheapo plastic ones that come with
K-Mart package kits to a decent Okuma (still cheap to most of these guys),
but my favorite is an old Pfleuger automatic (also cheap) that I use on my 5
wt.

Now if we got away from the fly stuff I'm one of those tackle whores
somebody else alluded to. Heck. I have more flipping sticks alone than
most guys have rods total. I'm looking forward to gettign my storage
building slash work shop finished so I'll have room to hang them all up.
LOL.


--
Bob La Londe
Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
Fishing Forums & Contests
http://www.YumaBassMan.com



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[Ken Fortenberry]

Dawn Moe wrote:
> Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians use?
> ...

Orvis Superfine 7.5' 1wt with Hardy Flyweight
Winston IM6 7.5' 3wt with Hardy Featherweight
Winston IM6 9' 3wt with Hardy JLH 2/3/4
Hamilton "Little Brown Stick" 6'3" 3wt with Hardy Perfect
Sage LL 9' 4wt with Hardy LRH Lightweight
Sage RPL 9' 5wt with Hardy Princess
Wright & McGill Granger Aristocrat 9' 5wt with Hardy Bougle
Thomas & Thomas XL 10' 7wt with Sage 5400

Those are the ones I use, I have some gear I should probably
put on eBay or something. Everything on the list with the
exception of the Sage RPL 5wt is moderate to slow action.
The next rod I buy will be a fast action 6,7 or 8 wt.

--
Ken Fortenberry

[Tom Nakashima]

> Dawn Moe wrote:
>> Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians
>> use? ...

Orvis Powermatrix 9' 2pc 6wt/ J Ryall standard 6 reel (both a free gift)
which got me started in fly fishing.
Sage Launch 9' 5wt. (inexpensive rod but I'll match it against any 5wt on
the market). used with the J. Ryall 6 reel.
TFO Professional 9' 8wt.J Ryall 8 reel (I use this for nymphing and
steelhead...it gets the job done).
TFO Professional 9' 10wt J Ryall 10 reel (I used this for the big salmon in
Alaska)

Lew Stoner 1945 8 1/2' 2pc Split Hollow Bamboo (cast like a
dream...effortless)
RK. Bolt 2006 8' 2pc Split Hollow Bamboo (cast a touch better then the
Stoner....effortless).
Reel for both Bamboo = Galvan 3 1/4 (clear) Standard SA DT willow colored
line (excellent for the dry flies).

Rods I would like to have in the future? A booboys 7 1/2 4wt 3pc Bamboo
when they were with R.L. Winston.

Favorite rod to use: The RK Bolt Bamboo, it cast so effortless, the rod
does all the work. Very delicate presentation of the dry fly. This week I'll
see if I can throw out all the line to the backing.

fwiw,
-tom

[Tim J.]

Dawn Moe typed:
> Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular
> ROFFians use?

First, there is no such thing as a regular roffian - we're the epitome of
irregularity.

I use two rods regularly for the type of fishing I do, depending on where
I'm fishing. My Orvis Superfine 7'9" 2WT with the CFO I reel is sweet for
dinking around the "secret spot" where I can pick up trout ranging from 6 -
18" on small bugs without having to throw out much line. The Sage DS2 8.5'
4WT w/Orvis Battenkill Barstock gets to see daylight if I'm somewhere using
slightly bigger bugs and/or longer casting is desired.

However, *nothing* beats the ol' KPOS 7.5' 3WT as a trusty second to the
2WT. It is the essence of fly fishing.

Take THAT, Fortenberry/Knight! ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

[janikk@orst.edu]

> Dawn Moe wrote:
> > Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians use?
> > ...

95% of the time I use:
10.5' 3wt Noodle Rod built on an East Branch blank.

When backpacking/travelling:
8' 4wt Cabelas Stowaway

My kids use:
6' 3wt rod built on a Dorber blank (theirs)
7'9" 2wt Orvis Superfine (mine)

Gear Hound Public Service: I couldn't remember the name of
the Orvis rod so I went to their webpage. They look to have
a pretty good fall sale going on. The $49 large arbor fly reels
are what caught my eye. Someone was looking for a $200
starting setup and there looks to be an $80 rod on sale too.
I'd pick up that rod and reel over getting something at
WallyWorld.

- Ken

[Scott Seidman]

"Dawn Moe" > wrote in
news:kh%Ug.3808$1o.1949@trndny09:

> Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians
> use? I mainly fish the Muskegon River in west Michigan, pretty big
> water (relatively) for this part of the country. It is a pretty
> diverse tailwater fishery with everything from trout to sturgeon. I
> use a St. Croix Premier 9' 6wt with an old but tuff and reliable
> Pfluger Medalist spooled with Orvis Evergreen 6wt floating line.
> That's for trout and any other smallish species. For salmon and
> steelhead I use an Orvis Clearwater 9' 8wt, Battenkill 8/9wt reel
> (since discontinued) with Orvis Wonderline Gen3 8wt running line.
>
>
> Jeremy Moe
>
>
>

My home stream:
usually Sage SP 3wt, Gunnison reel, mastery dt line

Migratory trout:
Some clunkey 8wt, RP2 reel

--
Scott
Reverse name to reply

[Daniel-San]

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote ...

[edited]

> Hardy Flyweight
> Hardy Featherweight
> Hardy JLH 2/3/4
> Hardy Perfect
> Hardy LRH Lightweight
> Hardy Princess
> Hardy Bougle

Do you buy them for the reel or the Hardy girl?

;-)

Dan

[Conan The Librarian]

wrote:

> Gear Hound Public Service: I couldn't remember the name of
> the Orvis rod so I went to their webpage. They look to have
> a pretty good fall sale going on. The $49 large arbor fly reels
> are what caught my eye. Someone was looking for a $200
> starting setup and there looks to be an $80 rod on sale too.
> I'd pick up that rod and reel over getting something at
> WallyWorld.

Actually, if you're taking about the "Streamline" rod, I believe
that *is* the one that sells at Wallyworld.

As for what I use:

TFO Professional series 5-wt., 4-pc., 9' for general trout; paired
with Redington CT 4/5
Scott S3 3-wt., 4-pc., 8' for general trout when there's not much
wind; paired with Redington CT 3/4
TFO Finesse series 4-wt., 4-pc., 7'9" for small streams or where
wind isn't a factor; paired with Redington CT 3/4
TFO Signature series 3-wt. 2-pc., 7'6" for really tight quarters
(read GSMNP and western NC streams); paired with Redington CT 3/4
Orvis Clearwater 5-wt., 2-pc., 8'6" for futzing around on local
streams fishing for Guadalupe bass and sunfish; paired with Clearwater reel
Fenwick HMG 6 and 8-wt., 2-pc., 9' and 9'6" for bass fishing on open
water (from the early 80's, these guys are slooooow for graphite);
paired with SA System reels of the same vintage


Chuck Vance (a gear snob I ain't ... yet)

[Wayne Knight]

Tim J. wrote:

>
> Take THAT, Fortenberry/Knight! ;-)
>

FY Timmay

[Fred Lebow]

> wrote in message news:kh%Ug.3808$1o.1949@trndny09...
> Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians
> use? I mainly fish the Muskegon River in west Michigan, pretty big water
> (relatively) for this part of the country. It is a pretty diverse
> tailwater fishery with everything from trout to sturgeon. I use a St.
> Croix Premier 9' 6wt with an old but tuff and reliable Pfluger Medalist
> spooled with Orvis Evergreen 6wt floating line. That's for trout and any
> other smallish species. For salmon and steelhead I use an Orvis Clearwater
> 9' 8wt, Battenkill 8/9wt reel (since discontinued) with Orvis Wonderline
> Gen3 8wt running line.
>
>
> Jeremy Moe

I use a

3 wt Sage 3 pc 7' 11" graphite III w a Battenkill 3-4 reel - small rivers
and streams

5 weight Sage Graphite II w a Lamson reel - river and lake

6 weight 4 pcs 8'6" -Orvis w Battenkill reel - big river and lake

and for guests that visit

Thomas and Thomas 9' 6 6 wt 2 pc w a Battenkill reel - big river and lake

I have extra spools for the Battenkill.

I also have a LL Bean 8 wt (made by Thomas and Thomas w a Pflueger Medalist
reel which I used to use when I went striper fishing in New England

and a Sage Graphite III 10 wt 9' that I got as a present when I went Tarpon
fishing in the
Keys w a Bauer M4 reel - that I will probably sell someday

I also have a 9 wt Ross reel and extra spools w line that I will sell if
anyone is interested


Fred

[Tom Nakashima]

"Fred Lebow" > wrote in message
...
>
> and a Sage Graphite III 10 wt 9' that I got as a present when I went
> Tarpon fishing in the
> Keys w a Bauer M4 reel - that I will probably sell someday
> Fred
>

What's it like hooking onto a Tarpon?
Would enjoy hearing about that trip.
I heard it's one of the hardest fish to land in fly-fishing.
Got to try that someday.
fwiw,
-tom

[JT]

"Dawn Moe" > wrote in message
news:kh%Ug.3808$1o.1949@trndny09...
> What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians use?

In the order I acquired:

-Fenwick 9' 7-8wt. 2 pc. / Pfluger Medalist (First fly rod, cool at the
time, tough to throw as an 8 - 9 year old, it's damn near the size of a
broom handle at the cork, given to me by my Dad's old buddy, first taste of
flyfishing. Although it's probably not worth much, it's a treasure to me)
-Lamiglas 7'6" 4wt. 2 pc. / Pfluger Medalist (Folks purchased for me that
next Christmas when they saw my enthusiasm for flyfishing)
-Powell 9' 5wt. 2 pc. / STH cassette (First nice rod, wife generally uses
when she is along.)
-Diamondback 9' 7-8wt. 2 pc. / STH 2.0 (Steelhead, bass, pike rod)
-Sage 9' 4wt. 2 pc. / STH 1.0 (light stream rod)
-Sage 9' 5wt. 4 pc. / STH 1.5 (travel rod)
-Winston LTX 9' 5 wt. 3pc. / Loop Dryfly (newest baby, fished for 3 years
and most of the others sit dusty, however, I did fish my 4wt Sage on Kelly a
couple days last week.)

I have several bamboo that I have picked up over the years, they are all in
need of repair, some beyond. I had never fished a bamboo till last week. My
cousin brought one he recently purchased, something I might look into a
little more...

JT

[George Adams]

On Oct 4, 11:49 pm, "Dawn Moe" > wrote:
> Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians use?
> I mainly fish the Muskegon River in west Michigan, pretty big water
> (relatively) for this part of the country. It is a pretty diverse tailwater
> fishery with everything from trout to sturgeon. I use a St. Croix Premier 9'
> 6wt with an old but tuff and reliable Pfluger Medalist spooled with Orvis
> Evergreen 6wt floating line. That's for trout and any other smallish
> species. For salmon and steelhead I use an Orvis Clearwater 9' 8wt,
> Battenkill 8/9wt reel (since discontinued) with Orvis Wonderline Gen3 8wt
> running line.
>
> Jeremy Moe

Here goes:

KPOS 7-1/2' 3wt with Orvis CFO III
Sage VPS - LT 8' 9" 3wt with Orvis CFO III
TFO 8' 4wt with Orvis BBS III
Orvis Far 'n Fine 7' 9" 5 wt with Orvis BBS III
Sage RPL 8' 5 wt with Orvis BBS III
Orvis Silver Label 8-1/2' 5 wt with Okuma Integrity LA
Ovis Battenkill Bamboo 7-1/' 6 wt with Orvis BBS III
ST Croix 9' 7 wt with Pflueger Medalist 1495

All are used in the pursuit of trout and landlocked salmon. The 7 wt
only sees action in very high water, which seemed the rule rather than
the exception this past spring.

[George Cleveland]

On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:49:36 GMT, "Dawn Moe" >
wrote:

>Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians use?
>I mainly fish the Muskegon River in west Michigan, pretty big water
>(relatively) for this part of the country. It is a pretty diverse tailwater
>fishery with everything from trout to sturgeon. I use a St. Croix Premier 9'
>6wt with an old but tuff and reliable Pfluger Medalist spooled with Orvis
>Evergreen 6wt floating line. That's for trout and any other smallish
>species. For salmon and steelhead I use an Orvis Clearwater 9' 8wt,
>Battenkill 8/9wt reel (since discontinued) with Orvis Wonderline Gen3 8wt
>running line.
>
>
>Jeremy Moe
>


Favorite trout rod- 8' 4wt. Daiwa Lochmor with a SA System 1 456 reel.

Heavier trout/light bass- 8.5' 5 wt. St. Croix Ultra Legend with a
Cabelas Prestige Plus reel.

Bass- 10' 7 wt. Redington Red.Fly rod with a SA System 2 L 7/8 reel.

Pike-9 ' 8wt. Gander Mt. Frontier with a STH Climax reel (This is too
light for the bulky flies I cast. Its going to be relaced).

I have another hand full of rods that I rarely use. Some are
specialized "mood" rods that I take out whgen I want to fish something
different. Others are just not pleasant to fish.

g.c.

[Tim J.]

George Adams > typed:
> On Oct 4, 11:49 pm, "Dawn Moe" > wrote:
>> Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular
>> ROFFians use? I mainly fish the Muskegon River in west Michigan,
>> pretty big water (relatively) for this part of the country. It is a
>> pretty diverse tailwater fishery with everything from trout to
>> sturgeon. I use a St. Croix Premier 9' 6wt with an old but tuff and
>> reliable Pfluger Medalist spooled with Orvis Evergreen 6wt floating
>> line. That's for trout and any other smallish species. For salmon
>> and steelhead I use an Orvis Clearwater 9' 8wt, Battenkill 8/9wt
>> reel (since discontinued) with Orvis Wonderline Gen3 8wt running
>> line.
>
> Here goes:
>
> KPOS 7-1/2' 3wt with Orvis CFO III
> Sage VPS - LT 8' 9" 3wt with Orvis CFO III
> TFO 8' 4wt with Orvis BBS III
> Orvis Far 'n Fine 7' 9" 5 wt with Orvis BBS III
> Sage RPL 8' 5 wt with Orvis BBS III
> Orvis Silver Label 8-1/2' 5 wt with Okuma Integrity LA
> Ovis Battenkill Bamboo 7-1/' 6 wt with Orvis BBS III
> ST Croix 9' 7 wt with Pflueger Medalist 1495
>
> All are used in the pursuit of trout and landlocked salmon. The 7 wt
> only sees action in very high water, which seemed the rule rather than
> the exception this past spring.

Speaking of trouts, I think I'll try to duck out early from work
tomorrow and get some fishing in before this MA water gets hard.
Howzaboutit, George?
--
TL,
Tim
---------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

[George Adams]

On Oct 5, 10:13 pm, "Tim J." >
wrote:
> George Adams > typed:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Oct 4, 11:49 pm, "Dawn Moe" > wrote:
> >> Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular
> >> ROFFians use? I mainly fish the Muskegon River in west Michigan,
> >> pretty big water (relatively) for this part of the country. It is a
> >> pretty diverse tailwater fishery with everything from trout to
> >> sturgeon. I use a St. Croix Premier 9' 6wt with an old but tuff and
> >> reliable Pfluger Medalist spooled with Orvis Evergreen 6wt floating
> >> line. That's for trout and any other smallish species. For salmon
> >> and steelhead I use an Orvis Clearwater 9' 8wt, Battenkill 8/9wt
> >> reel (since discontinued) with Orvis Wonderline Gen3 8wt running
> >> line.
>
> > Here goes:
>
> > KPOS 7-1/2' 3wt with Orvis CFO III
> > Sage VPS - LT 8' 9" 3wt with Orvis CFO III
> > TFO 8' 4wt with Orvis BBS III
> > Orvis Far 'n Fine 7' 9" 5 wt with Orvis BBS III
> > Sage RPL 8' 5 wt with Orvis BBS III
> > Orvis Silver Label 8-1/2' 5 wt with Okuma Integrity LA
> > Ovis Battenkill Bamboo 7-1/' 6 wt with Orvis BBS III
> > ST Croix 9' 7 wt with Pflueger Medalist 1495
>
> > All are used in the pursuit of trout and landlocked salmon. The 7 wt
> > only sees action in very high water, which seemed the rule rather than
> > the exception this past spring.Speaking of trouts, I think I'll try to duck out early from work
> tomorrow and get some fishing in before this MA water gets hard.
> Howzaboutit, George?
> --
> TL,
> Tim
> ---------------------------http://css.sbcma.com/timj/- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

No can do tomorrow....that ugly work thingy that will be haunting me
for six more months. I plan to fish the middle of the day on Saturday,
though....likely the secret spot, or upstream of the gaging station.

"Tom Nakashima" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Fred Lebow" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> and a Sage Graphite III 10 wt 9' that I got as a present when I went
>> Tarpon fishing in the
>> Keys w a Bauer M4 reel - that I will probably sell someday
>> Fred
>>
>
> What's it like hooking onto a Tarpon?
> Would enjoy hearing about that trip.
> I heard it's one of the hardest fish to land in fly-fishing.
> Got to try that someday.
> fwiw,
> -tom >>>>>>>>>try standing on the side of the road with a large grappling
> hook and 100 yds. of double link log chain. wait for a gravel truck to
> come by hook it and try to stop it before it gets to the next
> intersection...........................
>

"Dawn Moe" > wrote in message
news:kh%Ug.3808$1o.1949@trndny09...
> Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians
> use? I mainly fish the Muskegon River in west Michigan, pretty big water
> (relatively) for this part of the country. It is a pretty diverse
> tailwater fishery with everything from trout to sturgeon. I use a St.
> Croix Premier 9' 6wt with an old but tuff and reliable Pfluger Medalist
> spooled with Orvis Evergreen 6wt floating line. That's for trout and any
> other smallish species. For salmon and steelhead I use an Orvis Clearwater
> 9' 8wt, Battenkill 8/9wt reel (since discontinued) with Orvis Wonderline
> Gen3 8wt running line.
>
>
> Jeremy Moe >>>>>I fish the little streams in NC. My orvis 7' for 4wt "one
> once" and a 1=2=3 orvis reel (in spiffy green) with Rio DT 4 seems to do
> it all for me. I have others , orvis far and fine 7'9 with cfo 3, for 5
> wt. a custon 5'9'' Powell made for me by walton Powell, (crusty ole
> bugger) w/hardy featherwt. for 3wt. and a 10' for 5wt G.Loomis that rots
> in the closet cause there is no where I can cast the damn thing.
> charles k. moore
>

[daytripper]

On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:49:36 GMT, "Dawn Moe" > wrote:

>Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians use?
>I mainly fish the Muskegon River in west Michigan, pretty big water
>(relatively) for this part of the country. It is a pretty diverse tailwater
>fishery with everything from trout to sturgeon. I use a St. Croix Premier 9'
>6wt with an old but tuff and reliable Pfluger Medalist spooled with Orvis
>Evergreen 6wt floating line. That's for trout and any other smallish
>species. For salmon and steelhead I use an Orvis Clearwater 9' 8wt,
>Battenkill 8/9wt reel (since discontinued) with Orvis Wonderline Gen3 8wt
>running line.
>
>
>Jeremy Moe
>


[..../]

Gauche-O-Meter

;-)

[Dawn Moe]

<charles k. moore> wrote in message
...
>
> "Dawn Moe" > wrote in message
> news:kh%Ug.3808$1o.1949@trndny09...
>> Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians
>> use? I mainly fish the Muskegon River in west Michigan, pretty big water
>> (relatively) for this part of the country. It is a pretty diverse
>> tailwater fishery with everything from trout to sturgeon. I use a St.
>> Croix Premier 9' 6wt with an old but tuff and reliable Pfluger Medalist
>> spooled with Orvis Evergreen 6wt floating line. That's for trout and any
>> other smallish species. For salmon and steelhead I use an Orvis
>> Clearwater 9' 8wt, Battenkill 8/9wt reel (since discontinued) with Orvis
>> Wonderline Gen3 8wt running line.
>>
>>
>> Jeremy Moe >>>>>I fish the little streams in NC. My orvis 7' for 4wt
>> "one once" and a 1=2=3 orvis reel (in spiffy green) with Rio DT 4 seems
>> to do it all for me. I have others , orvis far and fine 7'9 with cfo 3,
>> for 5 wt. a custon 5'9'' Powell made for me by walton Powell, (crusty
>> ole bugger) w/hardy featherwt. for 3wt. and a 10' for 5wt G.Loomis that
>> rots in the closet cause there is no where I can cast the damn thing.
>> charles k. moore
>>
>

The more I read about you and Op being in N.C., the more I want to move back
down there. We moved up here (MI) about six years ago from Onslow county and
I miss it bad. Wife says we can move back when we retire. Truly beautifull
state.


Jeremy Moe

[Ken Fortenberry]

Steve wrote:
> <charles k. moore> wrote:
>> a custon 5'9'' Powell made for me by walton Powell, (crusty ole
>> bugger)
>
> Walt would never win a "Mr. Congeniality" contest, but he was one of
> the few rod builders who could make a stick come alive. I have a 7'6''
> 4 weight he built for my Dad, and a 7'6'' 5 he built for me.
> Absolutely amazing casting tools. One can almost hear the rods inhale
> and exhale on the stroke.

Walt somehow got involved as the American distributor of
Bruce & Walker Hexagraph rods and he sent me one along with
reams of bull**** about how these things were the best thing
to happen to fly rods since the invention of cork handles
and how one Hexagraph rod could be a 3 wt through 7 wt.

It was the sorriest piece of **** I ever cast in my life, well
I cast a Cabela's Three Forks one time, so make that second
sorriest piece of **** I ever cast in my life. It was a friggin'
plastic broomstick dolled up to look like 'boo. When I returned
it I of course was the dumbest, stupidest, most ignorant fool
of a make-believe fly fisherman Walt had never met. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

[Wayne Knight]

Dawn Moe wrote:

> Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians use?

That depends on many things-

1. Would that be 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, or 10wt water?
2. Then I've got to decide on cane, glass, or plastic?
3. Then what length will I want?
4. Then I've got to figure the action based on dry, nymph, wet,
streamer or all 4?
5. Then I've got to choose a color,- green, blue, grey, black, tan,
red, white?
6. Then I've got to decide which reel, after all one can't have a green
reel on a red blank now can he?

So many choices, decisions, decisions.

"Wayne Knight" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>
> Dawn Moe wrote:
>
>> Recent posts got me curious. What kind of rigs do you regular ROFFians
>> use?
>
> That depends on many things-
>
> 1. Would that be 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, or 10wt water?
> 2. Then I've got to decide on cane, glass, or plastic?
> 3. Then what length will I want?
> 4. Then I've got to figure the action based on dry, nymph, wet,
> streamer or all 4?
> 5. Then I've got to choose a color,- green, blue, grey, black, tan,
> red, white?
> 6. Then I've got to decide which reel, after all one can't have a green
> reel on a red blank now can he?
>
> So many choices, decisions, decisions.
>
> >>>>green reel on a red blank ? well, it sounds kinda christmasee !
> charles k. moore

[Ken Fortenberry]

Steve wrote:
> Ken Fortenberry wrote:
>> Walt somehow got involved as the American distributor of
>> Bruce & Walker Hexagraph rods and he sent me one along with
>> reams of bull**** about how these things were the best thing
>> to happen to fly rods since the invention of cork handles
>> and how one Hexagraph rod could be a 3 wt through 7 wt.
>
> Was that the graphite rod that was basically glued together strips of
> graphite? ...

Yep, that's it. Old Walt was right about one thing though,
it cast a 3wt line the same as a 5wt line, absolutely ****ty
in both cases. ;-)

> I see someone else has bought the name again, and is marketing the
> "legendary Powell fly rod".

And believe it or not, somebody is still selling Hexagraph rods.

--
Ken Fortenberry

[Fred Lebow]

--

"Steve" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 13:51:22 -0600, "Fred Lebow" >
> wrote:
>
>>I also have a 9 wt Ross reel and extra spools w line that I will sell if
>>anyone is interested
>
> I may be, which Ross is it?

Steve:

I have a Ross Gunnison G-4 w 2 extra spools and a Lamson 4 w 2 extra spools
all rigged w Various 9 wt lines

Fred

[riverman]

<charles k. moore> wrote in message
...
>
> "Tom Nakashima" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Fred Lebow" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>> What's it like hooking onto a Tarpon?
>> Would enjoy hearing about that trip.
>> I heard it's one of the hardest fish to land in fly-fishing.
>> Got to try that someday.

>try standing on the side of the road with a large grappling hook and 100
>yds. of double link log chain. wait for a gravel truck to come by hook it
>and try to stop it before it gets to the next
>intersection...........................

So I can assume you fish for tarpon by casting your line right across their
face, hoping to bash their heads in, while standing directly in the swim
path?

--riverman

[Wolfgang]

riverman wrote:
> <charles k. moore> wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "Tom Nakashima" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >>
> >> "Fred Lebow" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>>
> >> What's it like hooking onto a Tarpon?
> >> Would enjoy hearing about that trip.
> >> I heard it's one of the hardest fish to land in fly-fishing.
> >> Got to try that someday.
>
> >try standing on the side of the road with a large grappling hook and 100
> >yds. of double link log chain. wait for a gravel truck to come by hook it
> >and try to stop it before it gets to the next
> >intersection...........................
>
> So I can assume you fish for tarpon by casting your line right across their
> face, hoping to bash their heads in, while standing directly in the swim
> path?
>
> --riverman

Perhaps the most interesting thing to hit the fly fishing scene in many
a long year.

A morion and a long lance would appear to be useful accesories.

Wolfgang
wondering why there's never a rosinante around when you really need one.