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"briansfly" wrote

They are on closeout at many shops.
Check your local shop(Sierra Anglers?), or go shopping on the net.



I already got my birthday gift for myself and decided against yet another
fly rod .... but I'll ask Bob at Sierra Anglers about the series you mention
....maybe two gifts?

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Larry L wrote:
"briansfly" wrote

They are on closeout at many shops.

Check your local shop(Sierra Anglers?), or go shopping on the net.




I already got my birthday gift for myself and decided against yet another
fly rod .... but I'll ask Bob at Sierra Anglers about the series you mention
...maybe two gifts?


whachaget?

Get two gifts, and make Mr Knight proud. :-)

brians

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"briansfly" wrote



whachaget?




I fish alone 99.9% of the time. I generally like it that way except for
the times when a second body actually serves a function ... read that as
"helps with shuttle."

Well, for some time I've thought I could use a bicycle trailer for shuttling
my WaterMaster but I haven't found a suitable trailer. It just happened
that today I stopped to buy my lovely bride of 30 years some candy ( I'm an
incurable romantic ) at See's and noticed a Burley "flat bed" trailer in the
window of a bike shop .... sold.

I may try it tomorrow on the Stanislaus ( I live in Oakdale ), I can lock
the bike and trailer at Orange Blossom, drive up river and launch, drift,
and then peddle my way back to the truck.

I've been riding around the area here this afternoon with TWO WaterMaster's
on the trailer and it's a piece of cake .... here is a picture with just one
raft on the trailer taken about 5 minutes ago
http://www.kimshew.com/biketrailer.jpg

..... it will take about 10 minutes to go from on the water to on the
trailer

------ warning spam to follow -------- IF what you want in a personal
portable water craft is a personal Portable watercraft ... it's damn hard to
beat a WaterMaster.

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Big Dale wrote:

I have cast a new rod recently and think you might want to give it a
cast or two before you decide. The Temple Fork Finesse line of rods are
just beginning to make it to the shops. I have cast a 7 foot 9 inch 3
weight four piece rod a couple of times in the past couple of weeks. It
is made in weights from 2 to 5 and it is slow enough that I like it a
lot.

Ah, I was about to ask the group if anyone had any experience with
that new series. So it's got a fairly slow action? How would you
compare it to the "series one" rods? I've got a 3-wt. in that series,
and I like it a lot, but a travel rod would make life easier. (I've
been thinking about getting a 4-wt., as that's a gap in my ... er ...
"collection".)


Chuck Vance

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On 10/20/05 9:25 PM, in article
, "Larry L"
wrote:


http://www.kimshew.com/biketrailer.jpg

Neat!

Bill

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"Larry L" wrote in message
...

I may try it tomorrow on the Stanislaus ( I live in Oakdale ), I can lock
the bike and trailer at Orange Blossom, drive up river and launch, drift,
and then peddle my way back to the truck.

I've been riding around the area here this afternoon with TWO
WaterMaster's
on the trailer and it's a piece of cake .... here is a picture with just
one
raft on the trailer taken about 5 minutes ago
http://www.kimshew.com/biketrailer.jpg


Pretty nice trailer Larry, is it easy to pull by bike?
I pulled up the Burley Bike Trailer website and was looking at the Nomad.
http://www.burley.com/products/trail...px?p=Nomad&i=5
-tom

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"Tom Nakashima" wrote


Pretty nice trailer Larry, is it easy to pull by bike?
I pulled up the Burley Bike Trailer website and was looking at the Nomad.
http://www.burley.com/products/trail...px?p=Nomad&i=5
-tom

It seems to be very easy .... with about 80 pounds it's hardly noticable
on level pavement ( the safety flag generates more wind drag than the
trailer adds in drag ). I bet the Nomad is exactly the same trailer with
different cloth parts for protecting your gear. I met a guy in W.Jellystone
that had one and had towed a tent and such from Ketchum, Id with it .... his
comment was "never notice it's there." I didn't need, or want, the cover
for gear and so the flat bed was ideal.

I'd 'guess' that on a bumpy, narrow, mountain bike trail it might be a pain
and one of the single wheel models better ( Yakima brand I think ) but my
planned venues all have paved roads near them suitable for bike travel.

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Larry L wrote:
"briansfly" wrote


whachaget?

http://www.kimshew.com/biketrailer.jpg

..... it will take about 10 minutes to go from on the water to on the
trailer

Wow, very nice! When you said "flat bed" I thought of a big, wide,
cumbersome thing. I can see why you wouldn't notice it being there.

I will be snooping around, a little south of you, tomorrow.

brians

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"briansfly" wrote


I will be snooping around, a little south of you, tomorrow.



I went to the Stan today intending to drift from Honolulu to Orange Blossom
..... but the water was WAY up since I was there a few days ago ....too 'up'
for me. There were two guys with spin gear throwing big spoons weighted
further with wads of split shot and you could still see their lures way up
off the bottom. Never got to try my b-day gift, but Jan 1st will come soon
enough.

Went to Knight's Ferry and the Salmon were up there and three bus loads of
school kids were "ooh, ah, wow, look at THAT one!" carrying on from the
bridge .... it's so cool seeing kids get turned on .....

You going to the Merced? .... or out collecting tying material, in a duck
blind?

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Larry L wrote:
"briansfly" wrote


I will be snooping around, a little south of you, tomorrow.

I went to the Stan today intending to drift from Honolulu to Orange Blossom
.... but the water was WAY up since I was there a few days ago ....too 'up'
for me. There were two guys with spin gear throwing big spoons weighted
further with wads of split shot and you could still see their lures way up
off the bottom. Never got to try my b-day gift, but Jan 1st will come soon
enough.

Sounds like snaggers?

You going to the Merced? .... or out collecting tying material, in a duck
blind?

Yes....might, unfortunately no.

brians