Orvis Part II
 

Well after my moral dilema on why or why not to buy orvis, I bought a 6wt
Clearwater Classic from them.

I now officially think it's the best rod I own (minus bamboos which are there
own animal) I'm not a good caster at all, and this is the first rod I have
ever had that I can cast my entire line with. I am completly in awe with
it....(or do all my other rods just suck( most being St Croix and one ole'
scott 8wt that I can barely cast). For $225 for a 4 piece, I would recommend
it to anyone. I can't say enough about the damn thing.

Well just thought I would share....

Tim Apple

Orvis Part II
 

In article et,
Tim Apple wrote:

Well after my moral dilema on why or why not to buy orvis, I bought a 6wt
Clearwater Classic from them.

I now officially think it's the best rod I own (minus bamboos which are there
own animal) I'm not a good caster at all, and this is the first rod I have
ever had that I can cast my entire line with. I am completly in awe with
it....(or do all my other rods just suck( most being St Croix and one ole'
scott 8wt that I can barely cast). For $225 for a 4 piece, I would recommend
it to anyone. I can't say enough about the damn thing.

Well just thought I would share....

Tim Apple


'big monopoly' aside, they make good stuff and have EXCELLENT customer
service in my opinion

I just bought a T3 5wt midflex 4 piece during the recent sale...

Love it!

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

Orvis Part II
 

In article et,
Tim Apple wrote:

Well after my moral dilema on why or why not to buy orvis, I bought a 6wt
Clearwater Classic from them.

I now officially think it's the best rod I own (minus bamboos which are there
own animal) I'm not a good caster at all, and this is the first rod I have
ever had that I can cast my entire line with. I am completly in awe with
it....(or do all my other rods just suck( most being St Croix and one ole'
scott 8wt that I can barely cast). For $225 for a 4 piece, I would recommend
it to anyone. I can't say enough about the damn thing.

Well just thought I would share....

Tim Apple


'big monopoly' aside, they make good stuff and have EXCELLENT customer
service in my opinion

I just bought a T3 5wt midflex 4 piece during the recent sale...

Love it!

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

Orvis Part II
 

In article et,
Tim Apple wrote:

Well after my moral dilema on why or why not to buy orvis, I bought a 6wt
Clearwater Classic from them.

I now officially think it's the best rod I own (minus bamboos which are there
own animal) I'm not a good caster at all, and this is the first rod I have
ever had that I can cast my entire line with. I am completly in awe with
it....(or do all my other rods just suck( most being St Croix and one ole'
scott 8wt that I can barely cast). For $225 for a 4 piece, I would recommend
it to anyone. I can't say enough about the damn thing.

Well just thought I would share....

Tim Apple


Is the clearwater the Orvis rod that walmart now carries?

Orvis Part II
 

In article
,
Osama Bin Bush wrote:

In article et,
Tim Apple wrote:

Well after my moral dilema on why or why not to buy orvis, I bought a 6wt
Clearwater Classic from them.

I now officially think it's the best rod I own (minus bamboos which are
there
own animal) I'm not a good caster at all, and this is the first rod I have
ever had that I can cast my entire line with. I am completly in awe with
it....(or do all my other rods just suck( most being St Croix and one ole'
scott 8wt that I can barely cast). For $225 for a 4 piece, I would
recommend
it to anyone. I can't say enough about the damn thing.

Well just thought I would share....

Tim Apple


Is the clearwater the Orvis rod that walmart now carries?


Dunno, but it is their 'low end' rod...

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

Orvis Part II
 

In article
,
Osama Bin Bush wrote:

In article et,
Tim Apple wrote:

Well after my moral dilema on why or why not to buy orvis, I bought a 6wt
Clearwater Classic from them.

I now officially think it's the best rod I own (minus bamboos which are
there
own animal) I'm not a good caster at all, and this is the first rod I have
ever had that I can cast my entire line with. I am completly in awe with
it....(or do all my other rods just suck( most being St Croix and one ole'
scott 8wt that I can barely cast). For $225 for a 4 piece, I would
recommend
it to anyone. I can't say enough about the damn thing.

Well just thought I would share....

Tim Apple


Is the clearwater the Orvis rod that walmart now carries?


Dunno, but it is their 'low end' rod...

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

Orvis Part II
 

Tim Apple wrote:
I now officially think it's the best rod I own (minus bamboos which
are there
own animal) I'm not a good caster at all, and this is the first rod
I have ever had that I can cast my entire line with. I am completly
in awe with it....(or do all my other rods just suck( most being St
Croix and one ole' scott 8wt that I can barely cast). For $225 for
a 4 piece, I would recommend
it to anyone. I can't say enough about the damn thing.

Well just thought I would share....

Tim Apple


(and somebody replied)
Is the clearwater the Orvis rod that walmart now carries?


and Chris Schmelzer wrote:
Dunno, but it is their 'low end' rod...

Not any more. They have a Streamline series as the cheapest line they sell
in their stores. I think that's an imported blank, but not sure. The
Clearwaters are still built on blanks they make in Manchester. They also
got about $50 more expensive when the Streamlines came out. There's another
rod sold through Walmart (don't remember the name, maybe Green Mountain?,
but it has a 'by Orvis' in fine print). It's probably a safe bet that those
outfilts are all manufactured off-shore.
--
Stan Gula
http://gula.org/roffswaps

Orvis Part II
 

Tim Apple wrote:
I now officially think it's the best rod I own (minus bamboos which
are there
own animal) I'm not a good caster at all, and this is the first rod
I have ever had that I can cast my entire line with. I am completly
in awe with it....(or do all my other rods just suck( most being St
Croix and one ole' scott 8wt that I can barely cast). For $225 for
a 4 piece, I would recommend
it to anyone. I can't say enough about the damn thing.

Well just thought I would share....

Tim Apple


(and somebody replied)
Is the clearwater the Orvis rod that walmart now carries?


and Chris Schmelzer wrote:
Dunno, but it is their 'low end' rod...

Not any more. They have a Streamline series as the cheapest line they sell
in their stores. I think that's an imported blank, but not sure. The
Clearwaters are still built on blanks they make in Manchester. They also
got about $50 more expensive when the Streamlines came out. There's another
rod sold through Walmart (don't remember the name, maybe Green Mountain?,
but it has a 'by Orvis' in fine print). It's probably a safe bet that those
outfilts are all manufactured off-shore.
--
Stan Gula
http://gula.org/roffswaps

Orvis Part II
 

On Wed, 4 Aug 2004, Chris Schmelzer wrote:
--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

Chris, have you hit the Huron just downstream from the footbridge behind
Huron Towers Apartments? Excellent August evening water for smallies.
Yellow wooly bugger palmered with red hackle works wonders when swung
three quarters downstream and stripped back straight upstream. Also, a 3"
Berkley Powerworm (Krazyglued to the hook to prevent slippage during false
casting) dead drifted works wonders.

Mu
Thousand Oaks, CA
__________________________________________________ _____________________
\ Mu Young Lee
remove all dashes and underscores in reply address

Orvis Part II
 

On Wed, 4 Aug 2004, Chris Schmelzer wrote:
--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

Chris, have you hit the Huron just downstream from the footbridge behind
Huron Towers Apartments? Excellent August evening water for smallies.
Yellow wooly bugger palmered with red hackle works wonders when swung
three quarters downstream and stripped back straight upstream. Also, a 3"
Berkley Powerworm (Krazyglued to the hook to prevent slippage during false
casting) dead drifted works wonders.

Mu
Thousand Oaks, CA
__________________________________________________ _____________________
\ Mu Young Lee
remove all dashes and underscores in reply address

Orvis Part II
 

In article
td.umich.edu,
Mu Young Lee wrote:



Chris, have you hit the Huron just downstream from the footbridge behind
Huron Towers Apartments? Excellent August evening water for smallies.
Yellow wooly bugger palmered with red hackle works wonders when swung
three quarters downstream and stripped back straight upstream. Also, a 3"
Berkley Powerworm (Krazyglued to the hook to prevent slippage during false
casting) dead drifted works wonders.



Not yet, but plan to this fall now that my schedule at the hospital is
much improved!

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

Orvis Part II
 

"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
...
In article
td.umich.edu,
Mu Young Lee wrote:



Chris, have you hit the Huron just downstream from the footbridge behind
Huron Towers Apartments?


wow- deja vu - weird to read this. i lived in A Squared for 11 years-
worked for u-m dental school (pediatric dentistry) for most of them. i can
picture exactly where you are telling him to fish. never fished it though-
didn't fish when i lived there.

hey, chris- is middle earth still open? what about that yummy parthenon
restaurant downtown?

sankefiddler- go blue!

Excellent August evening water for smallies.
Yellow wooly bugger palmered with red hackle works wonders when swung
three quarters downstream and stripped back straight upstream. Also, a
3"
Berkley Powerworm (Krazyglued to the hook to prevent slippage during
false
casting) dead drifted works wonders.



Not yet, but plan to this fall now that my schedule at the hospital is
much improved!

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

Orvis Part II
 

"snakefiddler" wrote in message
...

go blue!

Up until this point I thought you were OK

In Michigan it must be Green and White!

Orvis Part II
 

"snakefiddler" wrote in message
...

go blue!

Up until this point I thought you were OK

In Michigan it must be Green and White!

Orvis Part II
 

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
...

"snakefiddler" wrote in message
...

go blue!

Up until this point I thought you were OK

In Michigan it must be Green and White!

ah, so you're a "glass is half full" type, huh? SEG

snake

Orvis Part II
 

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
...

"snakefiddler" wrote in message
...

go blue!

Up until this point I thought you were OK

In Michigan it must be Green and White!

ah, so you're a "glass is half full" type, huh? SEG

snake

Orvis Part II
 

In article ,
"snakefiddler" wrote:

"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
...
In article
td.umich.edu,
Mu Young Lee wrote:



Chris, have you hit the Huron just downstream from the footbridge behind
Huron Towers Apartments?


wow- deja vu - weird to read this. i lived in A Squared for 11 years-
worked for u-m dental school (pediatric dentistry) for most of them. i can
picture exactly where you are telling him to fish. never fished it though-
didn't fish when i lived there.

hey, chris- is middle earth still open? what about that yummy parthenon
restaurant downtown?

sankefiddler- go blue!



Middle Earth, no, don't think so 'cause I haven't ever heard of
it..Parthenon is still there just the same..

Go Blue

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

Orvis Part II
 

In article ,
"snakefiddler" wrote:

"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
...
In article
td.umich.edu,
Mu Young Lee wrote:



Chris, have you hit the Huron just downstream from the footbridge behind
Huron Towers Apartments?


wow- deja vu - weird to read this. i lived in A Squared for 11 years-
worked for u-m dental school (pediatric dentistry) for most of them. i can
picture exactly where you are telling him to fish. never fished it though-
didn't fish when i lived there.

hey, chris- is middle earth still open? what about that yummy parthenon
restaurant downtown?

sankefiddler- go blue!



Middle Earth, no, don't think so 'cause I haven't ever heard of
it..Parthenon is still there just the same..

Go Blue

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

Orvis Part II
 

"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"snakefiddler" wrote:

"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
...
In article
td.umich.edu,
Mu Young Lee wrote:



Chris, have you hit the Huron just downstream from the footbridge
behind
Huron Towers Apartments?


wow- deja vu - weird to read this. i lived in A Squared for 11 years-
worked for u-m dental school (pediatric dentistry) for most of them. i
can
picture exactly where you are telling him to fish. never fished it
though-
didn't fish when i lived there.

hey, chris- is middle earth still open? what about that yummy parthenon
restaurant downtown?

sankefiddler- go blue!



Middle Earth, no, don't think so 'cause I haven't ever heard of
it..Parthenon is still there just the same..

Go Blue


the address is 1209 South University. check it out. i hope it's still what
it used to be; a great mix of hip, and spiritual stuff, as well as a head
shopand it could boast of having the coolest, most (to borrow a word from
our freind uncle wayno) iconoclastic collection of t-shirts and cards
around. you could also get adult gag gifts there, and they had the best
collection of little tiny things like dinasours, and animals, and little
fishes, or fingers - just about any weird thing you could think of they had.
that along with great jewelry and gift items. i hope it's the same, casue
if it isn't, i don't even want to go back to ann arbor!

i'm glad parthenon is still there, though- yummy.
snakefiddler

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

Orvis Part II
 

"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"snakefiddler" wrote:

"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
...
In article
td.umich.edu,
Mu Young Lee wrote:



Chris, have you hit the Huron just downstream from the footbridge
behind
Huron Towers Apartments?


wow- deja vu - weird to read this. i lived in A Squared for 11 years-
worked for u-m dental school (pediatric dentistry) for most of them. i
can
picture exactly where you are telling him to fish. never fished it
though-
didn't fish when i lived there.

hey, chris- is middle earth still open? what about that yummy parthenon
restaurant downtown?

sankefiddler- go blue!



Middle Earth, no, don't think so 'cause I haven't ever heard of
it..Parthenon is still there just the same..

Go Blue


the address is 1209 South University. check it out. i hope it's still what
it used to be; a great mix of hip, and spiritual stuff, as well as a head
shopand it could boast of having the coolest, most (to borrow a word from
our freind uncle wayno) iconoclastic collection of t-shirts and cards
around. you could also get adult gag gifts there, and they had the best
collection of little tiny things like dinasours, and animals, and little
fishes, or fingers - just about any weird thing you could think of they had.
that along with great jewelry and gift items. i hope it's the same, casue
if it isn't, i don't even want to go back to ann arbor!

i'm glad parthenon is still there, though- yummy.
snakefiddler

--
Chris Schmelzer, MD
Capt, 110th Fighter Michigan ANG
University of Michigan Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI