"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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Bob La Londe wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
The lesson to remember is not to go all smart-assed, off-topic
net nanny on posts that are on topic. Not that you ever would.

ROFL. Dang it Ken. Yer killing me.

So you been daintily dabbing at the water lately?

Everything around here is brown, muddy and blown out. I may drive
up to the driftless next week to daintily dab at some little brookies.

I'll be in northern Wisconsin right after the muskie opener for
Ken's Annual Midwestern Fly Fishing Trifecta Extravaganza. I'll
dab daintily at little brookies in the backwoods trout streams of
the yoop, cast poppers at trophy smallies in the Sylvania and heave
big heavy gobs of rabbit fur at muskies around Boulder Junction for
a couple of weeks. The last week of May and the first week of June
is a good time to use everything in the bag. All the fly rods, 1wt
to 9wt, will get a workout. It's a great time to be in that neck of
the woods so long as you remember to bring the deet. ;-)


You know Ken. I actually own two fly rods. A 5wt which I pretty much use
for everything, and 7/8 that I use for giant rabbit fur streamers (look like
worms in the water to me) and large poppers. They aren't Sage or St Croix
or anything like that. The 5wt which I like better and has a much better
feel is a Wal-Mart special, and the 7/8 is a Scientific Angler special, and
feels like using a soggy log. I can lay down some pretty tiny flies with
the 5wt so I never saw any need to get a lighter rod. After experimenting I
have found I can do pretty well with the larger stuff with it too. The only
good reason I take both rods on the rare occasions when I fly cast is so I
do not have to stop and change leaders if I decide the monster size bugs
will produce a bass or some good size panfish. In open water I can pretty
much land anything on the 5wt and as an experienced bass wincher I already
know if something gets back in the trash its just patience and luck to get
it back out. P.S. I used to own three fly rods, but when my rod rack got
knocked over a year ago that was one of the rods that didn't make it back
out of the melee. I wouldn't even own the 7/8 or the one that got broken (a
6/7) if it weren't some comments you made a long time ago on ROFF.

Of course I almost never do any really long line presentation on a fly rod
so a lot of the subtleties are no doubt lost on this bass wincher.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com