The Last New Thing

"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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g.c.


Who still didn't find anything about the DCAs, like what kind of drag
they have, quality, etc.

George,
Some years ago, when the DCA's were first discontinued, a friend of mine
told me about this fantastic deal on Lamson reels at his local fly shop.
Thinking that they were the LP model that I was very familiar with (love my
LP3), I told him to pick one up for me, and I would get it from him the
following week when we met on Kodiak for our annual Coho fishing trip.
Another mutual friend did likewise.
Neither of us are at all happy with the reels, which are the DCA 4 size. Its
not by accident that they were in production for such a short time before
they were discontinued.

1. Even at its tightest setting the drag doesn't have adequate resistance
for large fish.. ( the drag is a drum & brakeshoe design rather than disc).
2. With no heavier use than I give my LP, the DCA looked more dinged up in
one trip than the LP does after 10+ years.
3. The drag on mine blew out completely on about the 3rd large Coho that
made a strong run.
4. Both of us sent our reels back to Lamson (he to just get a more
satisfactory heavy drag setting, me to get the entire drag assembly
replaced) and, upon return, there was only slight improvement in maximum
drag resistance.


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Bob Weinberger
La, Grande, OR

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Bob Weinberger wrote:

Neither of us are at all happy with the reels, which are the DCA 4 size. Its
not by accident that they were in production for such a short time before
they were discontinued.

I have one of those, and it's a total POS. The drag is pathetic. I
dropped it on the rocks -- just a simple no-big-deal drop -- and it bent
and has never worked properly since.

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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 04:44:19 GMT, rw
wrote:

Bob Weinberger wrote:

Neither of us are at all happy with the reels, which are the DCA 4 size. Its
not by accident that they were in production for such a short time before
they were discontinued.

I have one of those, and it's a total POS. The drag is pathetic. I
dropped it on the rocks -- just a simple no-big-deal drop -- and it bent
and has never worked properly since.


Thanks! I guess I'll let that "good deal" on eBay pass.

g.c.

In article ,
says...
Can anyone think of anything else?

Breathable waders and multi-piece rods.
- Ken

George Cleveland wrote:
Can anyone think of anything else?

4 pcs rods with lifetime guarantee (I only use Scott and Sage now)
LA flyreels (I only use Lamson Waterworks and Sage reels now)
C&F flyboxes
Goretex breatheable waders/hip waders and jackets
Bootless waders :-)
Tiemco 811S hooks :-)
Tiemco hooks in general ;-)
Polar fibres, synthetic dubbing and epoxy (use em' for 99% my SW flies)
Hoffman / Whiting necks
Renzetti Traveler vice (is it older than 20 years?)
William Joseph gear (its a godsend imho)
Flourcarbon tippet material

Thats about it I guess...



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Thomas Schreiber
http://schreiber.se

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, George Cleveland wrote:

The only two
things that I can think of that are somewhat innovative (i.e. not in
the pages of those old mags) are CDC flies and Large Arbor reels.

If you get a chance to look at Leon Link's book on CDC you'll find that
the Europeans have been CDC fans for much longer than here in CONUS.

Mu

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. umich.edu, Mu Young
Lee wrote:

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, George Cleveland wrote:

The only two
things that I can think of that are somewhat innovative (i.e. not in
the pages of those old mags) are CDC flies and Large Arbor reels.

If you get a chance to look at Leon Link's book on CDC you'll find that
the Europeans have been CDC fans for much longer than here in CONUS.

Mu
Yes. They've certainly been using them in the Jura mountains in
France/Switzerland since I first went there forty years ago.

Lazarus

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Remover the rock from the email address

wading boots are less like bricks and tippet material is much better.
Hackle is outstanding. Fly boxes have improved as has the selection of
flies, I mean, one can choose, online no less, from of over 185
flies, just for the Madison... the mind boggles :-)
Harry Mason
www.Troutflies.com

Yes, but has no one miniturized the fly boxes so I can carry 185 differing
types of flies (okay, I need six of each size in 3 different sizes, that
comes out to 3330 flies)?
Frank Reid

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 18:46:47 -0600, George Cleveland
wrote:

Can anyone think of anything else?

Goretex rainwear, Tarponwear type shirts, breathable waders and lightweight
boots.
--
Charlie...
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http://www.chocphoto.com/roff

"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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Can anyone think of anything else?


g.c.



Well, not being old enough to have been there 20 years ago, I can only guess
at what must have been available tackle-wise. I would propose that the
internet is one of the largest innovations in our sport. It is the way I met
all of the folks here and through you folks, I restarted down the only true
and righteous path of fly fishing enlightenment.

Danl