Cabin fever is setting in already..

"Frank Church" wrote in message
9.11...
I'm already regretting the days I didn't fish this past year, and could
have (old fartism and plain laziness played a part I reckon) Since I
don't drive commercially when the snow flies I have plenty of time on my
hands (maybe I should take an inventory of my sock drawer?) Just finished
going thru about 10(!) yrs worth of American Angler mags looking for an
interesting fly to tie for GFS2004. Anyway, I wound up reading some
articles more in depth than the first time thru the mags. Next on the
agenda is to tackle a huge stack of Fly Tyer and WarmWaterFlyfishing back
issues. (because of one of those articles I'm already planning a trip to
Indian Pond in Maine for smallies, gonna camp out for a few days right on
the shore. Haven't done that in years and times awastin')
The entertainment value goes far beyond the cost of the subscriptions, as
it puts me back out on the water, even if it's only in my mind, and
starts the wheels turning for where to go for next year. Am I the only
one who constantly re-reads this stuff? Besides haunting the local
libraries, that is.
Some of you probably remember that I ordered a bamboo rod this month,
which will be ready in Feb. I wanted a nice reel for this pole so I
ordered up an Orvis123 disk reel for it yesterday (marked down from $235
to $157) Now this leads to a question about these newer "really slick"
flylines by all the major brand names, ie; are they worth the extra
money? I feel this new outfit deserves the best I can put on it, rather
than, say, a low end line. Or is that all just hype?
The rodmaker (John Kenealey of Solon, Me) advised using 444 Lazerline as
it was very supple. We didn't discuss that at length so I'm wondering if
suppleness or slickness is the way to go when throwing tiny trout flies?
Obviously, this is his personal opinion, and I value it, but what do you
other experienced 'boo casters have to say about that? What would you
recommend for a 7' progressive action rod and tiny flies? (to me anything
smaller than a size 12)

Frank Church
....whose driveway has disappeared this morning

Frank:

Good choice on the CFO 123 Disc. I got one for a 3 wt T3 last year and love
it. One thing though - I discovered again how important it is to straighten
the line at the beginning of the day, especially on a standard reel. I
needed to make some longish casts at the end of the day and couldn't get
past the tight coils coming off the reel. Missed some nice fish too - if
only I had straightened the line!

The line I was using was an Orvis 3 wt "Spring Creek" weight forward, and it
was a very good match for the rod. Cast very nicely close in, and once
straightened, was capable of some long casts too.

Hope this helps,

Jim Ray
(whose lawyer sold you the truck)
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