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

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

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?

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

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

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
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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

"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

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

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
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