HBD!

briansII

Yep. I get it, Bri...My only real CON is vulnerability . Its like trying to outrun a bullet - you cant - youre gonna get hit. Sitting in a tube, I'm going to feel vulnerable because I know that I cant out-paddle Sharknado... and I cant out-paddle the bridge if it collapses during that mega-quake we...

Pros. Easily transportable. Easy access to fishing spots. Stealthy. Excellent, short range mobility. Mild to mid level(wind & current)cardio workout. Relatively inexpensive. Relaxing. Fun and SAFE. Cons. Limited fishing range. Limited bladder relief options. Not for folks afraid of the boogie ma...

It's natural to be a little nervous on your first trip, but there's nothing to be worried about. If I'm not mistaken, you'll have a PFD on, so there's even less to worry about. A float tube is a very stable fishing platform. You'd have to do something extraordinarily crazy to flip one. Even in waves...

Very nice. Have Fish = Will Travel + Bring Portable Sun.

briansII

Oh c'mon guys! This rod will have to have George Andersons blessing before you buy it! :funnyup: Um. No. ;) In all honesty, if I have the free time to read them, I find his annual reviews interesting. Not so much for his final rankings of the rods/reels, but for the baseline info(weight, flex profi...

Congrats on the new rod. Glade to hear a positive, firsthand review, and NOT some advertising hype. In no way am I interested in another fly rod, and in particular ANOTHER 8wt, but...... Last season I downsized from 9wts to 8wts for some of my striper fishing. It was surprising that I could immediat...

Congratulations!! That's awesome!

So the trailer was for all your fly fishing gear, but what did you do with all the house stuff?

briansII

Rods that *I* like in the 6-7wt range are. And since I have not been interested in a new 6-7wt in several years, most of these are discontinued. Scott STS. Sage XP. Sage SP. Winston BIIx. Redington CPS. St Croix Legend. Sage One. TFO BVK. Cabelas LSi. I've tried a bunch more, but these are the ones ...

Very sorry for your loss. Thoughts for your family and friends.

briansII

I half expected NOT to get my Summer Edition of The Drake(running joke on poor distribution), but it arrived yesterday. I ripped the shipping plastic off, and flipped though the rag to find a specific story. Bunch of pages filled with stuff about trout, steelhead, permit, yadda yadda. You know, tras...

I recall having a Bucket List... Now I am happy anytime I get to wet a line. Same here. As time goes on, I'm finding less time to do "bucket list" type trips, and have to be happy with what I can do until I retire. Not to be a debbie downer, I'll list some stuff I'd like to do when I'm ab...

That's an insightful preview, Jeff. Thanks for posting it! This caught my eye, especially the bit about "crisper tip-top." That's the region in Sage blanks giving me the most heartburn: ...greater blank recovery and a crisper tip-top, allowing anglers to dig deeper into the rod and access...

BTW, the TCR isn't the stiffest trout rod I ever cast. Try the Temple Fork TiCRX!!!! Wow. Had one of the TiCR. It was too stiff. Sold it. :) But not before I used the snot out of it. Cork was shot. Ferrules were showing stress crack. Sent it in to TFO and they sent me a new rod.....then I sold it f...

I haven’t purchased a new Sage rod since they discontinued the SLT line. I have no use for fast action rods because I only fish for trout, and I have that pretty well covered. For what it's worth, I think Sage's "fast action" rods peaked at their TCR series, and then gradually got softer....