mk4 wrote:Behave yourself here and most importantly, bow down when "the one" enters the room.

Me, I'm here for the chicks.

The One? Neo's here? *, he never let's me know when he's in town.

Haliwhat? http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k185/anacrime_photo/Halibut37in-19lbs.jpg Hooked on tube, landed on beach. Not fly caught unfortunately, but caught on an artificial lure. At over 19lbs I don't know what I would do with a fish like this on a fly rod. Where are you from? I might be able t...

Yeah. Could be. I was reading, a very little bit, about Koa. Seems there is another variety called Koai'a which is supposed to be noticably harder and more dense than Koa. Still, not owning a lathe or any of the tools it is not something I would tackle. But an interesting possibility nonetheless. I ...

Wow, that is a real beauty, Ryan. Congrats on scoring that for such a deal too. Just kidding about carving it up for reel seat inserts. Though that Koa looks like it would make nice ones. Such a warm color to it and the curly grain in fantastic.

Darrin

Yeah, Koa. Can you imagine the reel seat inserts you could make from that?

If you guys like those, you should look around the photography section of the forum there. Zach, the forum owner, is a writer for American Angler and a published photographer. There are quite a few pro photo guys there. Lots of discussion and many examples of fly fishing and hunting photography. Tha...

Nonw that would would have had the water flowing out my nose, Jon. My luck, I had just picked up the cup.

Yeah, I definitely know they can smell. I still talk to people who don't realize they have noses, but you can see the nostrils or equivalent just in front of their eyes. In this article found on MidCurrent.com Zach Matthews talks about carp and the alarm pheromones they release in addition to a bunc...

I have not heard that about Trout, but have read/heard that, if while stalking carp you spook one fish in the pod, even if the pod is not tightly spread, the entire pod will be put down. This was supposed to be due to pheromones. Good info Ariel. Since finding that out about carp, I have often wonde...

Cool. Zooming in I can see how that piece fits in place. It still amazes me how many ways people have come up with to reverse the direction on fly reels.

Shane, I do not know this reel, but it looks, mechanically, a lot like the Pflueger 1492 which is not reversible. Of course you could flip it around and fish it reversed if there is an opening for the line on both sides. You just would not have drag to the fish. My buddy uses his 1492 that way on hi...

Cool. First try got 73%. So yeah, I could do some homework too I guess. Tool quite a while to find the correct answers fot the ones I missed. A few look like nymph forms but are listed as larval forms.

Thanks

By the way, people, SierraTradingPost still has it in 0 and 00 for $20. In case anyone still wants some.

Sasha, I think I would talk to Mike (Riverphish) about this. I know he makes down to a 2 wt boo stick. Unless there is a bamboo rod builder here, Mike would definitely be the most knowledgeable person I could point you to. Concerning the boo anyway. As for the TXL, well come on, you already know you...

Well, I was CreekWalker (that's what I did when fishing after all) on another board, though not a fishing one. It was a board for prepress techs in the printing industry. I was going to use it on flyfishing boards, but the first one I signed on at, the ItinerantAngler board has requested that all us...