I miss fishing RF.
Sure I can fish for steelhead in winter right here in my neighborhood.
But what I miss is the nice easy walk to the creek, lots of casting room and steelhead size trout to catch.
This N. Umpqua river is a bitch for an ole guy to just get to the river bank in most places.
The...
I'm gonna make a comment about a sage rod that my friend was gifted.
Really nice 9' 4wt, but what I could not believe was the reel seat was plastic, I mean really.
I bought a least expensive Redington 9' 5wt at a closeout price of less than $100.00 with a real wood reel seat and stainless parts...
I'll second that also.
My first bone fishing trip was a great time and I caught few nice bones.
My guide made my trip and made a big difference to my DIYS trips after that.
Sight fishing the flats is the bomb.
YUP, ours went up 40% also.
Here in OR, ya can't get lic. plates without Insurance, ya also loose yer drivers license
So these folks are driving around without insurance, license, or tabs on their plates. MMMM what is wrong with that pic.
I bought a new Rio DT3F for my 9 ft RL Winston and was able to cast to the backing.
The WF3F for the other 3wt 7'8' rod has way to much running line to be able to cast all of it.
When I need a new fly line I look for the close outs, which is last years line and they seem to last just as long as...
Here I am on a pretty much fixed income, and with the cost of living going up faster than the cost of living raise, I just don't see how to keep up.
Home owners and car ins. increases really caught me by surprise this year.
With a little searching I can still find fly fishing gear and hand tools...