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Late Season Trout, New Tackle |
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Late Season Trout, New Tackle, PhD Class, Fly Shop Guy |
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Northwest
Fly Tying Rendezvous November 1, 2002, 9:30am - 3:30pm Glenn Otto State Park Troutdale Community Center, Sam Cox Hall Fly tying demonstrations by celebrity tiers: Presented By: Northwest Flyfishers, a member Club in the Federation of Fly Fishers |
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Many people are aware that you can catch a lot of trout (and steelhead) with very small nymphs dead drifted along the bottom. This approach is very productive in places where fish populations are concentrated. Years ago we discovered that some very nice local resident trout prefer to take their meals in bigger bites. Streamers fished on sinking tip lines can be very productive for covering large expanses of riffle water. This method will catch many large trout that are unavailable to the fly fishers by any other approach. Wooly Buggers, |
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Muddler Minnows and Zonkers are deadly on Deschutes Redsides, Bull Trout and Brown Trout. After any of these species reach larger sizes they are less inclined to feed on small nymphs or dry flies. They need to take in protein in larger packages just to maintain strength. Crayfish, baitfish and leeches often reach sizes large enough to sustain larger trout. Anglers who fish with shooting head style sinking tip lines such as the Jim Teeny T-Series or Cortland's Quick Descent Series can cover |
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a lot more water than most anglers who fish with dead drifted nymphs or dry flies. This is often water that is neglected by other anglers. In many rivers you can find an occasional larger than average trout in almost any kind of water, but most often larger trout like larger territories. There is always a lot of food moving down the very center of the current. The deepest water is usually there and hence the best cover like big boulders and the holes that develop around them. Big trout are often solitary. Covering a lot of water is a key to success. By fishing a "deep" wet fly swing you can |
| cover large amounts of river bottom. If you can keep your fly within a foot of the bottom, you will usually get more action than if the fly is fished shallower. I have a system that consists of a 130 grain Teeny, 175 grain Quick Decent and 200 Teeny. I use the 175 Q.D. the most. It fishes best in moderately fast flows where the water is 4-6 feet deep. I like a medium fast #6 rod for this kind of fishing. Eight pound Maxima is the favorite tippet. | |
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It is the season when many new products are becoming available. |
| B2X From Winston
Now In Stock! The R.L.WINSTON folks have developed a new fast series of rods known as the BORON IIx line. The best way to describe the new rods is to say that they are deceptively fast. Like all Winstons, these rods seem very smooth, much like the LT series, but if you pay attention you will soon notice the line speed these rods generate is amazing. These are 100' distance rods, but quite sensitive and still able to cast very short distances too. Seems like a conflicting statement, but not with these rods. The Boron IIx rods do not really feel fast, but they are! If you love that classic Winston soul, try one of these rods. It's a Winston what else needs to be said. In stock! |
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| Sage
Xi2 SAGE has always been one of the top rod makers of the world. Period. They have dropped the RPLXi Series in favor of their new Generation-5, Xi2. The RPLXi had been the choice of serious salt water anglers all over the world. Well, now it has been redesigned with newer technology. If you need a rod that can cast well over long distance, (right now!) and still translate what the rod is doing in your hand, including horsing a large gamefish from underneath the boat, get a hold of a Xi2. These rods will become available during November 2004. We are taking orders now! |
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Sage Xi2 Saltwater Fly Rods - Taking Orders Now! |
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Handle Chart -
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SIMMS has re-designed the lightweight wading boot. It has new from the ground (or streambed) up. The new model has been made on a wider platform, which means a better fit for more anglers. I have always thought they seemed a bit narrow, but no longer. Now there is choice of three bottoms: felt (still convertible with the screw set- up), aqua stealth and the tried and true carbide studs. Rubber ³buffers² have been added in the heel area. These new wading boots should last much longer and remain comfortable. |
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OUTCAST has new seatback storage option available (with water bottle holders) that will fit most pontoon boats with seats similar to those that Outcast uses. This is a good idea! When companies USE the products that they design it shows! They also have a few new boats becoming available. Outcast has always had excellent products! This Seat Saddle Bag is designed to handle all your personal gear. Includes fishing net pouch with drain, 1 large dry pocket and 1 medium wet/dry pocket. Heavy duty straps secure this bag to almost every molded bucket seat. $24.95 |
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4-day
Spey Rod Steelhead PHD Class Spend 4 days on the Deschutes River with: Mark Bachmann, Brian Silvey and Simon Gawesworth. September 1, 2, 3, 4, 2004 September is prime time for the stretch of river we will be fishing. This school intends that you will graduate with extensive proprietary knowledge of steelhead fishing and spey rod casting. |
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We will camp
on prime water and we will have walking and boat access to miles |
| Price: $1850 per person. | Non-Refundable Deposit: $399 | Balance Due: $1451 by 08/01/04 |
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| ST-CLASS-7 | 4-day PHD steelhead class with Mark Bachmann, Brian Silvey and Simon Gawesworth, September 1, 2, 3, 4, 2004. | $399 |
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DAY IN THE LIFE of THE FLY SHOP GUY By J. Morgan Jones |
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First thing to clear up is that
it's
not like a real job,.. right? No stress. Just hang around and talk with
everybody on their way fishing. A quick thought here - You are going
fishing, I am not. A small thing. Turn on the lights and "OPEN" sign, get the coffee going, boot-up the computers, print the internet orders, answer the e-mails. About that time, someone you know comes in the store to get a cup of coffee, a handful of flies, maybe a |
| spool of tippet and some pleasant conversation, the phone rings. This is only the first call. It is likely to ring 100 times today. Patty, comes in and handles the traffic at the counter and then leaves for the office. Things need to be unpacked, priced and put on display (or into the stock room). Need to put orders together and ship them out. Some of them go to other countries, and the additional paper work needs to be done with the greatest of precision. It slows me down, but it is fascinating that I able to reach nearly the entire world from this office. Our place is extremely high tech and efficient. | |
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Mean while more in-store customers are showing up and some are needing help. This is a good thing. Anytime that someone asks you for help, and you are able to give it well, it's like getting a small token of satisfaction. I have no idea what I am going to be able to redeem these tokens for, I guess that I just like to know that I have some in my pocket. |
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But, the phone is ringing nearly continually, (remember?). The phone has got to be the most intense thing about The Fly Fishing Shop. See, the person on the other end has no idea what you are doing when they decided to call. They don't know that you have four folks at the register wanting to pay up and get to the river, one person waiting to have line installed on their spool and so on. I'm very busy, and I have things that I really need to get done. But---Hey! It's exciting to be busy. A bit of casual conversation on the phone just help to keep me from being bored is all. Not like it is a real job though. |
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So I pick up the phone.
Its "Dr. Someone". He needs a
saltwater rod and line. Never Bone fished before, leaving in a week with
friends. Really wants to avoid making the wrong decision about equipment
and put a damper on the whole experience. Sure, let me make the decision
for you. Let me be responsible for your $3800.00 trip. Good thing there is no stress
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He's working on things that could affect all of
us. "What patterns will he need today? What river is looking the
best?" Now this is a guy that NEEDS to get away now and then.
What
he deserves to have is the best that I can give him. For some unknown
reason, his question is important to me. He just wants to relax and
perhaps catch a fish. He's counting on my answer to help. Every time he
goes fishing, he takes the time to call or e-mail with all the info he
has gathered, and if he saw or caught fish. |
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| This trust thing is kind of a strange deal. It¹s
not the same as, say, having a 14 pound really angry steelhead
dancing at the end of your line, but it¹s right up there near the top
of the list of "Things that we don't talk about much, but kind of
like anyway", at least it is if you are the kind of guy that has
this kind of list. Once in a while, I answer the phone, and someone says "what do you want for breakfast? I'll be by there in a few and thought you might want something." |
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often the boss shows up and when he's around, he always buys
lunch. Perhaps this is why I keep
saving those tokens. |
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The Fly Fishing Shop, Welches, OR
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Fish
long & prosper,
Mark & Patty
