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It's probably worth between $75 and $100. I'm sure we can work out a fair price, and I'd like to buy it.

My email is: mebrown54@earthlink.net

Mark

Thanks guys, I did buy that reel posted on Spey Pages. I have a bunch of 500 Sage reels and have enjoyed using them for trout, shad, and small summer steelhead for a long time.

I've always used...

Looking for a Sage 509 reel made Hardy. Anyone got one collecting dust?

Thanks,

Mark

I'm sixty and my coworkers often ask when I plan on retiring. I tell them I retired from the time I was 17 until I was 40 which is kind of true because I spent my time surfing, fishing, and...

"So they get the oldest guy in the class to give it a shot. Probably mid to late 50's' " Ouch that hurts as I left my fifties a while ago. I've had a few scary wading mistakes over the years. Now...

Doing nothing seems to work best for me most of the time. No loop. I've lost many more steelhead by "setting" the hook than my not setting it. Listen to the click and paw for a few seconds, raise...

On a slightly different note: I own both Simms and Patagonia waders and have put holes in both. I send them back or fix them myself, and I'm generally happy with them. However, my next pair of...

I have and love that rod. Just out of curiosity, what are you fishing in place of that rod?

Mark

If that's how you like to catch steelhead (and it is for me) Herb and Kit are the best. Nobody comes close to knowing and caring for the Trinity like Herb.

MB

PM sent about Scott rods.

Terry, thanks again for the good advice.

I am already guilty of hitting a rod repeatedly with heavy flies and having it break on a shad a few months later.

Mark

First, thanks for all the replies. I have a pretty good idea about what to bring.

Terry, how do you land a shad on a lighter rod without the acute angle?

Mark

I've fished shad with single handed rods using floating lines, shooting heads, and sink tips. As a newcomer to spey casting, I'm wondering what some of you use with spey rods for shad, Scandi with...