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I'm willing to drop the price for this outfit to $300.

Thanks Bill for the info. I can also provide pictures if anyone wants them, and I forgot to mention I have the box the Battenkill came in and the rod tube and sock for the rod.

Hello I have an almost new Orvis Clearwater Spey Rod and Battenkill click and Pawl reel that I used one time on Shad last year.

The entire outfit was set up by Joe Vasquez in the shop two years...

I took Andy's advice exactly and had one of the best shad days of my life. We caught 30 or 40 between the two of us in about 3 hours. I caught all mine on the Bloody Maria. Also, my first fish on my...

Thanks Andy! You’ve always given me good advice!

I'm going to be at Sailor Bar tomorrow and I want to try using my spey rod. I had it set up at the shop last year and I have a Rio Skagit Max line on it and I have a full T11 Mow Tip and and a MOW...

I went into the fly shop and Joe Vasquez set me up with an Orvis Clearwater in 7 weight with and Orvis Battenkil Click and Pawl that I really like. It balances out well and what was in my budget. I...

I'm going to be in Fall River this weekend and wondered if anyone had any early September advice for fishing the river.

Thanks for the feedback. I agree it's a problem but take some comfort in what cdevine mentions--that we're not hearing about too many people getting hurt for accidentally stumbling upon one.

I know this may be a sensitive subject and I don't want to get into too much controversy. I'm just wondering if any of you guys see this kind of thing very much. I've been hunting and fishing in CA...

These are some great suggestions. Thanks! Campy Layman is very affordable too.

This may be a bit vague but does anyone know of a decent rental cabin in the Sierras that I could go to with the wife and kids, that is near enough to walk to some ok to decent fishing? I'm trying to...

Thanks for all the feedback! I've got an Echo Ion 5/6 reel I can put on it. Wish I had an older Medalist to use. I'll go with a 5 weight modern line. Using it for summer steelhead and shad sounds...

Hi Everyone,

My dad gave me his Fenwick Fiberglass fly rod. It's an 8 1/2 foot 5/6 weight. It says "FF84" on the rod. I've looked it up online and there's not a ton of info. I'd like to fish it at...

Thanks All! I think I'll try Rancho Seco since it seems like the least expensive place. Have any of you tried Waegell Brothers?

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone could recommend any pay to fish ponds for pan fish near Sacramento. I ask about pay to fish because I want a place that I can almost guarantee a few bites for my...

Is there an effective way to shad fish like in the American with a floating line? I too find fishing floating lines more pleasurable but have never done well using floating line for shad.

Well, it took awhile but I finally got out to Harrington this morning and things seemed good, but after an hour of nymphing (I'm still not sure how to swing flies very well) I had one for sure bite,...

I'm going to go out early tomorrow to Harrington to try swinging some of my ugly self-tied soft hackles for Steelhead. I'll report my likely skunk later tomorrow morning. I haven't seen many reports...

Thanks for the advice guys. I had some materials that looked like I could use for sort hackles. The red and silver one is an attempt at an "Attractor" soft hackle. And the other is just a peacock...

Hi everyone,

I know this question could probably have many answers but does anyone have a recommendation for what fly a new tier might have good luck tying both in terms of not being too hard to...

Thanks for all the feedback and encouragement. I've always been intimidated when it comes to tying flies. Haven't gotten out yet to try them, but I have 20 tied up now. I'll be more careful with the...

Thanks for the feed back. I have tied about 15 more and am being very careful with the wrappings in the back. I look forward to trying them out.

Thanks again.

Hi everyone,

I'm newish to fly fishing and pretty much brand new to fly tying. A few weeks ago I went fishing with my neighbor on the American for Stripers and we used Clouser Minnows. I caught a...

Thanks to everyone for responding so quick. It sounds like there is a lot of water near where I work! That is pretty exciting and makes it hard to concentrate on work... Also it is scary how fast it...