Sparse Grey Matter

That is one beautiful fish!

Personally, I would pick at least a 5-weight for what you’re doing. You might try to find an old Orvis Far & Fine graphite, which is a 7’9” 5-weight.

I’ll go through my archives and see what I can find, but what about Maine style streamers, Lew Oatman, etc. Do they qualify?

ted patlen wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:07 am

cj, I have no freak'n idea where bad came from

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bad male = bnd male + auto-correct

... just my guess

My first trout was hooked in the Nissequogue River on Long Island, in 1979. It was a brook trout about 11 or 12 inches, taken on a Quill Gordon dry. Except for the fact that I dropped it after 10 or 15 seconds, it was a perfect experience and I was hooked for life. If I had to pick the most memorabl...

Sad news. Eric’s fly tying book was what got me started, after a few false starts with other books.

I listened to an April Vokey podcast recently in which she interviews Larry Solomon. Larry mentions that Eric was a songwriter when they first crossed paths, something I never knew.

Thanks Chuck. Go right ahead. I hope it brings you as much success as it has for me.

I started fly fishing in 1979, and coincidentally, I started keeping a fishing log that year. Every year around this time, I go through my logs and try to glean some information from them. This time around, I decided to list every fly pattern I've ever used and count how many times that particular p...

I still do. For Catskills dries, my favorite glass rod is a 7-1/2’ -4wt Lamiglas that I built some years ago when the blanks were available in the “flamed cane” color. Another rod that I really enjoy is my Shakespeare 848 Wonderod. It’s a 6wt that I use quite a bit, especially in the early season. A...

My copy arrived today. What a fantastic book! And thanks for including my little blurb.