Frank Sawyers bench at Netheravon
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- Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:38 pm
- Forum: Photography
- Topic: photos 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 188
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 3:46 pm
- Forum: FP Discussions
- Topic: Unproven
- Replies: 27
- Views: 423
Re: Unproven
I guess I’ll have to rename my variant to “Elk Hair Sedge made with deer hair”
If you want to raise some froth on a fishing forum, go into the fly tying section and call them man knitters
If you want to raise some froth on a fishing forum, go into the fly tying section and call them man knitters
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:58 pm
- Forum: FP Discussions
- Topic: Unproven
- Replies: 27
- Views: 423
Re: Unproven
He will have to live on seaweed, you can’t catch potatoes in the sea.
I name all my flies even if I haven’t fished them. I’ll call them “pile of shite”, “hope it doesn’t fall to bits” and “needs more glue”.
Regards
Vince
I name all my flies even if I haven’t fished them. I’ll call them “pile of shite”, “hope it doesn’t fall to bits” and “needs more glue”.
Regards
Vince
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:43 am
- Forum: Flycasting
- Topic: Fly casting paradox (number 1)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 329
Re: Fly casting paradox (number 1)
There are several senses of the word flight, and the one connected to beverage and food tastings is derived from the sense of "a group of similar beings or objects flying through the air together," which was incubated in the nest of Old English flyht—itself related to flēogan, the Old Engl...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:31 am
- Forum: Flycasting
- Topic: Step up drill
- Replies: 5
- Views: 162
Re: Step up drill
Maybe I’m misunderstanding but apart from the transition between different angles, why does the cast break the 180 rule. If I have understood the description correctly, it is a drill Mark put me through as a mentor albeit at 40ft to increase my range of control.
Regards
Vince
Regards
Vince
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:28 am
- Forum: Flycasting
- Topic: glass vs graphite
- Replies: 56
- Views: 1285
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:00 pm
- Forum: Flycasting
- Topic: glass vs graphite
- Replies: 56
- Views: 1285
Re: glass vs graphite
What line weights do you fish Torsten? In #5 upwards it has always been nymph or cone head strikes that caused a rod break for me. #3 and below it has been due to sticking the tip into the tree or a bank, the cf tips are very fine diameters. I’ve never broken a glass rod, nor heard of one broken. Re...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: Flyfishing
- Topic: The Lost World of Mr Hardy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 104
The Lost World of Mr Hardy
A bit of nostalgia
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:19 pm
- Forum: Flycasting
- Topic: glass vs graphite
- Replies: 56
- Views: 1285
Re: glass vs graphite
Butt section of a noodle
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:22 pm
- Forum: Flycasting
- Topic: glass vs graphite
- Replies: 56
- Views: 1285
Re: glass vs graphite
Scott have been making (small) glass rods for years, I own two of them, built at different times (30 years in between or something). One is a 5 piece, the other one is a 3 piece supposed to be made of a different glass grade. It is sanded, not like the 5p one. However they have exactly the same cha...