Recent content by Dillon

I haven’t been on this forum much, but I heard about this thread. Then I got curious and read some of it today. I don’t know if it has been mentioned, but the newsletter was started a long time before the shop changed hands. When it started a guy was hired to write a weekly report. He wrote...

My son riding the wake in Tulsa…

Columbia River near Reed Island

Anderson’s Euphoria

I recently shipped a 4 pc fly rod in its metal tube, packed in my cardboard cylinder tube at UPS. It costs $54 to ship from Portland to Arizona. It would have been much less shipped in a box. But, If I purchased their box it would have been about the same. USPS for sure, if there is a next time.

I fish a full intermediate Cortland camo line sometimes, but I prefer the Cortland intermediate 7 ft sink tip line. It’s particularly effective when fish are feeding near the surface. I like it because I can cast to fish, then strip retrieve the fly 10-20 ft. Then pick it up and recast.

I briefly cast a 9ft 5 at. on the lawn at the Maupin Trout Fest. I thought it was a very nice casting rod for the money.

I’m just finishing the graphite 10 ft 3/4 weight Czech nymph rod. I think, Luna, a fast 8ft. 5 wt. glass rod might be next . Has anyone built either of them?

I just finished building Proof’s, Meadow, 7ft. 6in 3/4 weight fiberglass rod. It was my first build and my first glass rod. Another kit is in the mail now. I’m very pleased with the quality, price and customer service.

Dave’s Redwing

I have fished with some people who appear to be very competitive, but they won’t admit it…

I agree and the 486 Taylor Dynamix is a very good choice at $199.

My friend loves his X as a medium sized river dry fly rod.

The muddler was once my go to dry line summer steelhead fly, probably because my first fly hooked steelhead was on one.