Recent content by Para_Adams

Indeed, I re-read an earlier post by you on Andros and it sounds like a trip of a lifetime, very special!

Thanks Dave! I'm feeling better and the docs' tests came out great. I will definitely take a raincheck. My old GA7633 needs some exercise for sure.

FWIW, the blank color, wraps, handle and grip all appear the same as my 7-1/2' Lamiglass S Glass 5 wt I bought new back around 1985. Back then all I wanted was one of the powerful, newfangled graphite rods so I sold it thinking it was too slow. Oooops..

I considering a trip in summer 2027 as a celebration of a decade since an unexpected major life-saving surgery. One idea is to re-visit the Fernie BC area after a long absence maybe a couple decades. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. - Have there been any major changes in...

Only two rods are left and both are now significantly reduced. I'm hoping someone will give them new homes and put them to use. Thanks!

There's a lake in Central Oregon which I fish often when down there, might be where you went. On sunny days the rainbows will feed on the hatching callibaetis for hours and I'll rarely see a brown. But in cloudy weather the browns come out in good numbers. Here's a pic of a cloudy day brown...

Bedell Fireside Parlor with Brazilian rosewood. Brazilian rosewood has the uncanny ability to take over your brain and trigger compulsive purchases.

Now all sold or pending - thanks SOLD SAGE VXP 696-4 - Fished a few times in the Rockies. A great large stream rod. Would be excellent for sea-runs, bulls, large trout, bass. Very good condition with some soiling of the grip. With original tube. $350 local. PENDING REDUCED TO $80...

Definitely missed you Greg!

I actually remember getting this issue of Field & Stream as a 13 year old, June 1973. Still makes me laugh! Phyllis Diller!! Now you have seen the only "centerfold" in Field & Stream's history.

I hope to make it again this year. Nothing new in my rod collection. But I’ll pick a couple to bring for folks to try. Ron

Greg, I think you are exactly right about that Remington source for those checkered walnut grips. I'd heard the same thing. Someone had a great idea at Heddon when they made those #60's.

That's wonderful that you have rods that Tom Fulk actually fished. That's very special. When you eventually fish them at the same places he fished them you'll have a connection to him few people could ever have. I had a very close and very special fishing buddy for a couple decades back in...

Loving this thread! Over the last 15 or so years I've been bit badly by the bamboo bug. Rods have come through my hands like water under a faucet, with so many that came in, then left, that I've literally lost count. My current collection has been severely pared back to only a half dozen, all...

Curt, do you have a favorite soft hackle for callibaetis on BC lakes? I’m looking for a pattern to try in WA and OR.