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I have a custom 690 that was built on an rx8+ 15 or so years ago and it’s a great rod. For many years it was my only 6wt and has seen a shit ton of use, more than any one fly rod I own. It is seemingly indestructible. One summer in alaska I broke the other two rods I brought with me and I ended...

Not the best picture because he was pretty upset but I did get my lure back. I would never fight a turtle.

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Looking for: Bridge torrent 575 Bridge wintertide 550gr 8/9 Nextcast Zone F1 575

I’ve got $20 on it if you get that fish tattooed on your lower back.

Nice work Dan!

The first spring day on the skagit or Sauk where I have to take off my coat in the afternoon because I’m too warm. The days are noticeably longer. The trees are budding. I should probably mow my lawn but that’s tomorrows problem. I’m fishing a light tip and a marabou fly and it’s swinging...

After spending over $200 to repair my XP I’m done buying more older sages unless I get a screaming deal. I used to have a 7wt RPL and agree it was a nice casting action. I caught a lot of summer steel on that rod once upon a time.

I’ve never cast a Burkie single hander but I have a spey rod. Beautiful rods, and great customer service.

I think there is a place for fast rods but I don’t enjoy them much for trout fishing applications. I want my trout rods to feel like a trout rod, actually bend, and cast nicely inside of 40’. Im intrigued by the new G series. But if I’m throwing a big salmon fly dry in the wind does it have the...

I’m on my way to alaska right now and I’ll be back around first week of Feb. I’d love to meet up and cast that rod I can send you a PM when it’s getting closer

The 905 is sick. It’s about as fast as I’d ever want a 5wt to be and still has feel to it. I feel like the 906 might be just as money but it’s always hard to know how different models compare. Thanks for the feedback from a real user and not a paid review online lol. It’s definitely high on my...

I guess that’s one company I don’t own anything from. I’ll have to find one to cast

I’ve never fished a Helios 6wt but have heard good things. I’ve fished the 9 and 10wt briefly on a guided trip and liked them a lot. My only gripe is the white band but if I loved the rod I’d get over it

I’m legitimately laughing out loud.

I want to add another 9’ 6wt to my arsenal. Something that isn’t ultra fast and has a little feel and would be at home throwing large foam dries on a windy western freestone or tail water from a drift boat and could pull double duty with a streamer line. I have a 905 centric and am considering a...

Streamer max short is a real good one from the boat. A shorter head is better in a boat IMO, strip to the oars, one back cast and back in the water. When wade fishing you can afford false casts, in a boat false casts are just leaving more water unfished. Whether short casts pounding the bank as...

The SA anadro line is my favorite bobber line I’ve ever tried and I’m pretty sure I’ve tried them all since nymph tapers became a thing. With that line I think any rod will easily fish a bobber on a lake. I have 2 matching 5100 echo Lagos for Stillwater bobber watching because obviously if...

I couldn’t eat an owl. They are far too majestic. I’d make an omelette with bald eagle eggs and not think twice but I can’t even throw a rock at any of the barred owls on my property that occasionally pick off one of my chickens. I’ve got a huge maple tree adjacent to my chicken yard and it’s a...