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I received one of those wooden tabletop fly-tying stations as gift that was more of a pain than it was worth. I don't know who designed it or what they tied, but they couldn't have had much in the way of tools, threads or materials and man was it cramped. It was like trying to tie Deceiver's in...

Kiene's Fly Shop in Sac-of-tomatoes, CA. Troutfitter's in Mammoth, CA. Ace "Mountain" Hardware in Truckee, CA. It would be easier to come up with a long list of " late great " fly shops that are gone, but not forgotten.

Who can tie an ant that floats on it’s side? It's been my experience that most any commercial fly-tying house can. They get them to land upside down, headfirst, buns down, sideways, you name it. :giggle:

Just don't expect the floating tips with their loop connecters to replace a Trout rod with a traditional ( DT or WF ) full floating line when it comes to delicacy with a dry fly. Delicate they are not. The Versi-tip tapers ( at least mine on the old Windcutter tapers ) are designed more for...

I have five of them, 2 each 6 weights and two each 8 weights built on the old Windcutter tapers, the fifth one isn't made anymore, it's a nine weight coldwater Striper line, its main body is a clear blue intermediate. The six weights are part of an all around, catch all system. The reel and an...

On a one hundred plus degree weekday with the smell of sage in the air, windows down, I start the ninety-minute cruise up a little used windy steep road. As my rig chugs up the grades, I can feel the temperature drop. I hit the summit at 9,200' and it's sixty-two degrees in the sun, still a few...

One of my first consistently successful ties when I was around thirteen years old, was the Chalk fly. It was tied on a #12 Eagle Claw Baitholder, a maggot shaped body built up with white thread from my mom's sewing kit ( sort of like the old Ted Fay Bombers ) and a tail made from our cat...

That's a gas. An old friend of mine whose got a shop and guides in Northern CA knew I had that rod and wasn't using it anymore. He asked me if I'd consider selling it to one of his clients and so I did, for a whopping $250.00, but that was about six years ago. I'd have probably given it to the...

If there are, they've remained a mystery to me. I've had James Scott, Streamline, Patagucci, Simms, Cabela's and a few others over the decades that don't come to mind and like you my feet are not the same as they were at the beginning of the game. They've grown longer and wider over the...

I'm feeling a lot of love in the room tonight. :cool: It would be interesting to know how many ' Outsiders " like me who are registered here, are also long-time members of NAFFF, WA, etc. I recognize some here and know there must be more that are using a different handle on each site. It might...

Thank you all for fruit tree additions. Our stone fruit bare root stock were chosen for their low chilling hours, self fruitfulness, ease to maintain them at 8' to 12' in height and with the exception of the Halford ( a late season canning cling ), their early ripening. We see about 90 days a...

We lived for a while right across the river from you, in Yuba City in the new tracts built along the old garden highway just about where shanghai bend ( falls ) is - interesting chute to run a drift boat through ( take out at Boyds pump ) when the stripers & shad make their way up. The shad...

This is a great thread, but when I think of the pacific northwest, I think of all the great local fruit I ate in my youth. Just wondering about your fruit & nut trees. What do you grow and what are your local commercial harvests? Here our local commercial crops are several varieties of citrus...

I don't know if he's still with Buck's, but the guy to ask is Dave Klein at (208) 344-4400. He ( is or was ) their tube & toon guru. If you ever ran into Buck's at f.f. shows, Dave was the head honcho in the booth.

I recently moved to a 29 HT and haven't any new shots to share. Here are a few shots of my 26 hardtail that I donated to a local cycling co-op that tunes them up and finds them new homes. I used to ride in the Mojave several days a week. Often when we think of deserts, we think of sand and...

My advice, don't believe a thing anyone tells you over the phone or in an ad. Make them show you the paperwork first and make them show you their I.D. If any of its missing or their I.D. doesn't match the paperwork, walk! Regardless of how righteous or nice the seller seems in your...

[/USER] I'd rent both a houseboat and a tow along 14-foot outboard aluminum boat on one of the large western lakes. Warm to hot, swimming, sunbathing, just hanging out, cove camping, day hikes, sights seeing and photography at water level, fly or conventional fishing for Stripers, Black Bass...

I'm pending ( pending, def: Retired, but open to new prospects. ). My plan is to ride it out and wait for the inevitable federal fuel & food stimulus checks that will follow.

Here in Kern County, CA our median home price is around 365K and that's with the 19% yoy increase ( about 40% in the last two years. ). Most newly built homes or those under construction ( 3/2 or 4/2.5 ) in recently created communities out of town in former ranch lands list in the high 300's to...