I’m going to have to pass on it this year, as wife and I will be on a couple weeks long road trip in our camper.
Hope to make the next one.
Hope to make the next one.
Bamboo Fling
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Greg, if you and your wife are in Yellowstone that weekend join us for a day on the Firehole with bamboo rods in hand.
That’s kind of you to invite us Ron, but we’ll be going further north a bit early on in our travels. Plan is to go east after that, then loop clockwise and probably through YNP towards the end of the trip but we’re still not certain of our exact itinerary.
Never fished the Firehole, hope you do well!
The Firehole is great, although it's right along the road! I had a close encounter with buffalo on the Firehole, as they lumbered by, and the cars stopped and basically directed them right at me and a couple from Virgina. All was good, but that was one of two encounters on my quick 3 day trip! The next morning I was sitting at the picnic table, in the W Yellowstone campground when 7 or 8 buffalo came right through my campground, including a calf! I never moved so fast and jumped in my truck, just to be safe!
While fishing the Firehole another time, I saw a young hawk dive down and catch a fish, struggle to get back up in the air and then drop the fish! Poor bird must have circled for almost 5 minutes trying to get the fish back or another!
Oh and fish the Nez Pierce! Very nice! My trip was years ago in May and I got lucky on the weather, although a few thunder storms rolled in throughout one of the evenings that I camped. I prefer to going before or after the school kids are out of school and assume this year will be a very busy year in the park as camping / fishing / hiking is even more popular with Covid boredom going on!! Enjoy! Love fishing and camping in Yellowstone!!
And June 12th works for me for the Fling! Thanks for doing it on a Sunday! I'll bring my boo rods and some refreshments!! Cheers all!
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That will be worth a few pictures!
What did you get or order? Inquiring minds need to know! Haha!!
I noticed a thread called “New Bamboo” that spoke of a new rod maker in Sisters Oregon named Olivia Elia. I watched a video clip, liked what I saw and liked the comments I read and ordered a 7'9" 4 weight rod based on a Payne 101 taper. It will be 6 or 7 months before I get my new treasure.
What bamboo will you bring Salmo G. You also need to bring some of your hardy reels.
Dunno for sure. I'll just grab a hand full. Some of the rod appropriate lines are on Hardys; some are not.
I noticed a thread "My First Rod Build". Take notice and invite Dewbwol54 to the Bamboo fling. I have been sorting my rods to see which ones I want to bring. I have a few rods I plan to bring that are in original/usable condition as well as a couple that are in original but questionable condition.
Dennis, bring your Dawn Holbrook bamboo fly rods. Be fun to see how they compare to a 7 weight phillipson or a 7 weight Winston.
Denwor54
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I will bring the Holbrooks and I will bring a couple red willow rods that I know you will enjoy. I might bring a couple two handers also if anyone is interested if not I will stick to the single handers.
I would love to try the 2 handers! I've cast some very nice bamboo speys over the years and want to get one or two at some point!
I know I would like to see a two hander. Do you have a reel and line for them?