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Started fly fishing in Drayton Valley, Alberta between the Saskatchawan and Pembina Rivers in 1958. Have fly fished in Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Idaho, Utah, Washington, Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, Turkey and Italy.
Braunig and Calaveras fly boxes. Tying Briminators today after I separate Racoon underfur (dubbing) from the hair. Caught him under the porch. LOLLast edited by holdem; 02-22-2015, 02:44 PM.
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In the next few days I'll post my 9 wt custom fly rod build in the DIY section.
Blank is a 9 foot, 2 Piece, MHX High Modulus graphite blank. The blank weighs in at 2.3 grams, 4.5 tip with a .378" butt. Opted to go 2 piece for strength, feel and smooth blank recovery.
Guides will be American Tackle Titanium single foot guides (dual foot at stripper and first guide up from reel seat). Tip will a Fuji SIC Titanium. Single foot ring guides will allow the blank to flex smoothly without the additional stiffening factor found, when wrapping the forward guide foot down using traditional snake guides. These TI guides are super light and extremely strong - saltwater proof as well as braid proof (backing).
The reel seat is an American Tackle, thread up Aluminum Braided window reel seat, with a burled rose wood insert.
Grip is a Portuguese cork Half Wells
This rod will be built to fish my Galvan Rush Lite fly reel - backed with 250 yards of 20lb braid on various 9 wt floating and sinking lines. I have 3 spools for the Glavan and my thought is, this rod will cover coastal winds, jetty and PINS surf opportunities a bit better than my 8 wt TFO BVK.
The 8 wt TFO BVK is fishing with a Ross 8 wt reel and I'll have my son on this fly stick, as we chase our coastal addictions.
As it is with all custom rod builds, the color selection is the toughest decision to make. So I'll theme it much like this casting blank's colors.
Last edited by AtTheWall; 03-02-2015, 10:05 AM.
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Originally posted by Mesquite Archer View PostI was bit by the fly fishing bug about 15 years ago. I fly fish Colorado, Oklahoma and Arkansas when I get a chance and I cast a fly to the sand bass in Rowlett creek when they are running. The picture below is me in the Big Thompson River in Colorado.
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My buddy Rob Anderson has been on a role the past few weeks on Pyramid Lake. They have been catching alot of 10-15lb cutthroats. Pyramid Lake is probably your best bet at catching a 10+ lb trout, the average fish will typically break most people personal best trout. . Pyramid is just a short drive from Reno, NV. Rob is one of the leading guides up there and will put you on some big fish.
I caught this opne with Rob a few years ago, just shy of 12lbs
Full Story and Pics HERE
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