Crippled Caddis

Subtract the diameter in thousandths from 11 to arrive at the 'X' rating. So .009 = 2X Works the same way with any size.i.e., .005 = 6X

Found the 7'er in stock at the Mt. Home Supercenter and picked one up today for $18.96 + tax. Popped a Hardy Marquis 5 with a fresh WF5 on it when I got home. The rod loved it but was only bending about the 1st third of the rod so I suspect a 6 wt. will work the blank a little deeper for poppers and streamers when it warms up. In the meantime I'll fish the 5 wt. for a while to see how we get along. So get them while they have them. I'm still chuckling about putting a reel on it that's worth so much more than the rod cost me.

[quote name='Wayne The question is, What did we gain, and what did we lose? We lost 2 generations + of high school 'graduates' to virtual illiteracy. We lost a lot of good minds to poor parenting, boredom, non-challnging curricula and, all-too-often, inadequte teaching. The number of new university students who must take remedial English smacks of criminal inadequacy in their prior education. We gained a couple of generations of college 'graduates' whose overall educational background cannot compare to that of a high school graduate of a half century ago. We gained an electorate that is so abysmally ignorant that it believes almost any sort of half truth or political spin by media and politicians. We lost control of our government and our future. Terry wrote: <Dang, Tom... are you THAT old?> Getting there Buddy----getting there.

Hoping this will bring the Vanish thread back to the top. So does anyone have any opinions to add after using it for a while? I tried to find some 4# test today at the Supercenter in Mt. Home but they only have 4# in the colored material which was almost twice as expensive as the 6# clear. FWIW, I miked the 6# and it is the .009" as advertised on the packaging.

And rates as one of the very rudest things imaginable to those seeking the solace of nature. It's in the same category as people deliberately crossing your line with their own cast. Both are anti-social behavior of the crudest sort.

Yup---Terry nailed it Dano---you're delusional! Perfect flybox? In the words of a neighbor: "Tain't no sech thang"!

Good job Terry! Tho you made me think with 'hoopie'. Hadn't heard that since long before my Father passed away in the mid '80s.

<I'm a professional chub catcher...> You'll be happy to know that the chubs in the Spring are still waiting on you and the Yellow Suckers have been hitting well too.'o)

I've read a lot of good things about the H&H lines. The price is even almost reasonable. <www.mailordercentral.com/hookhack/departments.asp?dept=713>

<http://www.wwgrigg.com/> Someone (LMW or maybe you) had good things to say about them recently on OAF so I took a look at their website. Found a fiberglass rod I wanted but they had it listed in 2 places at different prices on their site. So I dropped them a note asking what the real story was. That was over a week ago and no one has deemed my question worthy of a reply. Hope you have better luck and if you figure out how to get an answer from them lemme know. CC

Personally I'm a great fan of the "Killed while trying to escape" scenario. And while my opinion in the matter gives an attorney friend hives I think 'Vigilante Justice' still has a place in a society where the courts often seem to be the greatest threat to public welfare. Come to think of it the Reconstruction era practice of taking corrupt judges for a ride out of town on a rail might have a lot of application in this era of 'revolving door justice'. But then I'm just an 'old fogey'.

Mammoth Spring, unseasonable 61 degress and intermittant light drizzle.

It would be pretty hard to beat Brians' suggestions. But if you're feeling up to a bit of a hike the area below the falls above Bayou Access can be productive as can the water above the next falls downstream of BA. And unless you are seeking the drunken Bachinal experience do your floating on Thurs.

Not only do I agree with you but I think your proposal is emminently just! It is modelled on the Biblical principle of "An eye for an eye" and I still think that the very model of justice. And I agree 100% with Thoms' statistics also. No executed felon has ever repeated. If that isn't effective I simply can't imagine what would be! I will however grant the members of this board mercy by not getting started on my opinions of out courts.

Thank goodness! Let us hope that justice prevails!

Such was my intention, but an e-mail I sent to him with some questions was finally answered after a few weeks with only "Buy my book". Had he read the letter and replied to the questions asked I had every intention of buying his book but since he was too busy to be courteous I have been too busy to send $.

Since so many seem to be getting interested in the little Wright McGill Featherlight series the information below may prove interesting to some since it indicates that those who think the Featherlights are a continuation of the old W-M combo rods may be right. The following is an exerpt from a post I recently made on the fiberglass rod-building board concerning experiments to determine the suitability of spinning blanks for conversion to flyrods. <I finally got around to trying my old 6' Fenwick Ferrulite FS-60 ultralight spinning rod with some flylines. It is rated for 1-4# line and 1/16th -1/4 oz. lures. I can tell you that the quarter ounce rating is VERY optimistic since the rod is fully loaded with a 1/8th oz. lure and downright dangerous with a quarter. The rod has 4 Aetna foulproof, light-wire guides and tip-top as well as an all cork grip with sliding bands so it lends itself well to mounting a fly reel. I also broke out a 5 1/2' Shakespeare UL spinning rod that predates the Fenwick. It also has 5 guides, a light wire stripper, 3 Aetna foulproofs and tip-top and a simular rod grip/reelmount. The writing has long since worn off the little Shakespeare but having many, many miles on both rods and an untold number of fish over the years I can with great confidence state that the Shakespeare has a little more 'oomph' built into it. Both cast a WF4F acceptably but at the ranges they are effective fishing tools (under 45'--preferrably under 35') I thought a 5 wt. loaded them much better. But then I tend to overline rods to make them more pleasant at the short ranges I normally use them. Frankly both rods would lend themselves well to very satisfactory occasional use as flyrods in backpacking situations without modification.> So before you drop the cash for another rod take a look at what you may already have on hand. Back in the '60s of the last century (good grief! ) I used to hike the little limestone rivers and creeks of central Texas with an ultralight spinning rod in hand and a flyreel and small box of flie in a pocket of my spinning vest. Changing from spinning to flycasting was a matter of a few minutes to adapt to changing demands. So look around the garage-----you may already have a rod suitable to small creek pocket picking.

From Charles Watermans' article: 'Ozarks and Time Passing'. 'The two men didn't talk very much and every day they built another johnboat and painted it dark red like an Ozark barn. When the paint had dried they put a chain on the bow of each and slid it into the James River at Galena, Missouri. The planks soon swelled tight and the boat was ready to run the river and come back on a flatcar.' So begins his memories of the Ozark floatfishing scene in the days between WW1 & WW2. It is an historical perspective and overview of the place and time through the eyes of one who was there and revelled in it in the heyday of both the floatfishing industry and a young boy whose over-riding passion was the pursuit of the Smallmouth of the Ozarks streams. I found it in an anthology (The Armchair Angler by Galahad Books) sent to me by a daily e-mail correspondant and friend in Pennsylvania, a short, passionate 3rd generation Italian with good taste in reading, a great heart and an overriding desire to forsake his native environs and join us in God's country as soon as he qualifies for retirement in a few more long years. I suspect, like almost everything else the article might be found on the internet with a diligent search. If, like myself, you have an interest in that era and the wooden boats and iron men who paddled for the 'sports' floatfishing pleasure it is a wnderful peek into the past and a great, however short, read.

Please add my vote for the 'Miller/Smith Resolution'! And 'Truth in Sentencing' as well!;o(

Sounds like they're working both sides of the fence, trying to sell to both spinfishers and flyfishers. And they may in fact be spinning tapers since I built a flyrod on a 'mystery' spinning blank given to me that appears to be one of the older W-M blanks. Once I found the line it liked it has became my preferred fishing tool when conditions allow. Also, as noted in other threads, there has been several on-going threads on the fiberglass flyrod board for @ a year extolling the virtues of a couple of under $10 on sale FG spinning blanks for building some very acceptable flyrods. Using one of those blanks and an inexpensive grip/seat a rod can be put together for a very modest sum indeed.

I CAN RECOMMEND THE LITTLE ORAJEL TOOTHE-ACHE SWAP CONTAINERS HIGHLY. SELF HINGING TRANSLUCENT GREEN PLASTIC @ 2 1/2" X 3 1/4" X 3/8"+ THICK. (Dang it! I hate that cap lock!;o() I put 3 strips of self-adhesive 1/4" magnetic strip in one side and 2mm craft foam in the other. It's just the right size to slip into a shirt pocket with little bulk yet big enough to hold plenty of midges, scuds and soft-hackles for a week of fishing. I'm currently trying to figure out what to put the remaining swabs in from the new box without incurring the wrath of the HC. (Household Commandant)

Everyone who owns a flyrod would profit from reading the post by Tom Morgan Dano recommends above. His credibility and understanding of rod design and the rod business are beyong reproach and the history he relates will bring a great understanding of the primary tool of ouR hobby. CC