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What line weight for an older rod..?

I have an older 6 ft. Fenwick fiberglass rod (#FF60) that my dad bought back in 1971 that is in perfect condition.  The rod has a sticker t…

Started by Jeff Soto

4 Feb 12, 2013
Reply by Ray Ditzenberger

Cold Weather BG Fly Fishing

Now that colder weather is coming for most of us, what fly do you find most productive to catch bluegill. I still use to old stand by, Wool…

Started by Steve Crowder

7 Jan 26, 2013
Reply by Bruce Tomaselli

Favorite sink tip lines

I've discovered some nice holes where I need to change out from my floating line to an intermediate or sink tip. Was looking at hook and ha…

Started by Flyboy

3 Nov 26, 2012
Reply by Mark Sleeper

Homemade fly boxes and storage

Wondering what most of you use as fly boxes and packs.  A few years ago a friend who works as an aircraft mechanic gave me several clear pl…

Started by Rex Robinson

14 Oct 5, 2012
Reply by Bruce Tomaselli

Best size Bug Launcher for 9 year old?

I'm thinking of getting my daughter a TFO Bug Launcher for (semi) good behavior, but not sure which would be the best model for her. The ch…

Started by JBplusThuy

9 Jun 20, 2012
Reply by Bill Purmort

Photo of my new Fenwick

My FF80 arrived today, and it's true: this is a brand new, never fished J-series rod. The red tag in the picture is the Fenwick warranty an…

Started by JBplusThuy

3 Mar 29, 2012
Reply by DAVID L EITUTIS

Found a nice Fenwick FF80

I just won a nice looking FF80 at auction. A tad heavy for 'gills below monster size, but there are a lot of LMB and stripers in this neck…

Started by JBplusThuy

1 Mar 21, 2012
Reply by jim cosgrove

Old Fenwicks

I was thinking about the fact that my favorite spinning rods are my old fiberglass ones, and that got me to thinking about glass fly rods.…

Started by JBplusThuy

5 Mar 20, 2012
Reply by JBplusThuy

Top water Bluegill

        My favorite method of fishing,is definetly top water.And my favorite things to make are top water lures.For gill's, I like to use b…

Started by Charles Brown

4 Feb 27, 2012
Reply by Mark Stine

Howdy from Maryland

Hello All, I am new here to the site as well as the group.  I was invited by Bill Purmort.  I have been fly fishing and tying for around 20…

Started by Jeff Price

0 Jan 25, 2012

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