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Thats a beautiful rainbow, nice colors.

Some nice photo's Kyle.

Wolf spider

Really nice bow Jay.

Unreal clarity, very nice shots jksnijders.

You bet at times like hopper fishing or even nailing the bank with a streamer splating the fly down hard can attract a trout. Oops lol double post

You bet at times like hopper fishing or even nailing the bank with a streamer splating the fly down hard can attract a trout.

Am with max on this one short drift lots of foot fishing , mostly because my wife is to petite to row so am stuck on the oars all day unless I can get a third person to come.

I took mine because of a magical day I had on stauffer creek. It was years ago when I was struggling to learn fly fishing on my own, there was no internet only books. So i was reading some Bob Scammell and he said june 12 is about right for hitting the green drakes on stauffer. So i spent a few days tying green drake patterns and hit stauffer on the 12 of june just like bob said . Well I must of hit the hatch on the perfect day because for about 3 hours that little creek just came alive with drakes popping and big fish everywhere. Every drift was either a nice brown or a swallow picking your fly up in the air 10 feet before dropping it. To this day it remains the benchmark I compare all other days too.

Ya I know Canis lupus.

Those guys definetley have to much time on there hands. Those sheep dogs are amazing though.

Great pic's Jay

Awesome scenery Uber , thanks for sharing.

Wow all say she definitely takes some nice pictures. Smoking brown too Steve must have been a great fight on the 2 weight. Good on ya for taking the neighbor's son out. Great shot of you and Becca

I think what your paying for is the fact that there alot lighter and still have the strength and power to compete against any rod out there. Heres some shootouts from one of the best fly fisherman in the world. You will see there about as unbiased as you can get. Visit My Website Sorry couldnt seem to link it without that coming up, but its George Andersons website.

Your right top line rods dont go on sale. I was going to wait till the fall for some rod sales than pick up a few Z-AXIS, but was told they wouldnt be on sale only the old models. Now I bought my 2 Z's becauase I can and because I wanted to. I know theres alot of great rods out there for half the price or less but I didnt want one of them and i didnt want to wait 2 or 3 more years for a Z-AXIS. Only 4 piece Z's are 830$ the 2 piece is alot cheaper. Picked mine up for 679$ each which was a good deal. I was looking at the Orvis Helio's line of rods because my wife needed a light rod. She's petite and her arm gets tired fast But at 960$ a rod it was a little much. I think we should just be happy that theres good rods out there for all budgets.

More than likly Trico's

Nice browns Flyster. Pretty awesome lunch break I would say. I know exactly where your standing in those shots, love that little crick.

Beautiful little brookies Steve. I dont eat trout often, but when I do its brookies. Stay hungry friends.

Excellant shots max

Looks like you guys had a great month, thanks for sharing. Love the railroad tracks shot.

Why the rage on sage. Welcome to the free world everything we buy is a rip off. I dont want to know what it cost to produce anything cause I have a feeling the answer will just piss me off.

Thanks alot Mike I was quite content to walk past any rack of rods over 200$ before you let me play with your Z. All the places I phoned in calgary where pretty much the same price for the 4 piece at 830$

We drank, jumped of cliffs and did other stupid things. We used to do it in the same spots that my parents and grandparents did. Don't sh&% where you walk is kinda how we looked at it. Now you can't even go down into those spots because people have disrespected the property and/or the owner to the point where they have closed off public access to them. One thing we didn't do was disrespect our elders or the environment. Talking to a group of young adults in that situation years ago, would have probably worked, but now I don't risk it. Society has changed to the point where you error on the side of caution because you can't predict the outcome (possibility of knifes, guns, getting pounded on by all of them) plays in the back of my mind. It is tough being that age and I know that there are lots of great kids out there, but the ones that can be "punk, snot nosed pricks" have made the option of talking to them not an obvious choice. A friend of mine was pounded to death in a parking lot by 3 young gentlemen. So I guess I am a little more cautious now, times have changed when it comes to looking out for your own safety.

Well I can tell you as someone who has always cheaped out on my rods. I just purchased 2 Z-AXIS rods and its absoluley the best money Iv'e spent by far. I dont really care what it cost them to make it. To me the rods where worth every penny Its like having a magic wand in your hand compared to my cheap stuff .