Wolfie

well partly correct but still no cigar...a 'spider ..yes!...........Wolfie ...Doc..you will have to travel to wicked place to get one...and bring water!

any ideas as to what this is? .................... .................Wolfie

hell don't be treehugger..the shot was at me , maybe cause you used to be "Iceman2"..and ppl are afraid of you..."ice picking a guy in the joint"..how original is that?......but...I knew you were joking cause I didn't see and fish scales on it................Wolfie

On Monday of this week, I had an incident that left me stranded at the Highwood. Brand new rod, 4 piece St. Croix Imperial bought on the 17th of July, exactly one month prior to the day...exploded right at the second ferrel, leaving a fair bit of male still in the female end. There I was ..first time at the Highwood, all excited after reading posts of the adventures you all have posted..3rd forward cast and boom!..NOT very PLEASED I was cause I had no backup except for my ultra lite spinner...and this was not the way I wanted to go. ..came home and got on the phone to the place I bought it..taked with one of the staff in the 'fly section', only to be further mad and disappointed. I was told that I would have to send the rod to the manufacture down in the States and let them decide whether it was a defect or a man made error. This was not standing well with me..for I know how the relationship between retailers and manufacturers are in the 'buying' process, only because I was a buyer for a very large chain of sporting good stores for 7 years, in my early days, and nothing has changed cause $$$$ talks and everything else walks! ..I decided to talk with the management of the store where I bought rod..explained my situation to him, including the short period of time that the rod was purchased, brought in my 'bank statement' to show proof of purchase because I couldn't find the bill of sale..and when I got to the store and arrived at the customer service desk, I was greeted with either my $$$$ for the rod or a replacement...[now I was told that this store had a return policy of 3 months, by the manager I was dealing with, which gave me back the confidence in the store I was dealing with.] ..Well I accepted my $$$$ back, shook hands with the management, assured him I'll still be coming back as a customer of the store..and left almost $200.00 richer than when I came in. .....................Wolfie..........NOW, I'm looking for a new rod, which I believe "Max" has sold me on!

yes...you are correct on that, it was tested here in Canada as well with the German fisheries way back when, both worked together on certain things pertaining to Esox, but as I said only the amount of pressure it took to hold them was enough to stun them, any excess pressure may and I believe did cause premature blindness. Yet the feeding habits was not altered, since the time that this method was done was well over 30 years ago and ppl now have taken the learning steps to be more aware of how handling should be done as to Not to impose abuse to any fish or animal................Wolfie

Oh...u think it is idiotic do you..well let me tell you something lad..considering that Mr. Esox has a will of it's own and will attack out of pure hell, the only way to calm it down was to do as i wrote..the pressure that it takes for you to hold it, is enough to stun it..it is like putting you into a sleeper hold but letting you up just before you black out..besides...considering we do not know each other and more than like will not, but to calm ur bleeding heart down, my statement was given in jest to a fellow BC'er..which undoubtedly went over your head............Wolfie

I got some interesting news this evening about this style of fishing...was talking with my neighbor who is Chinese, and he was telling me that it isn't Japanese but originally comes from Taiwan, and that these rods are very popular in China. He also told me the cost, in Canadian dollars the rods , depending on length of course would range from $20.00-$40.00 cdn., and so I ordered 3 of them..11', 13', 15'..he was telling me that this style of fishing, they use bait as well and catch very large fish..Without the need for a reel, wish I could get the magazine he showed me , that way I would scan some pics to show everyone. ...........Wolfie

so you changed your user name ....eh..'treehugger'...u do that when u had enough .. .................Wolfie

...really happy you for you Vicki...imagine 2nd place...hope you buy a new rod or reel with that hard earned cash........Wolfie

Well..I can tell ya Rickr...you just haven't met me or my Wolfie as of yet...till then...ask the "toolman"..

first off have u seen their video on the style of fishing, , if you have and it's a go..then maybe you better place ur order for a rod and line to be ready for the end of Sept...........

that championship is being held on the Elk River..browns were introduced into that area back in 1883.....Wolfie

better late than never.....Birthday greetings to both of you..and many more to come..............Wolfie

Main lander...fished Pike and Muskie with a fly rod back in Ontario many times, just stick ur thumb and first finger into their eye sockets..the pressure, you need to hold them will temporarily stun them long enough to get the hook out of them..this will not cause damage to them...................Wolfie

Wow...fantastic bit of info, I thank you very much DMcD, as well as I'm sure, so will others..I'm going to make a jig, from all of the directions there and I guess we will see the out come..I thought I had seen somewhere in one of the shops they sold these types of leaders, have to check into it further................Wolfie

ya you know the one ...i still have mine and i've been here a while now..the one that says there is nothing better than catching a 'salmon on a fly'.......Wolfie

....boy ur Main Lander..nose is sticking up in the air again.......I'm just banting with you m8...nice to hear the BC attitude again...................hey...I'm a "purist"..for I'm known in many parts of the world..or is that "priest".....Wolfie

ya Jack...u can always "gullie" them like you boys do on the main land.....................Wolfie

Jack...I got to get you hooked on Centre Pinning m8..you will have a hard time picking up your spey rod again, although, u being a main lander and me from the island, may clash heads...lol..but think how it would feel to have a 15lb coho, fighting you with only 6lb test between u and it.......................Wolfie

...well..Bigtoad..it wasn't the fly fishing I was referring to not entirely, but the "sound of water", no matter how one hears it, it is the soothing element in both genders..now you..a young stud haven't tasted sex in a hot tube before...drunk or sober...it's the water that turns on the urge for sex!.....damn i wish i could put up one of my smilies now.......................Wolfie

NO...first off it is graphite and the style and method is entirely different than the western fly fishing method...they concentrate on the quality of rod, more so than our method, where we combine rod / balance of reel / type of line according to either our desire to either 'dry' fly or 'wet and nymph' fish. ..joshua..that's great m8...so my thoughts on the floro, is a good idea....well JP, would be a good place to test it out, only cause of the unadulterated size of the fish one would expect .. but I was thinking along the way of the LRD, or FT, and your thoughts would be? .. DMcD..good point about that extra 6".. I can relate to that,there is another source for those furled leaders, for I belong to a Centre Pin forum, where someone there makes them himself..but what is to make..one long bit of line twisted into one..or ..NO?........Wolfie

great post...Kev..I don't have little ladies but a couple of boys, who would rather make big $$$$, than to fish with their dad, and so, after reading this post you can say that I'm quite envious of anyone who has the company of their children on day sucking in nature...............Wolfie

all of the above that are given by the posters, PLUS, the thrill rapped up with nervousness of watching my Wolf when she 'lifts her head up to the clouds'..that is a signal something of major interest has caught her attention.. ..it could very well be deer, her favorite playmates, or what took place on Monday.. a good size blackie came to the edge of a cliff that was towering over us..she was going litterly WILD..and it took everything I had in me to stop her from crossing the water and climbing up that cliff. ..catching fish by any method, other than Fly fishing, is not as rewarding as catching fish on a presentation, but none the less it all combined as the most rewarding 'hobby', or 'therapeutic form', man and woman can have.....................Wolfie

jack..u also mentioned that you were waiting for the leader and line...well I just got 300 yds., of "ultra line", which is a 'floating mono', because I also do Centre Pinning, now after watching the video, and hook ups in their site, maybe using this 'ultra' as you leader and say..'floro' line..example..'Siglon', either one of the two bright colours as your tippet , could be a sub for what is coming to you, [unless your Lady scoops them when the mailman delivers them and then asks you for...hmm...compensation.......................Wolfie

question...why the longer rod oppose to the 11 1/2' one, do you think that the smaller rivers, creeks, [much smaller than the Bow or say Highwood]...would warrant that size of rod? I'm very curious because I'm going to get one as well, actually two, possible three sizes, although they will not be from US, nor Japan, because my neighbor next to me is going to Shanghai, and will bring them back for me. They also use this type of rod, quite effectively I might add, he has shown me several of his rods, up to the longest he has..a 15 meter one, which he told me he landed a 50lb fish with.......................Wolfie