Muffin

Merry Christmas and happy new year everyone. fishinglivin good luck in Mexico, you doing deepwater? fly? combination of fishing types?

Awesome compilation of amazing photos. Thanks a lot for sharing. I just added you to Instagram definitely an account to watch.

I have a set of Hankook I-pike on my personal vehicle and had a set of them studded on a work truck last year. I am very pleased with both options. That being said the new TOYO winter options with walnut shells are interesting.

Wow Neil, that is an amazing set of photos. Thank you for sharing your talent. That is a pretty cool way to handle the gull photo by combining it, the end result looks great.

So much glorious fish porn in one thread. Love the shots, thanks for sharing. Those are some monster fish.

Those are just amazing pictures, it is hard placed to pic a favorite. The quality and action shots are unreal. Also I think the bottom hawk just had an itch or possibly it is a back massage, lets be honest humans do it too.

Wow that is wild, glad to hear you had some luck on your side with that.

Holy cow that bow river bow is thick. Great shots.

Ah yes, I remember my first fish on a streamer..... it looked nothing like that. I have since caught some on the streamer similar to that. Hell of a way to start out, I imagine that guy will be a streamer fan for life. Nice shot and fish.

Haha Nancy, right that is it. Thanks Uber.

Yep I did look at them and they looked great, just a bit more money then I was willing to spend at this point on my 6wt for landing trout. Perhaps when I win the lottery or am retired and can spend more days on the river. This darn job keeps getting in the way, thankfully it pays for the days I can go though.

So as an update I got the Nautilus FWX home and put it on my rod and it just didn't feel right, especially given my enjoyment from the Hardy 4000DD. I ended up taking the Nautilus back and got myself a Hardy 6000 Ultralite, they didn't have the black version but the silver looks great as well. Life lesson when buying a new reel make sure to take your rod with you and connect it and see how it feels. Also Vaga, you made a great point about the drag system on lots of the reels. I have an 8wt with an Internal sealing Sage reel if I ever really get into some big stuff or go saltwater fishing. My 6wt will at most see a big bull trout. Anyways very interesting to see what is out there for reels, definitely a lot of great products from what I found in my search. By no means saying the Hardy is a better or worse then the Nautilus just what I preferred. One thing that was more noticeable than I would have thought was the weight/size difference. Nautilus is 3.8 oz(107g) and Hardy is 5.3 oz(150g). More a result of size then material.

A bit late but I too would say Fishtales, it is where I buy all my gear. I know that when I took my dad in to get a full setup, rod, reel, waders etc that Wendy(I believe) spent an hour or so helping him out and was spot on with all her recommendations. He loves the gear and has definitely been getting out a pile.

Well everyone I appreciate all the discussion and comments as I currently have a hardy for my 4wt which I am very pleased with I went with the Nautilus FWX. I opted to try everything then if/when I get new gear or swap etc I will know which stuff I personally enjoy the most. I know I am pretty pumped for a 4:30 start tomorrow, on a river that shan't be named for fear of "hotspotting" (see other thread). I will say this much it is in Calgary, open year round and isn't the elbow. Thanks again though in all honesty, you guys brought up some great points and gave me lots of additional things to consider when looking at reels. As always, nice to be part of such an active and helpful community. Hopefully can contribute something in the Photo posts tomorrow as a thank you.

Haha, nothing wrong with having an opinion Vaga it is specifically why I asked for favorite's and not best. I agree though, one can never go wrong with some good noise and style. Is there any other reasons you had for going away from current modern disc reels? Always interesting to hear opinions on these sort of things.

That is some great information, thank you everyone for the quick and detailed responses. I do have my Galvan Reel and really enjoy it but I want to give something else a shot as I spend a lot of my time on my 6wt. I am leading towards the sealed bearings and I feel that can only help with the life of the reel. Snouthunter that is good to know the difference between the two Nautilus reels. Murray, I had forgotten to look at Lamson, thanks for the reminder. Always a tough choice with so many good products out there these days.

Hello everyone, I am currently looking at getting a new reel for my Sage XP 690 rod. I am thinking of this nautilus NV-G WF6 reel: http://www.nautilusreels.com/estore/details/103018/0/7937 Or this Hardy Ultralite DD Reel: http://fly.hardyfishing.com/en-us/products/reels/performance-reels/ultralite-dd-black-edition-reels/ Does anyone have any experience with either brand or reel? Also any recommendations of reels I should be looking at? My 6wt rod is basically my swiss army knife for fly fishing as I use it for lots of things so I don't mind spending some money on a high end reel. I have a Hardy reel for my 4wt which I really enjoy. I am not looking for the "best" reel as that is subjective just curious about any new products or great experiences. I am still going to keep the Galvan reel for the 6wt but throw on a sinking line for it and put a floating line on which ever reel I end up buying. Given that high cost of second spools this seems as cost effective as anything. Thanks for any input. -Russ

That is really impressive, nicely done. Imagine it is pretty rewarding when you catch a big fish to see how the drag system works and landing it on a reel you built.

A man get stopped by a game warden with his basket full of fish. Warden: do you have a permit for all these fish? Man: no sir. These are all my pet fish. Warden: your pet fish? How's that? Man: well, every night I take all my pet fish for a walk to the lake, I let them swim for about half hour and then I whistle and they all come back and jump in my basket and we go home. We do this every night. Warden: Well that's just a crock of lies!! Man: here I'll show you... (Releases the fish in the lake) Warden: well this I got to see!! 5 minutes later... Warden: well?? Man: what? Warden: the fish!! Where's your pet fish?? Man: what fish?? Enjoy and happy father's day to all the dads on here.

Great post.

Can do Rick I will look into it.

Rick I will make my donations on Thursday there once I am back to work if that is okay. Also just because I hate the odd numbers I am going to make my donation an even $300 and don't forget momma Encana will match that.

Great blog entry again Pinkster.

Haha, I just consider that product sampling, I know you just want to make sure the Jerky is up to quality.

$200 on Jared's trip $75 on Jerky There you go Rick, I got the jerky in play. Ha, if I win it I plan on taking it on the float.