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Dodger is an awesome guy, always willing to help his community...I'll ring him up and see if he's up for another beatin'...

Great idea Brett...My thoughts... 1. I'm in... and will win the FF Championship...Team members tba... 2. I nominate Brett to be in charge of organizing all of the details...(All in favor...) 3. Of course it is the best way to prove who the best angler's are...what other way is there? ps. Brett, you're on my team...right?

This technique adds motion to the fly, but it's important that your flys represent a species of swimming nymph/emerger, such as Baetis, Mahogany Duns, Caddis emergers, ect. Then, it makes sense to swim your presentation like the natural nymphs/emergers you are trying to immitate.

I like using a Uni-knot/Speed knail knot, instead of traditional nail knots. The Uni-knot is perfect for attaching mono running lines to heads, leaders to the front end of the fly line and even making folded loops. You can also use the Double Uni-knot to replace Surgeons loops when joining tippets together. It is a much stronger knot than the Surgeons loop. IMO Speed Nail Knot... http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/b...bctid1348305525 Uni-Knot... http://www.netknots.com/html/uni_knot.html Double Uni-Knot... http://www.netknots.com/html/double_uni_knot.html

Nice...A few of those Cuttie's are sure eating well. Good luck in September.

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Gorgeous Broonie, Ed...congrats!

Uh..Oh...sounds like that stick's not going back to Fish Tales anytime soon. I test casted a 6wt Decho for a few minutes, which was pretty good, but.... (I found it a bit "Clunky"... ... Dec.) You'll have to bring your 5122 to the next spey gathering for us to try.

Rob, Try and drop by the next Spey gathering and cast a bunch of rods/line systems, as there is usually a good mix of mid priced too the best of the best rods available, in all actions, for you to try.

Birchy, check out the Loop Multi series. This rod series is very impressive in both single and double hand models. The Multi's are an evolution of the Loop Greyline series, which were also great rods.

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Well there you have it, Bloom...The FFC Complete Flyreel Review, strong opinions on both sides for every brand/model available...with a few insults, colorfull rebuttals and slanderous remarks thrown in for entertainment purposes. Whichever model you choose, will be the right one for you... Good Luck and Enjoy! ps. Teck...you're a wanker.

The curved bait hook is at the root of the problem and using smaller hook sizes, say #6/#8 or even smaller will help. Also, offsetting the hook point so that it is not parallel with the shank will also reduce the number of these injuries/mortalities. "I reserve the right to mock or be mocked-without prejuice..."...That's funny...

I certainly understand what you are saying, but I did not buy these high end reels specifically for my Bow fishing. However, since I have them, why not use and enjoy them for all of my fishing. There are other benefits besides a smooth drag system.

Still spewing garbage eh Brent... Feel better?

Large lures with 3 large treble hooks attached, can sometimes severely damage small fish and increases in mortality have been noted in the past. In my opinion, it's about the damage/ increase in mortality to the fish, not the fishing methods, Fly vs Spin etc.. Same for large Wire wrapped SJW's tied on curved bait hooks. Lots of problems with the hooks penetrating up through the roof of the mouth, sometimes out through the eye socket, causing damage/high mortality rates in smaller fish. Regs need to be designed to protect the fish and our fishery. If the gear/method used is causing significant damage or significantly higher mortality rates, then we need to address the problem through education and regulations.

Personally, I never use the "drop test" to gauge a reels effectiveness or performance. If I dropped one of my $1,200 Loop Spey rods on the rocks, it would probably break as well. That said, the Loop Classic would likely perform better in the "drop test", than the Opti series. Performance wise, they are both my favorites.

I owned that exact set up, with those same lines and they performed very well, as you have experienced. I also use to own the DC 8130 with matching compact skagit head and AF Delta multi tip, which also worked equally well. These days I have been really enjoying Underhand casting with the faster European Spey rods and Scandinavian shooting heads.

I have been using Loop Opti Megaloop and Loop Classic reels with my trout Spey rods and I am able to use 4x-5x tippets without getting snapped off. The high end drag system really helps protect finer tippets. I have even used 4x tippets on my 8wt. Spey rods, which would be sort of equivalent to an 11wt. single hander These reels have been excellent, for all of my fishing needs. They look pretty cool too. http://www.looptackle.com/website1/1.0.1.0/411/1/index.php

Totally agree.

I've casted two of the Opti Spey rods and two of the Opti Single handers and they all were incredible sticks. I love my Opti 8124 and I'm considering picking up the 7116 as well. One of the best rod series I have ever casted and as nice as my two Loop Goran Andersen series Spey rods. I really like my Opti MegaLoop reel as well.

Try doing a search using the sites search function. There are lots of posts on this topic, with folks giving their recommendations. Edit: I tried the search function for guides and it did not come up with much, although there have been previous posts on the topic. So I guess that's of no assistance.

I wish I had remembered to bring my dry box with my Trico's today...I still got a couple of +20" Bows, High Sticking the worm along the bank... But I felt guilty afterwards... ... It was Trico's or go home where Bhurt and I were fishing. We stayed anyway and swung Skid Bitches, Streamers, Stoneflys on Tips, etc. but they would look at none of it...Still a nice day on the water...

Swinging a big juicy weighted rubber legged Stonefly. I had about a 100' of line out when he hit. Then I made him swim all the way back up too me and Doc for the pic... In some parts of Europe... that would be a Trophy Fish...

Yeah that was some kind of Champion fighting Whitie...In fact, you can see smoke coming off the reel in that first photo... Great pics SilverDoctor, thanks for posting them.