toolman

I have to agree about the Yellow series. I have the 10150 but I want a couple more of them, including a 9140, which Max owns and I have casted and maybe a 9132 to fight a few Kings at some point. I'm using an XLT 7/8 and a AF 10/11/12 Scandi head, cut back to 39', on the 10150 Yellow. I also have a Quatro Tips, 9/10 coming in a few days. Lots of new toys to play with this Christmas.

FYI, Loop is no longer using the color coding for their Spey rod series and these are rods they are clearing out. The colored coded series are still exceptional quality rods.

Of course we could not pass up an opportunity to pick up a few new Loop Spey rods. Max ordered a couple of the Loop Blue, a 7112-3 and a 8116-4. I ordered a 9140-4 to add to my collection of Bluelines. We also picked up a couple of Loop 9/10 Quatro Tip, multi tip, Scandinavian Shooting Heads.

That's a great shot..."Ice fishin' anyone?". The things we sometimes do to catch these bloody trout...and we call sky divers "crazy".

This conversion kit seems to focus on the rods ability to two hand overhead with shooting heads, but two handed spey casting with theses converted rods, is not mentioned on the TFO site page. Two hand spey casting puts added pressures on the rod that might make it unsuitable for spey casting, although it may still work well. If you get a chance to cast one, let us know how it works. I have a friend looking at buying this kit as well. http://www.templeforkflyrods.com/news/arch...wo-hande.html#T

So when are you going to get a Spey rod? Anytime you want to get out and try some Spey casting, just let me know.

I gave one a wiggle test down at Fish Tales this morning. The new bottom section converts a TFO TiCrX 9' 7wt or 8wt., into a two handed switch rod. Pretty cool and makes the rod capable of all two hand spey casts as well as two hand overhead and of course single hand casting too.

Congrats on landing the trophy Cutt. Was this a sea run? The Bow river fished very well this past week. Many larger trout feeding and the weather has been moderate and sunny for the last few days. I got to play with my 3 Loop rods this weekend and that was a lot of fun. Scandi heads on the 7116 and 10150 bluelines and an 8/9 XLT 95' , on the 10150 yellow line. A fun rod to cast the XLT with a 10' intermediate sink poly leader added. Unfortuneately I won't be able to attend your Spey gathering next weekend. Good luck and have fun.

Al, There is no dealer that I am aware of that is carrying the CND GPS line here in Calgary. I am ordering a GPS 5/6, sometime this week, along with a bunch of other stuff that I can't get locally.

For lake fishing, I would look at the CND Gravity Point Spey lines. Nice long front tapers/tips. Also, a Double Taper line might be a good choice for lakes. http://cndspeyusa.com/Pages/gpslines.html

I assume you are going to use it with a 6/7 Spey rod....The Outbound is not exactly a spey line taper, but more of a WF taper, with a really heavy front end to turn over big weight (likely very splashy on the landings). Thus, they are popular as a two hand overhead line. I have heard that if you add a tip, it does kind of turn it into more of a Spey taper and will spey cast ok, but I have not casted one. I have looked at this taper and really don't have much fishing water where I would need it. I use my Delta's and Scandi lines for two hand overhead and they work very well.

The problem folks had with soles falling off, were most often due to an improperly fitted sole. When I purchased new studded soles for my Korkers, I had Arron at Fishtales install them. He removed the old felts and cleaned the base of the boot throughly with water/brush and then used a #13 sole, that was one size larger than the #12 boots, to get a tight fit. I have not had any problems with my Korkers and have many friends using them. Plus, if you did have a problem, the folks at FishTales have a no bs warranty and will take care of it immediately. One of the many benefits of shopping locally.

Sure I can...LOL...

I'd love to see that episode sometime. Terry's a great fisherman.

The highlight that I heard from the show, (from a buddy who watched it today)... One of the anglers says "Sure are a lot of Stoneflies out today".....really?.... no kiddin'.....LOL!

I got out fishing yesterday and today for an hour. The bite is on, but drift ice is a big problem, so there's not much open water. It's pretty dam cold, so an hour is all I could take, but long enough to get the flies wet and slam a few, actually, quite a few.

Thanks I.G....Have you used the Snowbee sinking shooting heads often? I fish the Bow River using floating Scandi heads & poly leaders or a Delta multi tip and sometimes in the summer I use a long belly (XLT). I am interested in using dual density heads this winter for the castability in confined quarters, getting the fly to a controlled depth and getting a nice slooooow swing/lift. Short shooting heads are very usefull for me when walking and wade speyfishing along the Bow, as there are many beats that I like to fish which are tight to the shoreline. The trout can sometimes be very spooky and I like to keep my feet out of the water as much as possible. I like the floating Scandi heads with sinking polytips, but I am looking forward to learning how to use the sinking heads effectively. And yes we are certainly lucky to have the Bow river, no doubt about it. I look forward to casting a Beulah 11'6" 5/6/7 at the show.

Mission accomplished Glen...Congrats and thanks for sharing your great adventure with us.

Thanks Islandguy and it looks like a great line system. How about short sinking heads, dual density etc. What's your experience with these lines?

Welcome Islandguy (Courtney)... Let's talk more about the Snowbee Heads you mentioned recently. Are you meaning the 1D-4D series? Greg http://www.snowbee.co.uk/page23.html#3dscan

LOL...I'll take a couple dozen.

Good to hear that Jim has a new book coming. Too bad it was'nt available for Christmas so I could put it on the wish list. Oh well, I'll get him to sign my copy at the Flyfishing Exposition at the end of January.

My entry...

My view on most guide service's, anywhere, for any type of fishing, is they are usually all very qualified and there will be little difference arranging a trip with one or another, except maybe price and personalities. If you know how to fish, you're gonna catch fish and all of the local guides on a given waterway will know where the fish are most days and the most productive methods to catch them. If you are a beginner, all of the guides will be more than qualified to teach you the basics. You don't need a flyfishing guru to teach you the basics, unless you just want to spend the day with that guide/instructor, which is fine, as fishing should be whatever you want it to be. So, in my opinion, it is more important to talk to the folks at each of the guiding services and get a feel for what they are all about and go with your heart. Try and find someone you want to spend a day on the water with and someone who also understands what you want and expect from your trip.

If someone has had a bad experience with a service that you are asking about, then they can send you a pm. It's really simple. We are not really up for hashing out the reasons why this is the board policy, yet once again, so please respect our rules and enjoy the site. Without further rebuttal please, lets move on, back to the original topic.