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Found a bison skull down south a few years back. Pretty cool find!

Smith for me!

Very sad to hear. Always enjoyed my time at the shop! All the best to Mike and the rest of the staff.

Caught a bull this morning from the Bow. Small but still cool to see!

Amazing!

Sad. I took part in the first river clean-up he hosted and he seemed like an all-around pretty nice guy. Guess I was wrong.

Maybe check out the Frequency series lines from SA as well. Good value at a nice price point!

Holy cow that thing is massive!!

I have the Orvis Recon as well in a 5 wt and I love it. It may be a little above your price range but its still a nice rod. The Orvis Clearwater is another medium-fast rod that performs great for the price. I know some guy's love the TFO BVK as well. I'd suggest taking a look at the Yellowstone Angler's 5 weight shootout to get an idea about some of the different rods that are out there (http://www.yellowstoneangler.com/gear-review/2016-5-weight-shootout-fly-rod-review-5weightflyrodcomparison-new-fly-rods-best-all-around-fly-rod-g-loomisnrxlp-scott-radian-orvis-helios2-hardyzephrus-hardy-wraith-sagemod-sage-bolt-loop-optistream). And as Sage mentioned, don't buy a rod without casting it first!

Wow!

The Orvis learning center is also a great resource! http://howtoflyfish.orvis.com/

Came across this interesting video from Kelly Galloup about drop shot nymphing. I'm curious to try it out and wondered if anyone else had heard of or has experience with this technique. Thoughts?

8'6" 4wt Orvis Helios 2. It's one sweet stick!

No problem!