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Anyone notice the little 6' rod Lee was using on the big brookie that kept short strikin' ? He's known to have caught and landed Atlantics with a 6' 6 wt and a sz 22 fly.

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Thought I'ed share, this is the Lee Whuff rod series, a taper he had made, I was lucky enough to find it years ago. Often fish it on small waters and large. I love the action and it’s not only fun on small streams but great for light dry presentations on big browns. It is classed as a 5 wt but the window is 4 to 7.

 

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And as an added bonus found this commemerative reel. Don't fish it.

 

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Thanks for that Taco. Makes me remember how much I loved watching/listening to Gowdy.

Never got much Gowdy on CBC TV early on but when we finally got a second station, He was on Wide World of Sports Saturday afternoons.

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He did Wide World of Sports, announced every sport under the sun. But I mostly remember him for "The American Sportsman." I found this on a google search, a bit of a tribute from BassPro (or all places). His talk around the 6 minute mark really reminds me of how my dad would explain fishing, if you ever pinned him down (and it's my dad's birthday today, so I'm so glad I looked this up-a bunch of great memories swirling around my head now). Anyway, here is the clip:

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CFPage?storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&template=video.cfm&cat=Fishing&subCatID=26&connectionSpeed=hd&videoID=736&startRow=0&videoType=prodcutdemo&option=2&cmid=OLPHVIDEO_736_HD

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What an awesome video!

 

That. Was. Awesome.

Has anyone ever fished the Minipi?

 

I was there 6 years ago, tough fishing but landed 18 large trout for the week, all on dry flies! Average size was 6 lbs, one fish was an Arctic Char. There are also tons of pike along the shorelines.

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