Papa, Just picked up my Dad from the Airport today.. He said he never even felt the quake (he was 600 miles south of the epicenter) and only wanted to talk of the 10+lbers he latched on to with giant Rhino Beetle flies... He said Santiago airport was very interesting two days ago though with displac...

Benny, I have done the Smith River Float you speak of two times. Caves, Pictographs, Petroglyphs, Canyon Walls and Brown Trout! And once you put in you are on the water for usually five days! Its about the total experience, not how big of fish you can catch on this one. I have buddies in MT that gui...

Zee, I fish the SFlex 10' rod all the time.. And I use a Hardy Demon on it as well. I have some demons here at the shop.. Its a killer setup.. Great rod for the price!

Oh Ya That writer sure knows the addiction!! .....

Like I say........ The Tug IS the Drug!!

Have fun at my lodge Shequila... Dont forget where the St Regis hits the big river... remember to take my good old Dad with a grain of salt........ We will be in touch... If you are taking I 90 I can tell you so many places to fish you will never arrive in St Regis.....

Nice Cat!!! You gotta show us some gar photos taken on the fly... I had some fun getting longnose gar the fly when I was guiding out of Santa Fe NM .... Some days there would not even sniff it and the next day they would slash it ten feet from me.... David

Shane,
Good to see you here! Glad you like the rod... Over here in the states we will put some heavy bend-o on it next time I see you.. David

No problem 209er.. you seem like a unique character... I would share water with you anytime...

Thanks for sticking up for the guides Wildfly... :grouphug: :rockon: Yeah unless you have been a full time guide it would be hard to make an assumption that we dont have "a real job" .... Its high water, the guys are on their once a year fishing trip and they show up like they just stepped...

I use Costa Del Mar sunglasses.. every pic you see me in I have them on .. They are the Swordfish series with the wave 580 lenses.. Green Mirror...$250 retail I think.. As good of glasses as one can get... David

Spending over 300 days a year on the water guiding and personal fishing you dont even want me to start on my bad fishing etiquette stories :fireangry: :fireangry: .. My personal etiquette with or without clients is to fish out of sight of most people, trust me, if you know the water well enough ther...

Allen... I am glad to be one of the people that could help you along the way... I cant think of anyone whose life is consumed by fly fishing more than you are... (except for me of course :bananadance: ) You are the obvious candidate for this award... Great work on everything you have done with fly f...

Shoot guys I am sorry... It's not my birthday ... I forgot to change 2/7 to 7/2 ... Thanks for the smile I got when I saw this though..I am glad to know a bunch of flyfishers like you all..

Looks like a great trip Chris! Were you mostly tugging the bugs for the tugs? I like the bronzed bows.. I have an opprortunity to do that river and I guess I should take them up on it! Actually Fishden just got back from there a little while ago as well...

All this carp talk... bah...what are they good for? I'll tell you... Has anyone here chased bonefish on the flats? Well if you have now go out to a carp flat and see if you can catch them like you catch the bone...I'm telling you I guided and fished for bonefish for a full year... this is where I li...