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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby fly_baby » January 16th, 2010, 9:53 pm

I have a lot of rods because I have the sickness! :rockon:

I learned that a 9' 5wt is overkill for small creeks surrounded by lots of twigs and branches - even with rollcasts - caught more trees than fish. That's when I started going to smaller stream rods. Isn't the saying you can never be too rich, too thin or have enough fly fishing equipment?

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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby Eric » January 16th, 2010, 11:30 pm

Welcome to the site Ava. Looking forward to your reports and pics.
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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby stanbery » January 18th, 2010, 3:10 am

midger wrote:Welcome! For somebody just starting you sure have a lot of fishin' poles. :lol:

Enjoy this place. Lots of great folks willing to help on this site.


Look who is talking. :funnyup: How many do you have Mike? :funnyup:

Ava welcome aboard.

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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby fly_baby » January 18th, 2010, 10:10 am

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome! Looking forward to meeting everyone to faces to the names. :)

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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby fly_baby » January 18th, 2010, 10:13 am

Yikes, haven't had enough coffee yet! What I meant to say was, I'm looking forward to putting faces to the names.

Must...have...coffee...

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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby beachbum » January 18th, 2010, 10:47 am

Welcome to the board, Ava. There are lots of folks to fish with around here. If you ever want to fish the surf, with your fly rod, let me know.

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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby duckdog » January 18th, 2010, 10:47 am

welcome fly_baby, now all you have to do is to start tying your own fly's , you will never be bored and you will have another hole to pour money down !
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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby fly_baby » January 18th, 2010, 10:55 am

Hi Bill,

What kind of rod is needed to "fish the surf?" It sounds cool.

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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby beachbum » January 18th, 2010, 11:06 am

A 5 wt rod, or bigger, with a sink tip, or sinking line, works best. It's a lot of fun!
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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby midger » January 18th, 2010, 3:33 pm

stanbery wrote:
midger wrote:Welcome! For somebody just starting you sure have a lot of fishin' poles. :lol:

Enjoy this place. Lots of great folks willing to help on this site.


Look who is talking. :funnyup: How many do you have Mike? :funnyup:

Ava welcome aboard.

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But I ain't just startin' out. ;)

Honestly, I couldn't tell you how many I have.. They're like an ocean tide--they come and go, ebb and flow........... Probably just like yours. :lol:
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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby flybob » January 18th, 2010, 8:46 pm

Hello Ava, glad you could make it to the party!

Sounds like you are already off to a smashing good start!

By the way, if you are looking for a 4wt, don't know if he sold it yet but Papasequoia has a great deal going on a Sage Z Axis!
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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby fly_baby » January 18th, 2010, 9:59 pm

Thanks for the welcome and the rod info. I'll check it out.

Every time I look at your profile picture I cringe thinking about how painful it must have been. Yikes! Hope your finger is better now. :)

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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby briansII » January 27th, 2010, 9:26 pm

fly_baby wrote:I now have a 2wt, 3wt, 5wt and 7wt rods all with Orvis reels BBSs and BLAs. After reading this forum, I realize that while Orvis reels may be good, there are many others to choose from and hope to learn more from everyone. I don't have tons of money so I can't afford the very best but I won't buy cheap gear just to save a buck. I am saving up for a 4wt rod and am looking forward to the Pasadena show.
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Ah! A kindred spirit. You'll fit in just fine here. Welcome!!

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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby streaminbeast » January 28th, 2010, 2:34 pm

Hello

I was looking for a forum for the king's river, and i found this website. :). Sadly, I do not fish the King's as often as I would like to, because I live in the bay area, and tend to travel up north to Chico quite often. I enjoy fishing, but not a big fan of eating fish, unless it is sushi. The feeling of releasing a fish makes me feel great, because you know there will be something around to grab your fly the next time you come out.
I grew up in visalia, ca, moved to fresno after high school, then the bay area afterwards. I started fly fishing in october 2009, and have been learning to get better after each trip :). In addition, I just recently got my two brothers into fly fishing as well, and boy he goes nuts in buying gear. I have big plans for 2010, such as making a trip to the trinity, klamath, smith, owens, kern, and the walker, just hoping things go out as planned. I am currently a sponge, and learn quite fast, so I would like to thank everyone who has helped me so far, in achieving the things I have done recently in fly fishing. I get my fly tying kit today, as soon as ups stops by, and i'm afraid im going to become a fly tying addict. haha.

P.S. If anyone has fished a certain creek near chico, B**te Creek, please PM Me. I'm hoping I can make an outing this weekend if it does not rain. I am itching to get out and feel a bendo. ;/
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Re: Members' Bio: Where'd you come from?

Postby Benny » February 1st, 2010, 5:05 pm

Welcome aboard streaminbeast :D
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