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jgray

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Urban blue line
« on: May 04, 2012, 10:21:16 AM »
I thought I had a 6AM meeting this morning; I showed up to find that the meeting is scheduled for next Friday! Oh well, I'll go fishing.

Strung up a new 7'2" 5 wt I built this winter on a glass blank by McFarland.



Got into a smallie pretty quickly.  They were being very finicky in this slow, clear creek.  I ended up fishing a sz 10 streamer.



A pretty nice spotted bass:



Caught a lot of sunnies, and these guys were really active:



Finally got what I was after.  I knew this girl was in this pool last week.  Today, she was off the bed and hungry, nearly tore the rod out of my hands.  It was a touch and go affair with such a small rod - this is the first fish I've had to put on the reel in a long time.



How do you top that?  I clipped off my fly and headed to work.

Thanks for checking out my report.




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Re: Urban blue line
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2012, 12:07:57 PM »
Friggin sweet

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Steve H

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Re: Urban blue line
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2012, 12:23:40 PM »
Very nice work!
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Re: Urban blue line
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2012, 01:03:41 PM »
Thanks for sharing!  Nice work on many levels. ;)
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Re: Urban blue line
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2012, 07:27:13 PM »
Awesome!  That is a sweet Smallie on your new rod.
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Re: Urban blue line
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2012, 09:00:39 PM »
Smallmouth+fiberglass= fun times!
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Re: Urban blue line
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2012, 08:11:07 AM »
Nice!  Need to break out my Fiberglass soon!
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"A passion for steelhead is a hard ride. It is all consuming. God help the woman, man, or child who hopes to compete for some small claim to the passion in the angler so stricken." Bill McMillan, Foreword- A Passion for Steelhead

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Re: Urban blue line
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2012, 10:01:23 AM »
Thanks, fellas!

What 'glass rods are y'all using? 
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toddro

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Re: Urban blue line
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2012, 02:51:12 PM »
I've got a vintage Scott 5pc. 5wt. PowR-Ply Fiberglass rod from the old operation in San Francisco.  It has a really sweet touch.  Oddly enough, I landed a really decent-sized Steelhead with it one time, which was hilarious....
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Re: Urban blue line
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2012, 08:30:36 PM »
I have 4 now...
8'8" 8wt Scientific Anglers
8' 7wt Fenwick
8' 6wt Phillipson Powercast
7'6" Hurricane 4 piece pack rod
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jgray

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Re: Urban blue line
« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2012, 08:20:43 AM »
Those are all very cool rods.  I'd like to cast that Phillipson sometime!

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Re: Urban blue line
« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2012, 09:24:07 PM »
Quote from: blueandgray on May 06, 2012, 08:20:43 AM
Those are all very cool rods.  I'd like to cast that Phillipson sometime!



After reading this, I pulled mine out and dusted it off and walked down to the river with it this evening and promptly landed 3 fish out of one of my favorite little holes.  Fun stuff!  I need to get the guides re-done on mine.  They appear to have been replaced at some point in the rod's life and were obviously a DIY job and they don't look that great.  At some point, I need to get them replaced...
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Re: Urban blue line
« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2012, 07:31:42 AM »
If you can tie a fly, you can do a good job of it yourself.
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