Comments on: The Underground’s Director of Montana Fisheries Sends a Report From the [Famous Name Redacted] River

By: LeftyG

LeftyG — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:08:44 +0000

Thanks Sully. A mere pittance to avoid taking the good lord’s name in vain!

By: Sully

Sully — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:18:46 +0000

LeftyG,
[name redacted] is famously cheap, but last week he told me that the $14.95 spent for a spool of Seaguar “Grandmax FX” was money well spent.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:40:19 +0000

Lefty: gotta ask [name redacted] – this is his report, not mine.

By: LeftyG

LeftyG — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:16:13 +0000

Tom, old boy.—I write from Florida. I fish the Smokie’s for trouts as fine as any east of the St. Joe. We trout bums of FlyFishers ofNorthwest Florida haven’t found a really good 7x to use with out Tricos. Would you be so kind as to divulge the name of the superior one you used on the Redacted?
Cordially, LeftyG.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:35:24 +0000

“when other addictions run to Spanish shotguns and boats, you’ve got to make the tough decisions”

I would have assumed heroin and hookers, which are marginally less acceptable than outdoor sports, but cheaper…

By: Taku

Taku — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:58:45 +0000

Well, heck, I’m still using my $75.00 Fenwick (sometimes) and when other addictions run to Spanish shotguns and boats, you’ve got to make the tough decisions. Plus it was a slow fire season here in the northern Rockies.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:23:45 +0000

Taku: Yes, I’ve got the “Electro-Shock Your Way To More & Bigger Fish” title already half written. And these days, what kind of fly rod can you get for $400? You won’t even get gold-plated components for that…

By: Taku

Taku — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:14:32 +0000

Fer god’s sake, the secret is out now. I can see the future, shocking schedules being carefully guarded, traded in the dark of night. Furtive anglers stalking the biologists, chasing them down like lawyers after ambulances. Those of us who experienced older siblings and cattle prods in younger days know what those shocks did to your appetites. Figure trout react the same way, looking for comfort food. The other bummer is my new $400.00 fly rod looks suspiciously like the new vacuum for the house. Damn economy.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:57:00 +0000

Smells: Keep looking – you’ll find it somewhere within a 13.5 hour radius from Mt. Shasta.

Jim: I think [name redacted's] Winston was a 9′ rod. (And send any legal correspondence to him.)

By: Kentucky Jim

Kentucky Jim — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:17:30 +0000

A Winston 5 wt.? Let’s see now. It was about a year ago, no maybe a bit more, that I mentioned that I had just acquired one, and you accused me of “…going over to the dark side”. Dontcha just hate it when I do that?

I believe mine was a 8′ 5 wt. with a Lamson ULA Waterworks reel; rod was a BIIx to be specific. Perhaps one of the sweetest rods I’ve ever cast. So good, in fact, that it required a little more finesse than I’ve been able to give it. The beauty of that is that if I can stay with it, it will make me a better caster than I would otherwise be. The combination of the reel and the rod was easily the sweetest match that I ever have cast, or even held in my hand, for that matter.

Now, you mentioned fish. I believe you suggested that some were rather large. I really can’t imagine anything much sweeter than catching medium/large trout on that setup.

So…once again. I’m really not jealous or anything. Answering lengthy discovery requests is a great way to pass the day away. Writing blustery letters to lawyers who get paid more than I do to write ‘em back is good practice for posting on a northern California fly fishing blog where every time I turn around the guy is gone fishing again. Quit fishing and get back to work, will ya? Geeeez! Some people!

By: SmellsLikeFish

SmellsLikeFish — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:12:00 +0000

This is turning into the same kinda story you posted last week about Stream X. Here again, I can’t find the Redacted River on the topo. I really want to try fishing it, so if you could just maybe tell me one of the other names for it – maybe the topo has it listed under some regional name. Just a guess, but as soon as you tell us, we can all go fish it.