MM, was okay, share all the good infos with us. Maybe when I'm in Portland. Only 10.000 miles <G> Rene -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Marguerite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Datum: Dienstag, 18. M�rz 2003 19:55 Betreff: Re: [VFB] Story of a long weekend--ooops
>Sorry, Folks, the reply I just sent was for Wes and I didn't intend to send to >the whole list. :( >MM > >--- Wes Wada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Nice weekend. Wish they could all be so pleasant, fishy related and >> full of companionship. >> >> On the way to the Portland, Oregon area, we stopped at the Fly Fishing >> Shop in Welches. This is one of the best stocked flyshops you'd ever >> see, and I was able to make purchases of tying materials I cannot get >> in Bend. To my delight, they had about eight colors of Saap Body Fur, >> and I bought a brilliant chartreuse, a light olive and a dirty olive. >> Played around with a selection of rotary vises, and discovered I liked >> the Dyna King Barracuda, Jr. the best. >> >> Linda and I joined our friends Bill and Ann Nora in Happy Valley, >> Oregon for a couple of days. Bill is a past fishing buddy, and he is >> the fellow who was to take me to his favorite haunts for winter >> steelhead fishing. We knew several days in advance that the rivers >> were blown out, so fishing was not on the agenda. However, we did >> something I think was even better. We spent hours on two separate days >> walking two rivers as he pointed out drift launch points, winter and >> summer steelhead holding lies, and discussed the nuances of fishing >> each water. I felt like I had died and gone to heaven. >> >> Bill also gave Linda and I our first Spey casting lesson right on the >> river. The sight of the 5'4" Linda waving around a 14 ft. Spey rod has >> to be seen to be believed. >> >> He also opened his winter steelhead flybox and showed his very simple >> assortment of weighted steelhead bunny leeches, all single color in >> hook sizes 4 to 2/0, some weighted with 3/16" nickel weights, others >> with barbell eyes. I exchanged the favor, showing Bill how to tie with >> Saap Body Fur, and demo'd Don Ordes' rope dubbing technique. Bill >> pointed out some synthetic dubbing he hated to tie with, and we had him >> tying beautifully dubbed bodies with it in no time. He was very >> impressed. >> >> Even our drive into downtown Portland was enjoyably fishy. We stopped >> at Powell's Book Store and split up, and I made a beeline through the >> three-floor, city block big, new and used book heaven to the fly >> fishing and tying section. I didn't make a purchase, but was able to >> look at quite a number of books that have been mentioned on this list. >> >> Our final night, we stayed with Max and Nila Peel, the longtime >> camphosts of Oregon's Hosmer Lake. Max is a fine flyfisherman, and he >> has been making heirloom quality landing nets during the last two >> offseasons. Finally, his morning, we drove the 3-1/2 hours back to >> Bend, and after taking care of business, I spent the evening tying >> flies for an upcoming fishing trip. >> >> About a perfect as a long weekend can be without dipping a line in the >> water. Thought I would just try to share the 'glow'. >> >> Wes Wada >> Bend, Oregon >> > > >===== >"We do not see things as they are, we see things as WE are." >Anais Nin > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! >http://platinum.yahoo.com
