It happens to all of us The last week or so, several of my replies about the Sowbug were meant to be off list. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marguerite wrote: > 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
