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Nice pic of the mountains skifishbum.....WOWSA...May and plenty of snow....life isn't fair:rolleyes2

My $.01 guess would be the shop used it for rod demoing and thought it being bombproof a little too much....

kc...sounds like you've done some good skiing for 12/13. The buy/sell_thing....hey, if the $$$ are the thing....a job and cash is only a little bit of training away....

If there's no line splash issue = a non-heavy #6 can work great....Rio Trout LT or Orvis non-stiff lines..etc. The tippet material for small patterns is something to pay attention to but today's...

$.01 guess...(much of previous stuff is great)...If your ankles are flopping around it's your footbeds that are failing! Think any rolling around by the foot causing constriction contributes much...

Stuff thrown in.....but nothing wrong with that, just as long as it isn't live invasive crap.

Some catalog pics in there Underoos.... Silly question probably, but for one who is probably a little older than the class....what's with the stacked flat-rocks. I've seen some up here in Maine...

Sick trout Underoos,
Jesus Cxxxxt...now what do I do, get ready for spring(paddle/flyfish) or spend $$$ on lift tix....(no pass...not a good season)..
aaarrggghhhhh..

PM sent...flat Helixes..

Sorry to hear of injury MG.
Fwiw...if an 8' rod works for you I have:
8' #5 St.Croix Ultra(~2005 model). Excellent cond, no scratches(on blank or guides), 4pce...
pics if interested.
$110...

Beautiful stuffmattchuck2....AND with the head of a little pocket to toss a fly into as well!!..lol.

Steve

Nice, at this day in age, to see companies pushing the competition towards performance with price...

PM sent...............still avail?

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Ditto on the Axions and Protons. The Sherpa looks? good too(but not sure), Rossi's Sensors, Head's Vectors(maybe)....but don't worry about forefoot width = that's an easy...

There's that Waterworks ULA Purist I or II. Cut off some of the useless portion of running line of a #4wf and can most likely get 25yds of backing and a #4line onto the "I"....fwiw. Orvis has most...

That's another ski I'd REALLY like to try....of course it would be good to have some powder beforehand...LOL. In Maine and yesterday was day #1...LOL/Arrrgghhh

Might wanna take out the original tongue's foam backing. If you have any sharp & strong needles and thread...just sewing them to liner at several points works...doesn't have to be a continuous sew...

Kevino,
How much/any lining is in the Quantum....
thanks...

Think it was the Lamar...~early 70s(or was it Slough..??)...??? But was really nice stuff....BigHorn has always looked nice and had decent hatch activity....that is all for my rambling.
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Hey, how bout' those dimensions.... Yeah, the Bibby Pro AND one or two of ON3P's didn't become household words over just bar talk...

Know you'd like to get her onto the mountain asap...and agree with your ankle-flexion thinking, but might wanna consider a good bootfitter/pedorthist(sp?)...ie a great alignment assessment first (+...

Yeah ricorides...the earlier(pre-discdrag) Orvis version of Hardy's C&P = great reel... a nice light click setting available for lighter tippets.
One of Sage's newer reels is a good...

If you're out in left field as to what the fish want....and he finds what they want...then communicates and STOPS! = I'd feel good, but if he continues.....aahhhh that does seem to be a little...

Plus more room for backing on the reel....

So pardon my lack of powski ID skills emr....what's the ski to the right of the door?

Got to at least flex/feel both FF5 and both Wailers today. Seems like both have their place in northern NewEngland where we get both powder and, as motha Nature adds cold temps + wind = Sierra...

Wahoooo.....Boy you sound like a Wa-Wachusett slayer there Pilgrim. Mr. Extreme, once mocking Smooth Johnson for mention of Olins, is now crying Help Mommy, Mommy... at the thought of downhill...

Thanks for mentioning schwerty, that definitely sounds like something to try......when this cold snap eases....

BLS,
Any opinioin on how the Squad7s be for someone 5'8", ~180...who enjoys both driving and light touch(sometimes;-))...

I hope the user isn't lifting with a high rod angle...like I saw so many during the 90s....I mean forget it, you need a crane to do work like that. Do it ALL with a low rod angle and use the butt...

Fwiw...Sage's Xi3 9' #9wt (just feeling the flex...no line thrown) felt really nice last week during out one day warmup + sun..lol.
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101 or the 98 Watea should work....haven't tried but have heard that it's rather soft... Want to find both to at least hand-flex before dissing to either Moment or Praxis. As for skis for your...

Price for just the Barons...y/n?

BSL...? Are you sure those are not Yeties....?

Terrific TR......
Have caught the shows where they'd troll with the dummy-squid...then coax marlin or sailfish up to flyrod distances and follow up with the #9-11wt flyrod action. Think it was in...

That's what way WE operate in life. There are others that go by the "You never know what you can do until you try".....real sleazebags..and then some. Never opened a book in their lives....yet...

Where's The Law dripper?.....Huh?

What....you going to start pulling people off from trails because they don't adhere to the lawgivers(thus being PSIA..?)....LOL.
Although I do agree with most...

PMed you....

You did alright....as you're still alive! Remember that from tele(predominantly steering) to upright/2-footed(a little steering with predominance of tipping/edging on groomed)...is a bit of...

Just keep your hips & feet balanced(fore/aft-wise) with Motha Gravity and USE your relaxed knees and ankles...instead of trying to muscle the skis around by pivoting them, you'll stay in control.

It may have been made in good humor but I think ak_pm brings up a good point that the arguement of dams vs 100%-damless is often a bit simplistic as to truely develop/preserve fishery resources. ...

One day guided, next day by himself....sounds like maybe an easy multi-day stay at lodge somewhere in the Rocky Mtn states....Montana(lots of water...somewhere he wasn't previously), Idaho,...

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Local shop had just one pair of Gunsmokes but no Cochise. The Gunsmokes, after I flexed for 5min on this day (~month ago), went the next day. Needless to say I forgot its flex flavor...

No hijack intended.....anyone have a comparison between the Cochise with the Gunsmoke....for northern NE softer snow(+ occasional junk of course..LOL).

For "Getting Serious" about one's skiing I think I'd value going for bootfitting/alignment work and a checkup lesson with a topnotch instructor....
Always great to have that extra pair of eyes...

Jeez...
What a loss to the paddle world....RIP KB.

The footbed is your friend. (LOL...but true)

Yeah...think if your feet are a dead-on shellsize fit Squamish, think those M-series has a few(as mentioned). Remember the Tecnica HVLs(as are quite a few Tecnicas) are wide in the heel and lower...

Might wanna think about $$$ saved to just grab some snowshoes..
Jeez, the miles of knee-deep up mini-drops just to reach the little ponds in upstate NY to pass a damn puck around = sick(literally)...