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I need someone to teach me the Wallis cast.. I see guys doing it on the river. it looks so effortless. Not for me though. I always find myself trying to get the back lash untangled.

Any time B!

Awesome teaser Mike! You'll have to get all of the pics and video up after the article comes out, you can't let all of that go unseen! It's good to see the flies got a work out too.

Let's just let these threads die guys. No need to get worked up, no one should be handing out rivers and no one should expect it.

Apart from cropping you can also resize, change the type of file and reduce the quality of the image to get it's size down. Not sure how much you can do in Flickr...

The thing with warranties is they are designed to cover manufacturers defects, which in general will fail within the first few trips if there is one. Many people take advantage of it and get a rod covered that is 10+ years old and Shimano loses their shirt on it, I would be surprised to see other companies follow suit and shorten their warranties within the next 5-10 years. It must have been pretty bad if they can afford to hire several staff to work full-time inspecting rods.

^This^

Also, just a heads up that SAIL has changed their policy on returned rods, you now have to send them to the manufacturer, we can mail them as well but they will not be replaced by SAIL.

Depending on the type of rod, 1-year may not be sufficient. Shimano has a lot of species/technique specific rods. Eg., being bass. Bass season being open from 3rd week of June till end of November, which is five months. Realistically, a lot of casual bass anglers stop fishing after October, so you only have 4 months to fish that rod. And you may only have two or three weekends per month to fish, so really, you'd be taking the the rod out about 12 times during a season. That really isn't a lot of time to know whether or not your purchase is a lemon. And what about more hardcore anglers who have an array of rods. So that rod you purchased might even see even less water time.

 

I'd say, bump it to two years. That's more reasonable than having a one year warranty.

 

Gonna re-ask…but anyone know if Loomis rods are affected by the same warranty coverage?

You do raise a good point there, but really if you know that you have to check it out before the year is up you could at least take a few casts with it in under a year, no?

I believe the loomis warranty is unchanged.

Ah, sounds like a great day Cliff, I'd be there if I was around

Remember no warranty (that comes with gear at least) covers damaged inflicted by yourself.....

I can understand the change somewhat. I guy has a rod for 30 years, snaps it to get a new one....but a 1 year warranty?!?! Please. At least give a 5 year to show you stand behind your product.

 

I have always owned nothing but Shimano, and have had some warrantied too, but this will make me think twice about buying another.

 

I can buy 10 cheaper rods for the price of one of their higher end and I also believe that a quality reel does more than a quality rod.

The problem is that a five year warranty opens them up to ware and tear cases, the warranty is there incase there is a defect in the rod and if there is that rod won't last a week of fishing.

Just a heads up that next year's line looks like it's going up again...

Yup, should be heating up on lake O soon, may try a river up your way if it comes down enough tomorrow.

Angling specs in Concord has plenty of stuff for spinnerbaits. Can't think of anywhere else...

Damn, I had almost gotten this out of my mind after I was told about it a couple hours ago. Really liked his standup. RIP Robin.

Great shot! As soon as I saw the moon last night I went down to the pier LOL

Looks like I've been calling them the wrong colour this whole time!

I have been fishing these for a while and I find that in clear water a natural color works best, grenns, browns. I'm stained water I like to go with solid black.

 

My goto this year has been the yamamoto's rainbow trout(I thnk its called?), its green on 1 side and pink on the other.

 

Yamamotos are the ONLY senko I use, I also use the o-ring but may try this heat-shrink now

 

Good read

 

Thanks

That colour would be watermelon, AKA #042

What colour is everyone using? My preference is bubblegum, followed by Goby and gr pumpkin

For me it's either rootbeer, green pumpkin with chartreuse tip, watermelon or white, I've heard a lot about bubblegum though, may have to try it.

One Must be quick and pure of spirit young Ninja (aka Chris)--to stay ahead of the ole paintin hippie

 

Haha, another great! Try this one out.

I came to post these and Bush almost got both before me! So instead of America by S&G here's A Horse With No Name by America and Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel

 

 

the14wt GLX is ready and desperately waiting....any takers? seriously...lol pm me for info

 

guessing your wife works with an airline? lucky dude...arapaima, taimen and wells catfish are top of the exotic list for me

I'll sleep on it lol.

For me it would be the vid Brad posted, backcountry camping Norway for char, Russian salmon, New Zealand trout, Louisiana reds, Cape Cod stripers and I'd want to fish Russia for its trout as well.

I would if I wasn't leaving for yellowstone the next morning...

Awesome report Ryan! Im curious, what was the total for the Fish a Thon this year?

BTW, I'm not sure I can wait for September to get down there, seeing the length of that carp I may be there tomorrow!

Where's the new job Chris?

SAIL Vaughan.

Funny thing is there's really nothing behind the white, some trees and cottages, just don't want any unknowing cottagers to start fishing it haha.

Nice report and fish Christopher.

 

Thats some serious fog in the back grounds. LOL

 

 

Hows the new job? You liking it?

It can be slow when you're working weekdays and there's no one around but I'm learning a lot there, get to talk fishing all day, and end up with a bit of change in my pocket So I can't complain!

Amazing report as usual Drew! Glad to hear the lodge is ok!