What are you fishing this week?

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teter
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What are you fishing this week?

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Show us the rods you're currently (or recently) fishing. Here are the three I have had on the water this week:
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Orvis 1856
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Leonard 40 Catskill
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South Bend Cross 1500
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Teter, I don’t have on site photos ,but the two rods I took a-fishin were:

a Payne 197 by George Guba with a Hawkeye 80

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and a Leonard 38 1/2 with the same reel. I mostly midges with these rods
On the Gunpowder River in upper Baltimore County , Maryland

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Nice combo, Jed!

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Thanks Teter. The Payne 197 is a deep flexing rod and a lot of fun to fish. It delicately casts a griffiths gnat onto the water. Cheers, Jed
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Not fishing this week but the last day before the snow shut us down I was fishing a Winston 7'3" 3oz 4wt penta. The reel is a 1960's 3 1/8" perfect. Hit 38f today, another week like this and I may get another chance to fish...but I am not holding my breath.Image
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Finally the Southern Tasmanian stream fishing has kicked into gear. Yesterday I discovered that my local river has even more fallen trees and blockages which makes it hard going and somewhat treacherous. My rod of choice for this situation is a Payne 101 clone. The whippy action is good for short flicks as well as lots of roll casting. Sorry but I am not set up for photos.

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PT48, you'd enjoy my favorite rod. I use it in exactly the kind of conditions you describe. It's a rod I designed myself. It's a 6'8", 6wt that can easily rollcast 30+ feet and will load with a little bit of line. I call it my Hidden Places rod. In fact, I used it just today in some really tight spaces to catch smallmouth.

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A short, strong rod certainly has its uses Canewrap - yours would be good for some NZ situations that I fish. In Australia we call such an instrument a "stump puller."

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I am currently working near Cartersville, GA. but this Sunday I'm going to drive up and fish the delayed harvest section of Amicalola Creek. I'll take along a Goodwin Granger 9050 Aristocrat that Scott Whitman re-furbished for me and a Pflueger 1495 1/2 Medalist with the round line guard from Russ Gabel. I like it a lot and I've only fished it once so far.

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L....good to see you are on the water...things good here in Savannah and we've been on the baby tarpon with some good tides...here's a small one with my Carlin 7/8 wt...they get bigger!

Gary.

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Way to go Gary, I like the shorts and short sleeves, ain't short sleeve weather up here, had 13 deg. at 5:30 this morning, fishin may be done for us till spring, caught and released this landlocked Salmon Wednesday afternoon, using an 8.5' Orvis light salmon for a GAF line, Salmon season has not been too good this fall, a lot of fish and big fish that just are not getting pissed off enough strike! better luck next fall I guess. JerzyImageUntitled by jerzy pawlowski, on Flickr

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Before the cold front smacked us, we had some gorgeous Fall weather. In recent weeks, a beautiful original Jay Harvey Lincoln, 8', 1 1/2 ferrule was a perfect choice for small dries and mostly nymphing on small waters here. Very special with the rather dainty grip and the very nice tite-lock Heddon seat...
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No fishing. Bear hunting

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The South Bend #359 8-1/2' and #290 7-1/2' I just picked up. Testing line weights and blooded them both on bluegills. I know they ain't trout, but hey; you take what you can get...

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"but hey; you take what you can get"

Hey, I hear ya brother! I love to fish, so I've had to adapt. Trout fishing that's better than a bad joke requires hours of travel in this part of the south. So, I'm exploring area small streams and I'm actually finding some lively, beautiful fish in under-fished streams. What's not to love.

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Those slabsided sunfish are always up for a good fight. Catching them on bamboo rods is lots of fun.

Gary, good to hear from you, too! One of these days I'll come back down there and fish your lagoons again.

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Had our 1st measurable snowfall this week but temps today into upper 30s so grabbed the ubiquitous Montague impregnated rod they made under contract for Orvis. Workingmans cane I can fish with confidence without worrying too much if it takes a swim etc
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No photos, but still great enjoyment with a 4 wt Heddon rebuild 7.5' and my rebuilt South Bend 359, cut down to 7.5' and casting WF6F.

Mike Clark made an excellent extra tip section for the Heddon and salmonbandito on *bay did a great job rebuilding the South Bend.

It's been a very good year in the neighborhood with old bamboo rods and soft-hackled wets. Ice-over will happen soon.

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My Leonard 38 L got a workout this week.


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What are you fishing this week?
Since you asked,
(Sorry, no photos of the Para 30 that I needed in order to cast this guy ;) )
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