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Posts: 27 02/08/2010 23:41	Tags : None I christened my newly acquired WM Granger Special 3/2 8642 (got it from a member of this board) in the Ozarks this past Sunday and enjoyed some rare winter sunshine and a 2-3 hour BWO hatch to boot...risers around me everywhere...it was a joy....the rod cast well both long and short, however the the middle range was super sweet. To tell you the truth, I tried switching to my 9' Winston graphite rod (for nymphing) a couple of times when the action slowed a bit and could only last a few seconds before I grabbed for the vintage boo again in search of risers. The graphite had no feel...like a reel attached to air. To top everything off, I fished near a couple of gentlemen with old-school stream etiquette...a rare find these days.
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sharps4590		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 208 02/09/2010 07:12	Glad ye enjoyed yer vintage 'boo Feedrack! Kinda, sorta neat, ain't it! Where'd ye fish in the Ozarks? Vic
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Feedrack		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 28 02/09/2010 09:59	Thanks...I hit Bennett Springs near Lebanon, MO...never been there before. It was the last weekend for the winter C&R before they get ready for the mob on March 1. I fished a #22 cdc bwo and had refusal rises...then the same with a #20. A #18 did the trick...didn't know Bennett was a match-hatch kinda place. It was surprisingly fun.
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Eperous	With you in spirit	#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 228 02/09/2010 18:19	Glad to hear you are enjoying your WM Granger, I have a WM also - a 9053 Victory Rod... Back in the late '80's, early '90's, I sold most of my cane collection and moved to Sage Graphite rods... then 5 years ago I picked up a 7 foot 4 weight from this builder, Lee Orr... FYI: http://www.vandaliarodworks.com/rodworks.html I never looked back either, now I'm selling off most of my Sage graphites... Enjoy... Ed
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Posts: 591 02/09/2010 22:32	I was hoping to meet a fellow board member this past Sunday at Roaring River State Park near Cassville, Mo., for a few hours of catch and release fishing there, but the weather got the best of me....just tooooo cold! I just don't like fishing in the low 30s much anymore. Bill Anderson, SW Missouri
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Feedrack		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 29 02/09/2010 23:21	The sun was out and the weather was warm...must have been lucky. Hit a snowstorm on the way back to KC. I've heard good things about Roaring River although it's a haul from up here...I usually just head to CO when I can.
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bmwmoa67707		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 90 02/10/2010 00:11	wb4tjh wrote: I was hoping to meet a fellow board member this past Sunday at Roaring River State Park near Cassville, Mo., for a few hours of catch and release fishing there, but the weather got the best of me....just tooooo cold! I just don't like fishing in the low 30s much anymore. Bill, you should have been there! Check this one out.....steve If you blow this picture up, you can see my #20 Burlap in her bottom lip.....on my Summers 856 and San Miguel 2
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wb4tjh		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 593 02/10/2010 09:59	Steve....stand back, while I kick myself for not going.....that's a beautiful rainbow. It would have been worth the trip just to have watched YOU hook and land that fish. Let's get together soon...somewhere. Bill Anderson, SW Missouri
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Boonut		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 471 02/10/2010 14:21	Sorry, but I hate to see a trout laying on the ground. I hope you ate it?
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thegubster		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1837 02/10/2010 20:13	Feedrack wrote: To top everything off, I fished near a couple of gentlemen with old-school stream etiquette...a rare find these days. A rare find indeed! Good for you on that rod. I can relate to your feeling when switching back to a plastic "stikk". I'm only (relatively) recent to canes but I know what you mean, especially if you really enjoy 'the cast'. You had a rare day of topside fishing in chilly weather. You have my envy...and grins! Jeremy......I need a fix pretty dang quicklike.
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bobbeegee		#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3497 02/10/2010 20:36	Boonut wrote: Sorry, but I hate to see a trout laying on the ground. I hope you ate it? Gotta ditto that!! Bob
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dryfly24		#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 29 02/10/2010 20:50	Feedrack, Congrats on your rod. I just picked up an 8642 Aristocrat from Carmine Lisella. I have yet to fish it but can't wait. Can you tell me what line you are using with yours?
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bmwmoa67707		#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 91 02/10/2010 23:12	That fish was back in the water in seconds....just out long enough to take a quick photo........I will be trying to catch him again next week....
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Feedrack		#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 30 02/11/2010 02:42	Dryfly24...the previous owner recommended either a DT5 or WF6...I need to do a better job of labeling/ remembering what lines I have on what reels...I think I used a DT5 cause I don't believe I own any 6wt lines. When the weather warms, I need to cast a few different lines to see how they behave.
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Boonut		#14	[url]	[-]
Posts: 475 02/12/2010 12:21	bmwmoa67707 wrote: That fish was back in the water in seconds....just out long enough to take a quick photo........I will be trying to catch him again next week.... My concern wasn't time out of the water, but the protective slime you rubbed off the fish. It protects against infection. Just because a fish swims away, doesn't mean it lived. Why do you think we wet our hands before handling a fish? Pete
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cyangler	Good points all round	#15	[url]	[-]
Posts: 112 02/23/2010 18:45	A good fish and good intentions. I hope that someone gets to catch it again. Slime aside, an Osprey may have been or be the lucky next. Go figure - In Europe they are making it illegal to release a fish... But, the point of this string was a new rod. Granger's rule! A phenomenal combination of feel and fishability. I have fished (and own/owned) a lot of cane and graphite. Leaving glass as a seperate subset with its own comparabiliy variables relative to either cane or graphite, a Granger stands alone. There is graphite that feels closer to bamboo than any fiberglass rod ever did and feels better than some of the less remarkable cane productions past or present. But, a Granger at any length, or an under 7 1/2' impregnated Orvis or Sharpe shaft, including Len' Duro's is magnificent to fish. A top end Winston graph or an eighties Orvis graphite are exceptional with respect to the same attributes, however, as partial as I am to the Catskill/Maine Payne, et al school when it comes to small stream fishing, not all water here in the northeast is Wellington or hip wader friendly and, often requires a bigger stick. While graphite in moderate lengths retains much of the virtue of cane, I find that in longer lengths it falters with respect to feel. If one were to plot graphites feel and fishability as curves, I believe that there would be a length at which these characteristics represent as off-set bell curves partially overlapping one another. Most cane at these lengths become too heavy to fish comfortably for any length of time. Here is where the Granger is unique in that the two bell curves spoken of earlier directly overlap one another. Cy
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tim simbari		#16	[url]	[-]
Posts: 452 02/23/2010 22:38	bmwmoa67707 wrote: That fish was back in the water in seconds....just out long enough to take a quick photo........I will be trying to catch him again next week.... Handling a Rainbow too much has been proven to remove precious slime from their surface. You think laying one in the leaves is better or worse than that. It might take a few weeks for that fish to maybe die but die it may friend.
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firehole		#17	[url]	[-]
Posts: 4212 02/23/2010 22:46 Local user	Tim, I think the guy got picture long before your post. Dennis
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oldschoolcane		#18	[url]	[-]
Posts: 254 02/24/2010 12:26	It's a hatchery trout, if it doesn't make it another will take its place. We don't have a huge amount of fishing in Missouri, so lets not shoot down anothers success just because they mishandled a hatchery trout. Tim
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Boonut		#19	[url]	[-]
Posts: 480 02/24/2010 12:48	oldschoolcane wrote: It's a hatchery trout, if it doesn't make it another will take its place. We don't have a huge amount of fishing in Missouri, so lets not shoot down anothers success just because they mishandled a hatchery trout. Tim Let's not shoot down a trout because it had the misfortune of being born in a hatchery. It looks pretty big, so i'm sure it's been wild for awhile. Pete
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oldschoolcane		#20	[url]	[-]
Posts: 255 02/24/2010 13:10	No, Pete. Its a hatchery trout, the Missouri Conservation Department releases the larger trout during the winter catch & release season. This fish has spent its life in a concrete run as a breeding fish, the regular trout season opens on March 1st. When this happens any and all fish will most likely go home on a stringer, some fisherman still see fishing as a chance to catch dinner.
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