Jon's Corner of the Whirled » Fly Fishing http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog Life in Portland Oregon as a Software Developer Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:17:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 New reel for fly rod http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog/2006/04/04/new-reel-for-fly-rod/ http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog/2006/04/04/new-reel-for-fly-rod/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:26:24 +0000 Jon http://www.getchabug.com/Jon/blog/archives/2006/04/04/new-reel-for-fly-rod/ While I was in Eugene last weekend, I took my fly rod to The Caddis Fly in Eugene. The rod was a gift from my father several years back. It doesn’t have markings for line weight, so I wasn’t sure what line to purchase. The line on the reel he had given to me with it had started to separate. I’ve been trying to find things to do that aren’t computer related, and fly fishing seems like a good possibility.

At The Caddis Fly, the guys there put a reel on it with 6 weight line. It worked well, so that’s what I bought, along with an Orvis Clearwater III reel and a new leader. My thinking was that the Clearwater isnt’ terribly expensive as well as being easy to find. I plan on getting a spare spool and a sinking tip line in the future.
I was digging through my fly tying supplies and noticed that the Hare’s mask I had was mostly dust, along with the calf tail and squirrel tail. Bugs had gotten to them at some point. I’ll have to purchase more. I haven’t yet found a good fly fishing shop in Portland, but I haven’t looked too hard either.

Lisa, Morgan and our yet-to-be-born-much-less-named baby have been occupying most of my free time. :)

]]> http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog/2006/04/04/new-reel-for-fly-rod/feed/ 1 Fly Fishing someday… http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog/2006/01/02/fly-fishing-someday/ http://getchabug.com/Jon/blog/2006/01/02/fly-fishing-someday/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:02:49 +0000 Jon http://www.getchabug.com/Jon/blog/archives/2006/01/02/fly-fishing-someday/ Lisa purchased new waders, boots and a float tube for me for Christmas. I’ve been wanting to go fly fishing for a while now, but haven’t been motivated. I’m lacking a bunch of gear. I have a rod and reel, but the line is at least 10 years old, nor do I know what weight it is. The reel is a pfluger knock off my dad purchased when he had the rod made back in Albuquerque. I can’t find my fly vest anywhere, and only have one small fly box. I do have all the fly tying materials in the attic, so I’ll have to bring those down. I’m going to have to go shopping to get all the gear I’m going to need: a vest, new line, leader and tippet, fly boxes… I’m sure once I’m in the store there will be a bunch of other stuff I’ll find I need. I also need to get a new Oregon fishing license.

I found a couple of good websites related to Oregon fishing. www.ifish.net has a good discussion board, and www.nwlunker.com has a searchable database of lakes and rivers. Besides the “what” question in “what to buy”, I have to figure out the “when” I’m going to go fishing, and the “where”.

In the past, I have primarily done trout fishing, but reading all the steelhead reports on the website, it sounds like that might be a good target for the end of 2006, beginning of 2007. The rod I have is too light for steelhead, but Lisa’s father gave me a 6 weight rod that might just work, from what I have read.

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