NDR Flyfishing

Just getting back into fly tying myself. Been hooked, again, on RC Models Airplanes and figuring on doing some more fly fishing this summer.
This is my primary tying bench, along with the Nor-Vise. Found the roll top desk in the trash bin of one of the discount/warehouse stores some time ago. Love it.
Lou


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Greg & Lou

Looking good. Lou that's a very good fly tying desk.

Just got home a little while ago from a local stream. High water, cold, overcast and BWO's by the thousands, not a bad afternoon at all. Was good to get out of the house, out of the shop and away from painting. Good way to get recharged.
 
Lou: Great Fly Tying bench. If I could post a pix, I would show you mine;

Greg and Lou: interesting how we (or I do) go in and out of fly tying. I will tie for a year or two, then retire, then start it up again. I have not tied since 2009 when we had a great flying ant appearance on the Battenkill in September. (I hesitate to call it a hatch.) I tied for three weeks straight, then started in on our tiny blue wing olives for October. The great thing about fishing the spinner olives in the dusk in October on warm nights were the woodcock flying down or up river before dusk and woodies, too. A trifecta!

I might add that I have ordered a bunch of tying to stuff to get ready for the Hendricksons this April on the Battenkill. We will see if I follow through. An incentive are two friends who want to learn, and we will need additional flies for the H appearance.
Be well.
 
This is about as neat as my tying bench gets:

I made the bench out of 200 yr old longleaf pine heartwood, left over from the floor I put in a house I built down in SC while I worked for the Turkey Federation.
Last year I had to tie about 70 different atlantic salmon patterns for a book coming out later this year. I'm not very good at cleaning up after each different fly. You might get a chuckle out of the carnage in this short video I shot to poke fun at myself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCvBg9CNq0I


Gary
 
I fish a lot of smaller mountain streams with close canopies and the fixed line Tenkara rods are ideal for that. I am not pimping for any brand or business but I suggest checking out Tenkara Bum and Tenkara USA's web sites for some good info on this type of fishing
 
I appreciate all the input, and some nice tying desk. That could keep a man busy for months on end.
I have my eye on a 4 pc 4wt R.L Winston GVX Select. Anyone have any thoughts or used one. Any opinions would help. I'm clueless when it comes to trout rods.
Thanks, Jeff
 
I ended up getting the Winston rod for a good deal on ebay. Right away I could feel the difference in quality compared to my old cheapo beater.
Now I'm in the market for a reel. I've been looking at Lamson or Redington. I was hoping someone could chime in on a decent reel for a 4wt. Thanks, Jeff
 
I appreciate all the input and recommendations. After reading all of it, which is a lot to take in at once, I have a couple of more questions...I noticed most of you recommended shorter rods. The only guy I know down here that goes up north to fish suggested a 9' rod 4pc. Is that too much rod for tight situations? What should I take into consideration when concerning rod length..
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It will depend on your technique. On a small stream a long rod will let you dip and flip without spooking the fish. If you are looking to make longer casts a shorter rod will let you make tighter casts.

I have a two piece 7' Cortlandt 4# that is a lot of fun on small creeks. My favorite is 8' Winston 3# for most small streams.

Tom
 
Thanks everyone.... I ended up taking my rod to the local basspro. I was hoping to get my hands on a few different brands of reels and see what matched up well with my rod. The selection was very limited, only really had three choices to pick from. Most of their stock is geared towards salt 6wt and up. I tried all 3 reels, and ended up with the redington surge. It was the cheapest one of the bunch, but had the best feel on the rod, and was incredibly balanced. Then it was time to figure out which line to spool it up with. Holy crow! So many choices.... I didn't want to spend more on the line than the reel so I went in the middle and spooled it up with Rio Mainstream. Been casting it around the front yard. Dreaming about NC in July. Hope to report back with some photo documentation after trip.
Thanks everyone for the input, Jeff
 

That Rio Mainstream is as good an all-around line as you can get. Remember that in fly rods, unless you are chasing saltwater fish, steehhead, salmon or something else likely to take you far into your backing, the line matters a lot more than the reel. In fact, if there is one piece of gear on a trout fishing outfit I'd encourage people to splurge on, it's not the rod and definitely not the reel, but the line.
 
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