Management
Friday, December 24, 2010
Sorry about that.
Ok, so you probably noticed there's not much posting here on Crapwater. Yep we suck. But just to be honest about it, we can barely keep up with our original Finewater blog and that's where we've been posting. So please go check us out there. The link is here . We may crank up Crapwater again at some point, but for now we're just too dang lazy busy to keep it up.
Management
Management
Friday, June 11, 2010
Almost time
Won't be long before these dudes are packed into the shallows feeding. There are a few of them in there right now, like the fish in the photo. I cruised through the carp flats while doing a bit of panfishing. Saw this guy tailing and put a PT on his nose, which he ate. Yeah baby.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Carpin' and writing about carpin'
Paddled the flats this past weekend and spooked a few carp in shallow water. Even saw a couple of big carp tailing. Made a few absolutely terrible casts and spooked them, but that's ok. The carp are starting to move up and it's about to be ON.
I'v been doing some writing about carp during the winter down time. Below is an article that the kind folks at Fly Anglers On-Line put on their web site. Check it out here.
I'v been doing some writing about carp during the winter down time. Below is an article that the kind folks at Fly Anglers On-Line put on their web site. Check it out here.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Dry fly fishing for carp. Seriously.
This video has popped up on few message boards, so I figure why not here too. Really good footage of some Korean carpin' to get us through until warm weather and carp season.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Deader than a hammer
Not sure what that phrase means exactly, but a friend used to say it all the time when things were slow. And right now things are slow on the carp/gar/crapwater front. Can't wait until warm weather gets here. In the meantime, go check out our latest casting tip over on our other blog, Finewater.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Product review - Firehole II reel from Fly Fishing Benefactors (with bonus coverage - updated review on the Deschutes I reel from FFB)
So I’ve been cleaning out my fly tying room to get ready for some serious tying this winter, and I came across an empty box tucked away in a back corner under a mound of paper and old fly line. Turned out to be the box the folks at Fly Fishing Benefactors used to send me their Firehole II reel for a review. The date on the shipping label was November 2008, which meant a couple of things. One, I’ve now had the reel for nearly a year, more than enough time to put it through the wringer and measure its performance. And two, the nice people at FFB are probably wondering if I’m ever, ever going to write this review. Oops.
I have no idea how many times this reel has been into the backing this year, but it was a lot. This reel has endured more hard, brutal runs than Fast Willie Parker and has handled them just fine. Now to be honest, I have yet to hook a truly large striper or steelie on the Firehole. How would it respond to the pressure a 20+ pounder would put on it? I don’t know, but I’m optimistic. Even though I haven’t tested it against a bona fide monster fish, this reel has seen plenty of 5 to 12 pounders, and at no time have I felt overmatched. At least not with the reel. (There were a few times when I wished I had my 9 weight rod instead of that 7 weight, but that’s another story.)
1.Does it have a quality drag?
2. Does it balance well on the rod?
3. Is it durable?
The Firehole II answers the bell on all counts as far as I’m concerned. A year of use and abuse allows me to say that with a great deal of confidence. At 149.00, I think this reel is worth a look if you're in the market.
DESCHUTES UPDATE: Since I have referenced the Deschutes review we did back in October of 2007, I thought I would throw in an update on that reel. It now has nearly two years of use under its belt now. We have used it both in our personal fishing and also on our guided trips, allowing clients to use it. This thing has seen literally hundreds of hours of river time. It looks like hell, but this tough little reel is still going strong.
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