Fall is basically Christmas in the fly fishing industry – all the new goodies announced at the show start showing up at our doorstep, and Remy, our UPS guy is the best surrogate Santa ever. Today the Sage Train came for a visit! We received our first TXL-F (F for Four Piece) ultralight rods, two [...]
Posts Tagged ‘technology’
New Toys!
Posted in Fly Fishing, Gear, tagged Fly Fishing, Gear, Rods, technology on October 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Fly Fish Texas 2009
Posted in Fly Fishing, Gear, Lessons and Schools, tagged Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Gear, Hardy, lessons, technology, Temple Fork Rods, Texas Hill Country on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This past weekend, Tex and I scooted down to Athens for the annual Fly Fish Texas event at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center to give our (in)famous gear seminar. After a small start (5 folks), our class grew to close to 25 or so, but I’m still unsure as to whether they came for us, [...]
Lessons on “Graphite”
Posted in Fly Fishing, Gear, tagged lessons, Rods, technology on January 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Or, more correctly – carbon fibre (I like the British spelling). This morning I gave a lesson to Dick Murtland, a golf-club guru with Adams Golf, who has done more with the manufacturing carbon fibre and shaft making than anyone I know (or have heard of). First and foremost, our clubs (rods) are NOT made [...]
