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| < 16ga. General Discussion ~ Lose your Benelli's, sell your Citori's, break your graphite |
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Sun May 27, 2007 7:41 am
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Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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Location: Salem, Oregon
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Matt,
Nice Pacemaker. I have one the same vintage (among others). Just got back from fishing the Gunnison Gorge. Man, there are some big trout in there. Used a Bean's LL built by Phillipson and had a blast. It now goes to my grandson, but first I had to field test it.
Nice Browning, too!
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Sun May 27, 2007 8:19 am
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Joined: 21 Feb 2007
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Location: TX
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| 1956 Orvis Battenkill 3 piece #6 |
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1928 A. H. Fox CE 16ga. |
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Wed May 30, 2007 2:35 pm
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Location: NE Tennessee
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| I actually 2 years ago sold a Benelli and a Citori and now hunt with vintige M37's and Belgium A-5's (all 16 gauges none the less). I am still flyfishing with graphite but am waiting on a bamboo right now!!! |
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Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:32 am
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Location: Sothern Illinois
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| Boy, looks like I started something here. I like fly fishing and shooting so much that when I get a day off I have a hard time deciding which to do. Sometimes I take a fly rod and a gun and do both. That makes for a full day of fun. I have about as many fly rods as I have guns. I too have a couple of St Croix rods but my favorite 3 are Orvis Silver labels and a RL Winston. Oh, I forgot the little LL Bean 8 footer for Bluegill. |
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Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:41 am
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Joined: 21 Feb 2007
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Location: TX
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If golf wasn't such an addiction fishing would start the day after quail season and not stop until the Dove opener. Now it's just such a treat to break out the Battenkill and thread her up.
Ever fly fish on the coast for Reds?  |
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Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:02 am
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Joined: 07 Apr 2007
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Location: northwewst Wyoming
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I think that I’m confused, because I consider myself a traditionalist. That said, I have two 2 wt., two 4 wt., two 6 wt. two 9 wt., and one 12 wt. All of the rods are custom assembled in Canada on Sage blanks and each wt. has a two piece and travel rod version.. Each has a wood handle and most are Juniper with a few Cocobola and fiddle back maple. I have a 1948 Fox/Stevens 311 and a new AYA #2, both in 16 ga.
I fished the month of March in New Zealand and did not catch the 10 lb + fish. Caught a lot of 3-4 lb. brown trout, but nothing that I could not have caught at home. That is not a complaint because NZ was interesting and all fish were sighted and cast to in the traditional NZ way. Would you beleve 22' leaders? |
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