fishnbanjo
- Name: Father Guido Sarducci
- Gender: Male
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I am also into photography using several dSLR Nikon's and astrophotography with my Celestron 8i SE telescope
Working with Levi my Weimaraner brings me great joy also.
Working with Levi my Weimaraner brings me great joy also.
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Some stuff about me
08/17/07 17:34:48 | 1 Comments
Lots of folks have asked me where the moniker fishnbanjo came from. I simply answer it's a culmination of the 2 things that have made my life enjoyable, fishing and the sound of the banjo, ergo fishnbanjo.
Why do I fly fish and specifically why do I use bamboo rods.
This was written in 2002 so it's bit dated as my knee has been repaired and I managed to make it to the Miramichi the following year where I lit into a 40 plus inch Atlantic on my 9' Winston Bamboo. Enjoy...........
I tried to master a flyrod back in the 70's when I found one in a little out of the way whatever shop, it was glass and what looked like Conlon blanks (from what I know today but back then you could have told me it was bungee cord and I would have known no better). Tried every possible way of learning the casting technique and it was a pain!
I didn't know anyone who flyfished so finding someone didn't work so well. I finally fished it with a worm and caught my first fish on a flyrod (a sunny) and it felt like a 4 lb Bass to me (later in life I'd find out what a 4 lb Bass really felt like and boy, was I wrong!!). Anyhow, since my progress was dismal with the flyrod I packed it away but the feel of that fish made me want to learn but it was gonna take some help.
I moved to Maine shortly thereafter and got into salt water fishing in a big way but didn't have the money to get the gear I wanted. A guy at work came in with a pile of salt gear one day and was looking to sell and I asked what he wanted for it, to which he said he wanted to get back into flyfishing and was looking to gear up. I said I had some stuff but didn't know much about it but if he was interested in looking at it I'd bring it in and maybe we can work something out.
I brought the rod in and the Pflueger 1492 and the extra stuff I had. He loved it and said he'd trade me even and I said OK. We each went off happy and that was that. As time went on I got the urge to try flyfishing once again and this time I had found a wealth of information to be had i.e. magazines, library books, video tapes, a couple of fly shops and people who knew how to do it.
I bought my...
Some of the stuff I post
| Title | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Re: Walt Dette Flies | Reply | 07/03/09 |
| Re: Identifying and understanding the Hardy Perfect Houghton Dry Fly Reel | Reply | 07/03/09 |
| Re: I wish I hadda | Reply | 07/02/09 |
| Re: For 17 years | Reply | 07/02/09 |
| Re: Left Hand Wind to Right and Visa Versa | Reply | 07/02/09 |
