Still going through the pictures

Still going through the pictures from my last trip. I'm ready to go back!

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Pre Flight Checklist

I like to lay out and double check everything before hitting the water.

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Casting Practice

Back casting between trees in the wind with a 3 weight.

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Bamboo and Bluegill

How about bamboo and bluegill for this Throwback Thursday?

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Bamboo flyrods hold centuries worth of tradition, heritage and elegance. These rods from Thomas & Thomas are incredible, and beautiful, examples.

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Quick and Dirty ICAST and IFTD 2015

Evenin' Folks,

  I'm still in Florida, heading home very early tomorrow morning, but I wanted to make sure and get a bunch more IFTD photos posted up for your enjoyment.  I'm not going to caption them tonight, but make sure you check back, I'll get the post re-edited as soon as I get home!

  I hope you're all doing well.

     -Nick

First Cast: Bamboo 2/3 Weight

A while back my grandfather gave me a 6' 2/3 weight bamboo flyrod that had belonged to my late uncle. I've put off using it until I could get the perfect reel for it. Well, today I got impatient, I've been dying to fish it, so I took the White River reel from my TFO, mounted it up and set out for Suwanee Creek. The bamboo had a totally different feel from my TFO, but it cast really well once I got used to the stiffness. I think if I put a 3 or 4 weight line on it it'll cast like a dream. I can't wait to fish it again, but for now, I'm back to searching for a reel. 

Damn fine 'gill!  They weren't biting too well the day I tried out the bamboo rod, but this guy decided to take a brown woolly bugger.

It is a beautiful rod, but I still need to find a good reel to complement it.

I still need to work on the photo skills, but the moss makes a great backdrop!

I just wanted to show you what Suwanee Creek looks like.  This is just upstream from a 90 degree turn.  You can see a wood fence in the background, the other side of the fence is an industrial park and between the water and the fence is the Suwanee Creek Greenway, a heavily used walking/running/biking trail.