Archive for September, 2007

A good customer service experience Temple Fork Outfitters

Posted in Uncategorized  by Anglerwannabe | September 24th, 2007

My last trip to South Padre Island ended up in a broken 8 wt rod. I mashed off a couple of guides because I couldn’t get the sections apart.

Since I’m going to Canada in a couple of weeks, I really wanted to bring that rod instead of using the guide provided one. I just happened to be in Dallas last week and the maker of the rod, Temple Fork Outfitters, is in Dallas. AND their office/warehouse was 10 minutes from the hotel I was staying at. So, I stopped by there and they give me a new section, no questions asked. That’s great service that will keep me buying more rods from them. Thanks TFO.

Film trailer about Pebble Mine controversy in Alaska

Posted in Fly fishing film  by Anglerwannabe | September 24th, 2007

The excellent Midcurrent blog has a link to the FFR 5 minute film winner from Felt Soul Media. I’m not big on documentary films but this one looks fantastic. Take a look at the trailer at the bottom of the post. It looks very well done with some beautiful photography. Love the music in it too ;-)

Finally!

Posted in trips  by Anglerwannabe | September 23rd, 2007

I have a fly fishing trip planned. It’s a doozy. I’m going to British Columbia for 5 days and get to fish for 2 full guided days! I’m beyond excited about it. I believe I’ll be fishing for pinks and maybe some Koho. I’ve never fished for salmon before so I’m thrilled. My guide also wants me to do some Spey fishing which I have mixed feelings about. I’m not sure I want to spend half a day (or more) trying to become proficient enough to cast with a new method. Yes, it’s nice to try new things, but geez, I just don’t get a lot of opportunities to do real fly fishing.

The guide, Ken Moreau of Single Spey Fly-Fishing Adventures – http://www.bcflyguide.com/index.html, sent me some recommendations for flies to tie. I was kind of hoping they would be some exotic beautiful salmon flies that I only get to see in books, but instead the guidance was to tie wooly buggers!! So, nothing too fun.

More info and definitely lots of pictures to come….