The 60 Year Old Virgin

[Raven]

how's your shoulder these days?

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by Raven

how's your shoulder these days?

Shoulder's good to go, Rav - got a little physical conditioning to do, gonna walk the Cliffs once the weather starts to break, got the new mountain bike set to go, too -

Got some 10# weights I'm gonna use for arm strength anyway, just reps and curls - no joint or ligament problems but I have been raiding the pups glucosimine stash as a preventative the last several weeks -

Gotta get over this crud first before I do much of anything though - not out of the woods yet on that...

[Joe]

Practice casting in the yard for extended periods before going out and fishing for a long time. Elbow and shoulder injuries are common if you are under trained.
I think its better for people to come from traditional surfcasting backgrounds then to fly fishing. I think a lot of people who came to fly fishing first migrated over to surfcasting because of the difficulty involved in finding fish within 100 feet. Your experience makes you a perfect canidate to take the sport.

You're in the right place. Cliff fishing with the fly rod is very effective.
My favorite fly is the White Water Witch - which was developed by an Aquidneck Island fly fisherman for cliff fishing. This one is tied too long for my liking - but it's easy tie. The black presents a contrasty silhouette in the white water.

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by Joe

Practice casting in the yard for extended periods before going out and fishing for a long time. Elbow and shoulder injuries are common if you are under trained.
I think its better for people to come from traditional surfcasting backgrounds then to fly fishing. I think a lot of people who came to fly fishing first migrated over to surfcasting because of the difficulty involved in finding fish within 100 feet. Your experience makes you a perfect canidate to take the sport.

You're in the right place. Cliff fishing with the fly rod is very effective.
My favorite fly is the White Water Witch - which was developed by an Aquidneck Island fly fisherman for cliff fishing. This one is tied too long for my liking - but it's easy tie. The black presents a contrasty silhouette in the white water.

Thanks again, guys - all good points, I'm going to print this thread so I can refer back to it -

Thanks, Joe, the Witch is a Ray Smith fly if memory serves - I know his patterns are highly respected - I'm gonna have to go over the flies in the boxful I won and see if there's one in there - if not, it doesn't look too far above my current competency level in tying - but that remains to be seen too, I suppose...

Pinching barbs and cutting the point of my practice fly -definitely -

Wasn't sure about the strippping basket issue but figured where I fish it's going to be a necessity to avoid getting hung up -

Thanks again, starting to feel well enough to start reading and rifling thru my tackle room again -

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Crafty Angler

Shoulder's good to go, Rav -

Gotta get over this crud first before I do much of anything though - not out of the woods yet on that...

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i'm out of the woods already...and its from Eating two large Naval oranges each day for the last 6 days and i drank a gallon of apple cider followed by scheshwan (sp) chinese food {(hot)} and spicy

we just retrieved van from Carver...cost of going to plug fest with repairs including an unexpected motel visit in Plymouth .....
$500 Bucks

i came away with two kits and one plug...given to me
it is now my $500 dollar go to plug *wink

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by Raven

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we just retrieved van from Carver...cost of going to plug fest with repairs including an unexpected motel visit in Plymouth .....
$500 Bucks

i came away with two kits and one plug...given to me
it is now my $500 dollar go to plug *wink

Best of luck with that plug, Rav...

The first day when I was so sick I couldn't get out of bed - last Sunday - I got a call from the Newport PD

THey called to tell me my new (well, new to me) Jeep which was a 99 in #$%&@# showroom condition that I just got last July for short money - had been side-swiped by a fire dept ladder truck - been too sick to get an estimate yet - gotta be an easy $2 K worth of damage....

I understand the concept of adding insult to injury now...

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Crafty Angler

- gotta be an easy $2 K worth of damage....

I understand the concept of adding insult to injury now...

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the van is still running Like Crap
and has to go see my mechanic next

i told the guy there what ever you do
don't let this mofo van lock you out...

it'll do it in less than a minute...seeing as how
the driver's window was temporarily silver taped shut....
as sumthin broke.. inside recently

anyway's, to make a long story shorter
he did... locked himself out
i had post it notes on both sides
to remind him too

nobody listens anymore....

in fact when i find someone who's actually
truly listening....... i find it very refreshing..

OutNumbered is such a person