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 wvangler |
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Posts: 288 05/12/2008 08:31 |
One Last Look
Cup of Tea
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Posts: 175 05/12/2008 09:32 |
Beautiful, where in WV is this? I went to college in Elkins, I miss the mountains.
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Posts: 289 05/14/2008 08:56 |
Tributary of Cranberry River. It could be any number of places though, there's more where that came from.
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Posts: 178 05/14/2008 09:08 |
I never got to the Cranberry outback, it was on my list of places to go but, being WV I had more than i could get to just around Elkins. I've been back a
couple of times since then but not to fish, I think I need to plan a trip this fall....
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Posts: 65 05/14/2008 09:08 |
Beautiful fish! What rod are you fishing?
Mike B.
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Posts: 1018 05/14/2008 13:24 |
Beautiful stream. When I was down fishing the Elk and staying in Slatyfork I wanted to try fishing the Cranberry area but didn't have enough time. (I did
fish some small creek off of a USFS road but don't remember which one.) Hopefully next time. Wvangler, if you don't mind doing so (and it's OK if
you don't), could you PM me a few of the better places to try, either the mainstem Cranberry or its tribs?
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wvangler |
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Posts: 290 05/16/2008 19:23 |
boarmountain wrote: I was fishing a Sir D (7' 4wt) that I made and my friend Chris is fishing a 6' 1 wt. that I made for him. The Sir D is WAY overkill for that kind of
fishing, but my brookie rod (PHY Smidgen copy) has a broken tip right now and I can't find the time to fix it.
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boarmountain |
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Posts: 66 05/17/2008 16:00 |
OK, I knew one rod looked awful tiny,LOL.What taper did you use for the one wt?
Mike B.
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wvangler |
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Posts: 291 05/19/2008 10:09 |
One wt. is actually Nunley's Sunfish 6' 2wt. taper. I've made two of them and my friend Lee has made 3 or 4 of them. Everybody has preferred a one
weight on it compared to the 2.
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boarmountain |
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Posts: 68 05/19/2008 12:25 |
Thanks
Mike B.
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WatercolorMan |
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Posts: 796 05/25/2008 00:34 |
Wonderful story and great photos, Thanks
All this talk about tiny rods made me feel like my 7' 3wt is a thunder stick. |
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Posts: 292 05/25/2008 07:05 |
What a beautiful location and lovely fish. You've inspired me to go back soon to West Virginia. I haven't been there in many years but it holds a
very special place in my heart and personal fly fishing history. I caught my first trout with a fly rod there, near Marlinton, too many years to count ago
under the careful tutelage of my Uncle Jim. To a boy of 6 that fish was monstrous and mystifying. Although today I know it was more like those in your
photos, it still holds mythical status.
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