Welding Fly Lines

Welding Loops by Hooked4life

How to weld tip and butt loops. By Peter Charles

Welding lines and loops is a great skill to develop. Here's a simple step-by-step on welding your own loops that look like they came out of a factory.

Watch the videos for more info. . . 

Welding a Tip Loop 

Making a Butt End Loop

Making a Tip Loop in T Stuff

Joining T Stuff to Fly Line

Making Skagit Sinktips 

Connecting Running Lines 

Repairing Damaged Fly Lines

 

 

Evolution Of The Modern Fly Line

Evolution of the Modern Fly Line by Leon Chandler.  Here is the link

Fran Betters induction 2008 Fly Fishing Hall of Fame

Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum
PRESS RELEASE
July 11, 2008
For Immediate Release Contact: Sue or Erin 1-845-439-4810
2008 Fly Fishing Hall of Fame Inductees See more.......


Here is the link. 

Hardy Zenith 10' 3wt Fly Rod

Flies and Stuff Reviews the 10' 3wt Zenith Fly Rod
"The Hardy Zenith 10' 3wt- sublime!
I finally got it on the water and it is a remarkable rod!"

Last year I fished the Zenith 9' 4wt in Poland (see the post) and I was very impressed. I was fishing with Jeremy Lucas and he and I are both fans of longer rods for superlative dry and subsurface presentation and connectivity: But I've always been a little disappointed by the tip heavy feeling I get when fishing 10 and 11' rods. I told Jeremy how I thought a 10' 3wt Zenith could solve that problem...

Hardy Wins Shootout for the 2nd Year

HARDY Wins Shootout for the Second Year in a Row

The 4-weight Shootout turned out to be a close race in the end. We won’t keep you in suspense any longer – Hardy’s 8'6"#4 Zenith is our 4-weight shootout winner! We expected the Hardy to be a great rod, after their 5-weight Zenith cleaned house last year in our 5-weight shootout. (It still blows all the other 5-weight rods we’ve found out of the water)!

Waters connect

"In some inexplicable manner, water soothes the human soul, it relaxes us and engenders camaraderie. Naturally, water makes us refreshingly civil, as it should, since nearly two thirds of the human body consists of water", part of an article from the Valley News, Adirondack Outdoors, called Water Connect, written by Joe Hackett. Joe really hits home with this article. Contemplation is the best form of recreation and everyone lives downstream are just two of the great quotes from this article. 

 Here is the full article link........................Kudos to Joe.

Vintage Fiberglass From The Past

Great video I found on the Fiberglass Manifesto blog.  

For a long time I have had interest in fiberglass rods.  I still fish them today.  When I was younger my dad gave me his Heddon glass 8'  HCH as my first rod.  I have a deep respect for all the rods made of glass, good and bad, as this is a way to stay connected to the past of my dads error. Fly fishing was at its prime in my view.  I wish I could have been from that error.