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Fly Fishing Traditions: September 2014
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Fly Fishing Traditions Blog and Website. It's about Life and Fly Fishing". Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Techniques - The Lower Sacramento River. I'm a technique geek as you've probably come to know. There is a definite technique to hooking playing and landing fish out of a drift boat and especially on the Lower Sacramento River. It's sort of a multi-step deal. I'll take you through it. Adjust your Drag Properly. Setting Up and Managing the Drift. Rod Position During the Drift. Indicator to Shot = 7 feet.
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Fly Fishing Traditions: January 2015
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Fly Fishing Traditions Blog and Website. It's about Life and Fly Fishing". Monday, January 19, 2015. Kingfisher Drift Boat - Prepping the Hull for Painting. It's time to get ready to paint the hull, I've done about all I can do on the interior of the boat and it's time to work on the outside for a while, This will entail flipping the boat upside down to work on. To get ready for painting the hull I had do do quite a bit of work prior to getting it done. The critical path went something like this. I also ...
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Fly Fishing Traditions: Stillwater Workshops
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Fly Fishing Traditions Blog and Website. It's about Life and Fly Fishing". Fly Fishing Traditions will provide a Stillwater Workshops for the fly fishers that want to jump start their entry into the world of fishing stillwaters. The stillwater workshops will take place on a foothill of Sierra stillwater locale. What will you learn;. Strategies and Tactics for Stillwaters. How to find trout in. Seasonal Transitions and Food Source changes. How to read conditions—water, weather,structure, habitat. Students...
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Fly Fishing Traditions: April 2015
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Fly Fishing Traditions Blog and Website. It's about Life and Fly Fishing". Monday, April 20, 2015. Kingfisher Drift Boat Build - I'm Done. I started the "Kingfisher" build in September of 2014. Today is April 20th, 2015. It's been quite a journey. I purchased the plans from Jason Cajune and they were worth every cent! Photo Gallery of the Kingfisher. The finished boat is 17'0" long. It has a beam of 6'6". The width at the bottom is 4'10". It should float high and dry and be real stable. The fore and aft ...
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Fly Fishing Traditions: May 2014
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Fly Fishing Traditions Blog and Website. It's about Life and Fly Fishing". Saturday, May 31, 2014. Kayaks - Product Reviews. Zack's been wanting to go kayaking for quite awhile. He kayaked in a lake in Montana with my brother in law's kayak with his cousins and had a ball. I bought him a sit on top kayak for his birthday in April and this weekend the weather finally got nice enough to give it a try. The kayak I decided to buy him was the "Spitfire" manufactured by "Emotion". Spitfire from Emotion Kayaks.
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Fly Fishing Traditions: Kingfisher Drift Boat Build - I'm Done
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Fly Fishing Traditions Blog and Website. It's about Life and Fly Fishing". Monday, April 20, 2015. Kingfisher Drift Boat Build - I'm Done. I started the "Kingfisher" build in September of 2014. Today is April 20th, 2015. It's been quite a journey. I purchased the plans from Jason Cajune and they were worth every cent! Photo Gallery of the Kingfisher. The finished boat is 17'0" long. It has a beam of 6'6". The width at the bottom is 4'10". It should float high and dry and be real stable. The fore and aft ...
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Fly Fishing Traditions: Fly Fishing 101 Class
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Fly Fishing Traditions Blog and Website. It's about Life and Fly Fishing". Fly Fishing 101 Class. FFT Fly Fishing 101 Class. Fly Fishing Traditions is providing a an entry level fly fishing class called "Fly Fishing 101" at the Reel Anglers Fly Shop in Grass Valley. This is a comprehensive 6 session class for the person that has the desire to get into and learn about fly fishing. What will you learn. The Fly Rod - How a fly rod works. What rod would be best for you. Leaders and Tippet - What are they.
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Fly Fishing Traditions: November 2014
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Fly Fishing Traditions Blog and Website. It's about Life and Fly Fishing". Saturday, November 29, 2014. Kingfisher Drift Boat Build - Drain Plugs. I used 3 different sizes of hole saws mounted in a drill press to make the discs. 2 1/2" Diameter Discs. Here are the two side by side holes under the rower's seat where a pulley will be attached. I used a 2 1/2" hole saw to cut through the top layer of Kevlar and fiberglass. 2' Diameter holes for the Drain Plugs. The drain plugs require 2 holes to be bored...
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Fly Fishing Traditions: December 2014
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Fly Fishing Traditions Blog and Website. It's about Life and Fly Fishing". Tuesday, December 30, 2014. Nuts and Bolts #2 - Water Load Casting. First I'll describe an indicator rigg setup that has been successful for me on the Lower Yuba River, the Lower Sacramento River, the Klamath River and many rivers in Montana when side drifting from a drift boat or raft. B) I usually rigg up with a tapered 2x x 10' leader. I prefer to use the tapered leader so I can adjust depth easily. Water Load Casting Technique.