SP&S Free-Mo 2012 Deschutes Canyon

[sailormatlac]

Greg, if it's part of the railroad story, that's for the best! Anyway, this little guy isn't your casual HO fisherman, he's a pro I tell you! ;-)

VIA Rail train to La Tuque and Lake St. John still does this with hunters and fishermen. The track is lost in wilderness which is filled with hunt camps for poor and rich. The tradition goes back to the mid-1880's. I've seen an old 19th century advertising to bring New England tourists in the area.

Matt

[mountaingoatgreg]

Matt: Here is the rest of the story, this is one of two coaches that operated on the line from the mid 1950's until Amtrak in the 1970's. I finally got the wiring going so the fancy lights on the car come on

[Tyson Rayles]

"Random question, how long is a fly fishing rod? I think the one my guy is holding may be a bit long..."

Depends, My saltwater rod was about 9' but up here in the mountains of WNC the cricks can be very overgrown so casting space can be very restricted so I use 6.5 footer (4 foot ultralight spinning rod). Out west where undergrowth is not so much of a factor 7-8 foot should be common.
So you see size does matter !

[Southern Tuxedo]

"Random question, how long is a fly fishing rod? I think the one my guy is holding may be a bit long..."

Depends, My saltwater rod was about 9' but up here in the mountains of WNC the cricks can be very overgrown so casting space can be very restricted so I use 6.5 footer (4 foot ultralight spinning rod). Out west where undergrowth is not so much of a factor 7-8 foot should be common.
So you see size does matter !

Standard or Spey? (Fly rod of course.)

My smallmouth bass fly rod of choice is 9', but I currently have rods from 7'-9' long. The Spey guys use rods that are much longer maybe 12+ feet.


Mark

[Tyson Rayles]

So there you go Greg, if it's over 6 foot and but not over 12 foot you are good to go!

[Sumpter250]

Random question, how long is a fly fishing rod? I think the one my guy is holding may be a bit long...

Bass Pro Shops sells Fly Rods 8' - 10' long. I only vaguely remember seeing a fly rod, and seem to remember it as about the same length as a surf casting rod, so 8' - 10' seems about right. Yeah, as a kid, I did a lot of surf fishing, on Long Island's South shore.

[Russ Bellinis]

Greg, unless you are going to add a bunch more vegetation to the scene, a long fly rod is fine.

[mountaingoatgreg]

Thanks guys!!

It seems most of the fishing done on the river is fly fishing, so I will check it and cut it down to 10'...

[mountaingoatgreg]

Blowing the dust off this thread....

Some scenery updates:


This image has been photoshopped....

[teejay]

That's a nice looking scene ...lots of detail . I wouldn't want to be the guy installing that fence/posts in real life

Terry

[faraway]

That looks very good! The fence on the hill make a big difference. That small detail attracts the eye and makes the hill appear much larger.