I never realized there were so many Brooklynites here. Has anyone tried fishing Prospect Park? I often run the PP loop and eyeball it as I pant past. -- Fly Rod

Biot, Yeah, that's a bummer that Mustad is phasing out their old standards. I recently stocked up in anticipation that the cheaper Mustads will be history soon. One place that seems to still have a good inventory is: Hook & Hackle Fly Fishing Tackle, Fly Fishing Supplies, Fly Tying Supplies...

Jamie, Since we're on the topic of hooks, one thing to keep in mind is there are no standards with hooks. So a Tiemco standard dry fly hook (#100) and a Mustad dry fly hook (#94840) will probably be slightly different. Even for a given manufacturer, there will be distinctions. For example...

I had the same question about the hopper sliding around. The article isn't very clear about this. I would think a loop-to-loop connection with the leader would let the hooper slide around while casting and when the fish hits. This is b/c the leader-side "loop" will want to straighten out and...

Just to add to the discussion, if you buy a new St. Croix rod, it comes with a small cylindical chunk of wax for the ferrules. Probably a cheap tea candle would provide enough wax for a lifetime. Also, the last time I was in Orvis, I noticed they also were selling ferrule wax. -- Fly Rod

Hi Chris, I used to live out near San Francisco and have done a couple of trips into the Golden Trout Wilderness area that you are referring to. I'd put some pictures and links into this post, but I haven't yet achieved the magic number of 7 replies. I also did a conservation project with the...

Hey Tom, How old was the Avid you purchased? The older Avids had very soft actions. About 4 years ago St. Croix started using the same design for the Avids that they use in their higher end blanks (they called it IPC for integrated poly curve), which was supposed to eliminate transitional dead...