I'm not sure if I actually signed up an account here, or I had a Yuku account from another board. But have seen this place, and thought I'd join in.

Some of you probably know me. I'm a moderator on WFF.com. But I'm a lifelong glass rod fisherman. Both gear and fly that is.

I'm a fenwick man. All I fish in the glass department. I have about 45-50 of them. All "fenwick" made rods (pre buyouts). Some I bought new, some I've bought used. I wouldn't say I'm a collector, I just love using them. Still have my "I'm a fenwick man" patches (the standard and the expert flyfisherman one).

Not really looking for a specific rod. Just here to say hello, maybe share some stuff.

BTW, I'm mostly a salmon and steelhead fisherman fishing the rivers here in the NW.

Welcome aboard ... I was raised with steelhead, 10 wt fenwicks and shooting heads ... still a big fenwick fan. When I was young, if you were serious about catching steelhead on the fly ... you swung a Fenwick ...

welcome aboard! good to have another PNW boy. i live on the wet side of WA as well. i'm a huge fan of fenwick rods myself, though i only have half a dozen or so nowadays. all very nice fishing tools though. any "lifelong glass rod fisherman" will fit in great here. do you stoop to chum fishing in the fall? it's one of my guilty pleasures. and do you target the SRCs (searun cutts)? just got a new 9wt fenwick (FL102-9) rod for salmon this past fall and took it out the friday the rivers went WAY out, so i didn't even get to wet a line. i'm looking forward to your steelhead input. take care.
-mike

My prefered rod has always been my FF9010. I have had some tussles with some big kings, so like having that little extra "umph" when I have one on. I do fish for chum, but I fish for most of the salmon in the rivers I fish (I have property on the Wynoochee River). But I fish mostly for Silvers, Kings, Chum,and Steelhead on the fly. I don't do much saltwater, so don't hit alot of SRC's. But do hit a few of their brethern in the rivers, and some Dolly's as well (love to fish the Hoh, my favorite river I'd say). But when I pull my gear rods out, I'll pull out my ols FS89C and target Sturgeon. I actually use my old glass rods quite a bit, even in my gear aspect. But I do have alot of traditional graphites too of course. I'm a gear whorder, so have most of my old rods. Still have my old FS85C with 5001C on it that was my first drift rod. Bought it with my paperroute money back in the late 70's.

I almost forgot. I do have an old lamiglas glass flyrod. It's one of my glass 9wts. Forgot about having that one.

Yeah, have that patch too. I also have the other patch (more of the gold/brown in color). Now, my Dad has the collection of fenwicks. Has the pre feralite rods. Think he has one of each FS85C from the time they had metal ferrules until they were sold out. When I say all types, I mean the old orangish looking blanks with metal ferrules, then the first feralites, then of course different eyes (carbolite, then the different types of ceramic eyed ones). I'd say he has over 150 or so fenwicks.

Cameron, do you want photos of the rods, or of the rods and fish? I've never taken alot of pics while fishing. But could take some. If you want pics of the rods, can do.

Oh, and Arctic. I should've said you can get by with an 8wt. My old FF858 has put me through alot of salmon and steelhead. Caught most of the species I've targeted, just a bit undergunned for kings.

Oh, and I should add that alot of my rods aren't "pristine" or "Mint". I think my smaller trout ones are my only really nice ones, mostly because I never did alot of trout fishing. Most are well used, but well loved.

I'm lucky, I always get the best cooking spot, since I'm the official "camp cook" at these events. I'm a prostaffer for Camp Chef, so have all the gear and then some. So I'm always a welcome guest at fish and hunt camps. LOL.

Ribs and smoked potatoes anyone?

How's about some grilled chicken?


Or how about some fresh cut french fries and fresh beer battered onion rings?



Hungry yet?

Oh, and how about a quick picture of a rod. Forgot I had this one on my desktop. This was the first rod I ever built. Circa 79-80. This was the rod I asked a question about. Isn't the best work, but I was only 10 when I built it.




I actually hand glued and shaped the cork handle. Why it's a bit "uneven". Didn't want my Dad helping.

Fantastic!

Forgot to mention, Cameron is a great cook! I have two outing testimonies with our camp chef! Cameron and MiddleMac. Still remember the flavor of the BBQ burgers and Kevin's microbrew! : ) Life is good!

S$#@! We are not worthy! The man is Camp Chef Pro Staff! HA ... Awesome set up you have. I think I see a "FFR PNW Clave" in the near future if for no other reason besides some good eats. There is the upcoming "Bull Trout Clave" as well not to far away from you either.

Built my first rod when I was 11. A nine foot conolon 10 wt. Broke it in a car door ... so I built another one ... Grizzley Fenwick 9 foot 9 wt. Matched it with a Pflueger 1498 I got for my birthday ... Caught a heck of a lot of fish with that rig ... Rod got busted up but I still use the reel. Caught a lot of Oregon Steelhead back when it wasn't so crowded.

Thanks, that's not all of it. Just what I brought that trip. Funny, I'm always adding more (go figure). In the one picture, you can barely see my portable oven. Has a two burner stove on the top, with a working propane oven to bake in. LOL. Retrofiting an old Alaskan Camper, and installed it inside that (instead of the stop burner only stove the Alaskans had). If I make it, I'll bring a big variety of stuff with me.

Hey, I sold you a Fenwick 706 late last year (I'm Lugan from Washingtonflyfishing.com)! You came to my house ... I was babysitting my 3 boys. Anyway, a belated welcome to this forum -- the most civilized ff'ing forum on the Internet.

Hey, how are you? Still have that rod, my son LOVES it to death. He's laid claim on it, don't think I'll ever get a chance to fish it. LOL.

Culinary skills? What skills? You mean these (from my recent trip to the Hoh River to do some steelheading).

or this?





or this?





Hungry?