6/22/2025 R. Aaron Stiefel wrote: | |
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Follow up to last post. Looking for $500 for both $250 each.
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6/22/2025 R. Aaron Stiefel wrote: | |
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I have two sit in 12ft. Kayaks from Field and Stream. Want to see as package or will split. Have paddles for each as well as roof racks for each. One brown and one green used less than 6 times each. Send email and I can send pics. raaronstiefel@hotmail.com
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6/22/2025 R. Aaron Stiefel wrote: | |
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I have some fly tying equipment including a work board, storage cabinet, materials, hooks and tools (everything except my vise which I cannot locate). Looking to for a good home, free, just organize shipping or meet for a pick up in West Chester/Liberty Township area. Send me email and I will send pics. raaronstiefel@hotmail.com
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6/20/2025 Joe Fribourg wrote: | |
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"Like New" equipment for sale. Been used only 3-4 times.
-TFO Axiom II 6wt, 9' - Selling at $350
-Simms G3 Waders - Selling at $500
-Simms Vibram, M2, Boa Reel Lace, Size 12 - Selling at $190
Please contact me at 513.805.3317
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6/9/2025 Ken Mandel wrote: | |
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Wayne,
We also have an informal group that meets every Wednesday (weather permitting and temp at least 40F) from 9AM - 11AM to practice casting. We meet at Cottell Park in Mason. We set up a 'casting course' (measured lines with markers) and practice on the grass. We have certified casting instructors who are club members that lead this activity. It's a great way to learn and improve casting techniques and anyone is welcome.
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6/8/2025 Bryan Tudor wrote: | |
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Wayne
Our club meetings are in the evenings, however we do have day activities during the day like stream quality monitoring, local fishing, and casting classes. Our club calendar will show various activities and times of the events.
Bryan
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6/6/2025 Wayne Wickersham wrote: | |
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I am relatively new to fly fishing, 2 plus years i suppose, but finally getting to that point where I think I have learned as much on my own and through podcasts and YouTube as im going to learn. I was searching for local groups and this one seems the most active and closest to home. I am noticing, though, that alot of the events are midweek in the evenings and I work a crazy night schedule and attending would be difficult to impossible. Would it still be beneficial to me, and the club, for me to become a member? While im certain there is a wealth of help for me to be had, I would hope to be able to help the group as well.
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6/1/2025 STEVEN TRAUTHWEIN wrote: | |
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I have been tying and collecting material for 30 years. I think I am at the end of this endeavor and wondered if anyone in your club would be interested in buying me out. Just curious, don't really want to piece meal it out. It would be a super buy.
Regards, Steve
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5/18/2025 John McGinnis wrote: | |
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After our North Carolina trip, as a new member and beginner, I did some lessons learned that I thought I would share. It is something I try to do in everything so I can hopefully improve!! First, I want to thank Harry for putting this trip together and being such a wonderful host! I also want to thank the members who took me under their wing and shared their knowledge and stories with me this week! I am certainly ready to do this again whenever possible! I never take myself too seriously and love to learn new things, even as a newly minted senior citizen!! I also want say how honored I was to spend time with the members of BUFF who went on this trip! What a great group of people you are to hang around and fish with! Even in high water and challenging weather! Thanks for the humor and coaching!! Here are my personal lessons learned. Many may not apply to those of you who have far more experience!
Post Trip Notes, Observations, Lessons:
Do a better job of pre-planning actual streams and locations to fish & research for guides. The group by nature debates the alternatives and we spent too much time trying to figure out where to go each day, and might have been fishing much earlier each day if there was some structure to alternative locations! Have some locations and suggestions to get things moving with the folks and maybe with some discussions with the guides and fly shops in the area. Don't just show up and expect others to do this!
Get a guide for the first day vs. the last day. Get success so you don't spend two days without catching anything because you don't know how! (what flies are successful and where to fish and how to fish the weather conditions).
Get a good local map with stream access points so you can reference where you are going outside the GPS! Sometimes it does not work!!!!!
My setup needs further refinement and improvement. I need to position my net better. Try moving down the elastic attachment to the handle bottom. Thought the net top magnetic catch was an improvement but elastic now covers the opening when trying to net something. Get it out of the way with a new attachment point!
Keep going to the more advanced BUFF casting classes with the Vota's! I need to be better at hitting the pools and working them! I was better than my last outing, did not lose flies in the trees, just the river rocks.
My split shot was too light for the swift current and deep pools, and my flies were too light, and maybe too large. My indicators were sinking, and I need to figure out a better system to match weight and fly with indicator type.
Find a better system to store pretied tippet flies. I know I cannot see the eyes of small flies on the stream and handle them. My current setup with foam disks to hold these needs improvement. It is too bulky and does not have a better selection for the day!
Climbing down banks to get to the river was challenging and my wading pole was okay, but worried it is strong enough for me. I fell in because I did not go slowly enough across some really rocky areas.
Refine where I am placing things on the sling pack. The nippers being on the upper part of the pack was frustrating and it needs to be near the flies vs on the shoulder strap so I am not moving the sling pack so much when changing flies.
Bill & Harry taught me that I should bring a dinner for everyone so we have a common dinner and can swap what mad those who caught fish successful so everyone can have fun and get smarter! Going out only brings smaller groups together, and it was more fun, and educational when everyone was together!
Aside from cell phone chargers, bring a battery pack. When the phone is searching so much for a connection or network, it burns through batteries really fast!
Bring more beer!
Get a new fly rod! Apparently this one cannot catch fish!!!!
Don't hesitate to sign up for another BUFF trip!!!
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5/16/2025 Brian Nunes wrote: | |
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I left 2 ziplock bags with various line for making leaders at the club meeting on Wednesday. If anyone picked them up, please let me know. Thanks, Brian (203.685.8227)
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5/15/2025 David Yost wrote: | |
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Everyone, I just picked up a drill press from a lady who mentioned that her late husband was also interested in fly fishing. She would like to sell some fly tying equipment to anyone interested.
Contact information: Amy Buck; 513-325-5673; amybuch60@yahoo.com
Address: 1209 Red Roan Dr. Note that this the neighborhood across the road from the Oasis Center.
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5/14/2025 Dan Tomaka wrote: | |
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I'm in the market for a new 5 wt. fly rod for trout fishing and i've come across a brand of rod that rated very high but i didn't recognize the name. Does anybody have a Douglas Sky G Rod or knows something about it? Hoping somebody can share their experience with using it and if you think its worth the price. thx.
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5/13/2025 David Fraley wrote: | |
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Passing this along in hopes of connecting this fly box with its owner...
From: Brett Saffell (Bsaffell@gmail.com)
Hi - did anyone lose a fly box at a Hamilton County park? Guy on Reddit found one. https://www.reddit.com/r/cincinnati/s/FDKTKjPEg7
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5/8/2025 Tim Cassani wrote: | |
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I fished the E Fork of the Whitewater near Liberty last on April 28 and fishing was good. Does anybody know if the white bass are still running?
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4/24/2025 John McGinnis wrote: | |
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I wanted to take a minute to say thank you to this club! The welcome I have felt since joining has been overwhelming! The amazing members who volunteer their time to teach new members how to enjoy this sport, to educate and dedicate the time to help me learn, to take time to help me learn how to fish on outings, and to support me in learning this! This organization is amazing in how much is going on and the active participation of it's members!! You (we) have a lot to be proud of, and I am so glad I have joined in to this amazing organization!! I cannot wait to have something to give back!!
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4/19/2025 Harry Pass wrote: | |
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There is still plenty of time to join us in North Carolina for our Spring Trout Quest. We have room for 6 more. This is a beautiful area and peaceful. It starts Wednesday the 14th of May, and we go home the 18TH. Bryson City is nice and good food there. Don't let this opportunity. There are handicap areas to fish so if you don't want to wade the Nantahala gives you an opportunity on these handicap areas.
Have a blessed day
Harry Pass
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3/30/2025 Bob Gustafson wrote: | |
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This is your chance to achieve amazing fame and glory by becoming a BUFF Facebook page administrator!! We currently have just one active club member (me) serving as the site administrator and need to have at least one other, in case I get run over by a bus.
The job requires very little time commitment - basically posting 3-4 items a month to the page promoting club events, stories, notices, pictures, and celebrations. I will be glad to continue to serve as an administrator (and provide training if required), so you can ease into the role over time.
Please contact me with any questions and soon you will be a Giant among communicators.
Bob Gustafson
513-289-5250
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