http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/topic/15861/t/What-got-you-started-collecting.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:22:58 GMT Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:42:41 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/topic/15861/t/What-got-you-started-collecting.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/reply/95095/t/What-got-you-started-collecting.html#reply-95095 feeds@yuku.com (Bamboo Adict) http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/sreply/95095 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:42:41 GMT http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/reply/95074/t/What-got-you-started-collecting.html#reply-95074 ]]> feeds@yuku.com (the abandoned brane) http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/sreply/95074 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:51:14 GMT http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/reply/94990/t/What-got-you-started-collecting.html#reply-94990 Envy
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http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/sreply/94990 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:38:24 GMT http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/reply/94973/t/What-got-you-started-collecting.html#reply-94973 feeds@yuku.com (levertonhatches) http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/sreply/94973 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:59:55 GMT http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/reply/94961/t/What-got-you-started-collecting.html#reply-94961 feeds@yuku.com (gmflyfish) http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/sreply/94961 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:39 GMT http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/reply/94825/t/What-got-you-started-collecting.html#reply-94825
Well flyboxfan, I'm not a collector, just a downright head over heels lover of bamboo fly rods made for fishin'.

A friend of my ex-wife's gave me a bamboo rod that had been standing in a corner of their garage for who knows how many years. After probably too money sunk into it to bring it back to life, I was hooked! Nah, it's worth every penny I've got in it because it's one of the best rods I've ever fished.
Never be able to sell it for... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (bobbeegee) http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/sreply/94825 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:52:02 GMT http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/reply/94776/t/What-got-you-started-collecting.html#reply-94776

and this reel purchased from Australia, which answered the actual maker question
feeds@yuku.com (bulldog1935) http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/sreply/94776 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:15:51 GMT http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/reply/94771/t/What-got-you-started-collecting.html#reply-94771 flyboxfan wrote:

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How did you get started on your collection - I got started when my Dad gave me his childhood tackle box. Dad grew up on a farm along a river and fished as often as he could. There was no fly tackle in the box, but some great old Heddon plugs and a few nice Shakespeare reels.

A few years later I inherited my Grandfather's tackle ...a Weber (Heddon) bamboo rod, an early Medalist... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (reelsmith) http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/sreply/94771 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:48:44 GMT http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/reply/94727/t/What-got-you-started-collecting.html#reply-94727
Obviously you've crossed that fine line from 'user' to 'collector'; most of us only buy things that we 'need'.
The fact that some of us 'need' 127 Fly Reels shows what a fine art fly fishing is. (and, of course,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (enigma309) http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/sreply/94727 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:07:35 GMT http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/topic/15861/t/What-got-you-started-collecting.html feeds@yuku.com (flyboxfan) http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/topic/15861 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:22:58 GMT