John Loebach Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 Cast & Compare 2016Saturday 9/10/16 - 8:00am to 12 noon Glenwood Forest Preserve 1644 S. River St., Batavia, IL. 60510 Bring one or more of your new or favorite rods to compare to others. This is a great chance to try other rods on the water to see what you like. If you are new to fly fishing come out & learn!Dupage Fly Fishing & Doug Taylor, Sage Pro Staff & spey instructor are bringing Sage & Redington new rods& more. St Croix Mojo Bass rod plus members favorites & classic glass even some bamboo.We’ll also have a raffle of donated gear during lunch to cover expenses.Come join us for this free event – stick around & we’ll grill & then go fish! Our recent water willow plantings are at this location & are doing great.John LoebachFly Fishing Director, ISA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Loebach Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Tomorrow - Orvis Yorktown will bring some rods too. Weather looks good - see y'all there. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Loebach Posted September 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Good event, early drizzle. 31+ attended most stayed for the whole morning. Best new rod IMHO Sage X series, great fast rod with feel & Redington Predator 7 & 9 wt. - great rods for a great price both brought by Jeremy @ Dupage Fly. Liked the Orvis Recon 7 wt. brought by Tim from Yorktown store plus the Orvis superfine glass. Bob D. brought a sweet Winston 5wt. I put out vintage glass Phillipson, Silaflex, & Fishers. Best glass rod there was (again) Ed B. Orvis Fullflex 6 wt. late 60's rod. Doug Taylor had new switch & spey Sage rods & spent the whole morning teaching 2 handed casting. Many thanks to the core members who always help plus a reminder to shop local whenever you can - Dupage Fly Fishing Co. & Orvis Yorktown both have good people with lots of knowledge, always willing to share. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Durham Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 Thanks to John, Jeremy at Dupage Fly Shop, Tim at Orvis and all who helped make this another great event. I was intrigued by the spey casting demonstration put on by Doug Taylor but unfortunately was not able to try it out. Maybe next year. Here are a couple of photos taken during the picnic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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