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17 May 2012

Champ Cuts Cigarette in Two to Show His Skill With Fly (Oct, 1930)
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I know a few guys that are pretty damn good with a fly rod, but I wouldn't trust one of those bastards to do this.

From the endlessly entertaining Modern Mechanix Blog
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15 May 2012

Living in the Material World
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Finally managed to sit down and watch the Martin Scorsese documentary on George Harrison - "Living in the Material World"
It's a 3 1/2 hr marathon, and is fantastic. Harrison was prolific - and although a fan I never really realized how many hits he either wrote, collaborated on or performed in. I had forgotten that he financed the Monty Python movies - for that alone he should get a Saint Hood.
We're so much poorer for not having him around - I wonder what he would be doing now.

The Six Things You Need To Know About Scorsese's George Harrison Documentary
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15 May 2012

Love this Time of Year
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Autumn
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7 May 2012

Not all Tippet Materials are Created Equal
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Recently we acquired the Stroft agency for New Zealand and Australia.

We knew Stroft was good, but just how good didn't become apparent until we compared it with other well known tippet materials.

This is a very simple direct comparison, we've graphed common Monofilaments and one Fluorocarbon material that is reputedly very strong (Which it is, but not as strong as Stroft Mono')

We have also compared Stroft GTM against the top Fluorocarbons from these manufacturers. In all cases Stroft GTM and ABR came out on top.

Just the Facts:

Results are graphed from actual specifications and values printed by the various manufacturers and converted into metrics.

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Observations / Findings:
Umpqua. The results are very interesting. Notice how the graphed results from 6X up show as a perfectly straight line. Stated diameters and breaking strength increase in a directly proportional manner - unlike any other manufacturer.
Umpqua either have the most perfect, precise manufacturing method in the world - or their labelling is simply increased in perfect increments regardless of actual material strength. You decide.

Maxima. All Maxima Monofilaments showed very similar results. Some anglers believe that this material is actually underrated. Our simple comparison does not test actual against stated ratings (But we will do this in the future) Regardless, Maxima was at the bottom of our list, and even if it was underrated by as much as 30% it would still not feature in the top 3 materials.
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19 Apr 2012

Itu's Bones Accepted for the Blue Ocean Film Festival
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Great news tonight, Itu's Bones has been accepted into the 2012 Blue Ocean Film Festival.

http://www.blueoceanfilmfestival.org/

We've entered Itu's Bones in the "People and the Sea" category. We've gone through the first round and will find out if we're a finalist later this month. Fingers crossed.

If you've not seen it yet - here's the trailer
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