This post has me thinking about guitars, fly fishing, and cycling. Long before I bought a Riv I acquired a taste for woody Martin guitars and and favored my Winston traditional trout rod over my Sage artillery pieces. My fly boxes are adorned with modern bead-headed and foam flies (trout bling), but I prefer to tie furry little traditional bugs. 80% of the trout I catch fall for traditional nymphs and dries. In a way, those things opened me up to owning a Rivendell and not the other way around.
That said, I wouldn't trade my gore-tex waders for old rubber chest waders. I play a very nice Taylor guitar when I have to plug in or want it to be loud and bright. I will fish my fast action fly rods when the situation demands--i.e. when casting heavy streamers to steelhead or big trout in big water, but just because I can cast 70 feet of shooting head with this gear doesn't mean I love doing it, nor does it bring me more pleasure than a well placed thirty foot cast that drops a size 18 Adams into a slot six inches wide and three feet long. The point, I suppose, is to be objective about new technology and its so called advantages. Sometimes the advantages are real, but often its just hype to get you to buy another version of something you already have or an attempt to push everyone to the extreme edge of their hobby or sport. Do enjoy that new bamboo rod--I'm sure its a lovely reed. What are the specifics of the rod (wt., length) and what reel did you put on it? And noting the other posts--I use a fountain pen. I think gardening counts and I don't know why something as practical as sewing wouldn't count as well. D.G. On Apr 26, 9:13 am, Jon Grant <jgr...@papagrant.com> wrote: > Seth Vidal wrote: > > I've started sewing more, though I don't suspect that is a much of a > riv'ish hobby. > > Does gardening count? Probably not. > > -sv > > ======= > > Oh, I think it counts. I think they both count utterly. Any hobby that > centers around a more calorie-burning, sustainable, self-sufficient, > fun-yet-useful activity fits the Rivendell philosophy as I understand it. > > Jon ³Oliver Wendell Douglass² Grant, who just yesterday planted cukes, > yellow squash, and zucchini in his front flower plot, and now considers > himself a right proper organic food-crop family farmer, in sunny > Austin ³Greeeeeen Acres² Texas > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
