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  1. Oh, hello there. We've been waiting for you.
  2. So that, plus this from some other aggy thread: I realize it's a pointless exercise to think about this, but to me it's one of the sadder manifestations of the culture of insecurity and inadequacy at that place, and for some reason has always irked me. I've heard A&M grads brag about how opportunities were given to them which they really weren't qualified for, or how they were selected for things over competitors with a secret "Aggie Ring Wink." I really just shouldn't at all be surprised by the cognitive dissonance that displays with regard to the general political zeitgeist of that place, but whatever. When I interview a Texas grad, you'd better bring your A game. My expectations of you are now higher than your peers, not lower. When I'm working with a trainee who's a Texas grad, I'm more disappointed with you if you're not up to expectations, not more forgiving. I don't know why I find this so discouraging, although maybe it's because (unpopular opinion) I do have some very good Aggie friends who are very competent and accomplished, or because on the whole the state would be better off if that system wasn't so culturally bound to fuck up anything good it could ever accomplish outside of athletics. Just part of the cruel and tragic aggy shenanigans, I guess. And the problem is mine for thinking I could rationally understand that place. Thanks for listening to my TURD Talk.
  3. IMO a lot depends on what you want to do with it. I fish (poorly) mostly creeks here at home and a lot of smaller streams when in Colorado, and inasmuch as I've found a style, it's what I'd call "contemplative" and my boys would call "slow and boring." Even my carbon fiber rod is a Scott G. I'm not usually hucking a bunch of big streamers, and if I'm fishing from a boat I'm with a guide and probably using their gear. I love the feel of how fiberglass rods load slowly and how they cast, but it fits my personality disorder. It seems largely a special use case for dry flies on small water these days, and I love having it as a different "flavor." That said, if that's not what you want it to do and try to fish it in the ways that carbon fiber excels, you're probably going to get frustrated and hate it. And as far as the demo thing, if the shop has guides they might be able to check and see if any of them own what you're looking for and could let you demo it? And yes, y'all got me all hot and bothered so I had to go out and scratch the itch with this monster: (ironically on the 5wt carbon fiber rod and a Brushy Creek streamer).
  4. Damor

    Denver

    Derm, eh?
  5. Agreed as above. Although I love my Ross Colorado 3wt as well, it does nothing but hold line. I overspent on it because it has sentimental and aesthetic value to me. And it sounds really, really nifty. If you're staying on a budget*, get a cheap reel and spend that money on good fly line, a lesson this board taught me. * you're buying fly fishing gear, we all know we're just pretending to be on a budget and are going to buy cool shit because cool shit is cool and we love it.
  6. Yeah, I think the Echo would leave you enough in the budget for that. How could you not? Think I posted upthread that I have the Animas version of that put aside for my older one's 21st, probably going to pair it with a 4wt Scott fiberglass rod. As a beer snob, I don't even like Coors, but those are just amazing looking reels, and I do respect that they have their own malting floor in Golden.
  7. Love, pediatric radiologist
  8. @Chewbacca I'll defer to the experts, but at that size I think fiberglass is a lot of fun, and also I worry a little less about getting it caught and breaking it tromping through branches. I have a nice burnt orangeish 3wt Echo Riverglass paired with a Ross Colorado that I love, and my boys try to steal it all the time. Getting summer trips to Colorado organized, can't wait.
  9. Why, they'd look like a bunch of Johnny-come-latelies, tossin' out their own midget... don't matter how stumpy.
  10. If you get a hook, beware of walking under seagulls for the first few days.
  11. It's been forever since I lived around there, and pretty much everything I loved is probably gone (RIP Ginger Man), but I'd go with some scotch eggs, beef stew, and a few pints of the black stuff at the Mucky Duck.
  12. The Gourds, IMO.
  13. Thanks. I will tell him to accept no less than this on the official tour.
  14. "Will you marry me, wutang75?"
  15. I don't doubt it. That said, feel free to put anger to good use. “Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” -HL Mencken (fifMIA)
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