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If you didn’t notice I was take-in a lot pictures down there, I’ve attach a link to some of them. But not all, if I put all of them up it would take days to look at. Here it is
http://community.webshots.com/photo/144016077/144246197VmrTeB
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Thanks for the pics Brian. Those are great. Wish I could've went this year. Luckily I made the one on the Sky. I will DEFINITELY get to the Sandy one next year. I see quite a few familiar faces in those pictures. LOL
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Excellent pictures wish they had an event of this magnitude like this out here in GLs. I was to the one in Michigan nothing like the scope this one appears to be.
Anyway a couple of questions:
1. Where are the under 30 year old spey casters ? Maybe even the 30-40 year olds look a little low in these pictures.
2. What did you think of the new Orvis spey rods and the Orvis Mach reels that may have been on them?
3. Fred you have not aged a day since I viewed your picture probably at one of the 2002 spey claves. What ever your doing keep it up my friend.
Oh, also nice river the Sandy got its River Journal another one on my PNW to do list. LOL
BG
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Excellent pictures wish they had an event of this magnitude like this out here in GLs. I was to the one in Michigan nothing like the scope this one appears to be.
Anyway a couple of questions:
1. Where are the under 30 year old spey casters ? Maybe even the 30-40 year olds look a little low in these pictures.
2. What did you think of the new Orvis spey rods and the Orvis Mach reels that may have been on them?
3. Fred you have not aged a day since I viewed your picture probably at one of the 2002 spey claves. What ever your doing keep it up my friend.
Oh, also nice river the Sandy got its River Journal another one on my PNW to do list. LOL
BG
Actually quite a few folks in the 25-35 year old range at the 'Clave. Just didn't make on to 'digital film.' Tried several of the Orvis rods (blank on the reels part); not bad. The one that impressed me the most was the 'new' Boron blank. Very different action that your typical graphite blank. Only 'grass cast' the rods so no water time. That I'd like to have done.
And thank you for the compliment; trust me the white hair is starting to show with a regularity I could well do without. :>)
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This 42 yoa made it on Sunday. Fred kept me in check
so actually stayed out of trouble! A lot of very neat
toys to play with - fell in love with a little Thomas&
Thomas 3wt. I know - it was a Spey Clave! Got to meet
some people and made some great contacts. Over all
a fun day. Hey Fred - your a true gentleman. 
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BG
There were three KIDS (10 - 13 years old) that where casting 70 - 80 ft. with the help from Speybum (Aaron R.). I watched many young caster there, there was so many good rods and lines I tryed about 15 rods a day some with different lines. I was hurting every night.
The night life there was truely amazing talking with some of the best Spey Caster in the WORLD, it couldn't be any better then that!
Oh by the way I took about 300 pic's at the Sandy Spey Clave
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Got to concure with Homer2handed - just about everytime
I saw him at the Clave he was trying out another rod.
He can really cast a spey rod! Great pics - good job!
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Really hate missing it. At least I made the Sky Clave (met Homer there and a few others). Yup, he can cast a mean spey (and takes alot of pics too lol).
Was nice checking out the rods on the one up here. Wish I could've swung a few. But was REALLY nice checking out the Meiser rods. They are beautiful.
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Your dead right about Meiser rods there sweeeeeet. He has 5/6 11'7" that is a rocket ship! His Fred Evans Rod (Yea you heard me right ol Fred has a rod name after him) is great to, it was hard to walk away from Bob's rod. I'm talking about how they cast, now you add in how they look you have one of the most beautiful rods on the market.
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Brain - where those the rods with the feathers inlaid
near the cork - Those rods are a true work of art!
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Yes!
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Catch any fish in the grass 
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Bet I could find some real nice used spey rods out there with all those spey fishers, not the case here in the GLs I can assure you. Only a few fly shops carry a couple of models perhaps.
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It was tuff (in the grass)
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Catch any fish in the grass
No, but one caster actually hit a bird in fleight! 
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Wait a tic. I thought the Sandy Clave was ON the Sandy River. Was it at a shop (noticed a shop in background in the pics). That it was held at the park on the Sandy. Hmmmm. That sucks. Was nice on the Sky being able to use in a reallife situation (remember Mattzoids fish on while testing a rod???).
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It was on the Sandy River
They had part of the Clave on the water and some of it on grass.
They had a big grasse (300 ft. sq.) area over looking the river. It was about 100 yard walk down hill to the river. You could cast on water or grass.
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It was in Oxbow State Park - great area; large grass
areas to practice and a short hike down to the river.
Think Homer2Handed did some damage to the insect life!
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another odd starement by bg;
"Excellent pictures wish they had an event of this magnitude like this out here in GLs. I was to the one in Michigan nothing like the scope this one appears to be."
they had andy murray there this year, i came all way from wisc to see him. real good caster and helpful teacher.
isn't he good enough????? guess you will never know due to your not coming, canada also had a good one last fall, all top casters, were you there??? i was, only 9 hours by car. saw simon, andy, steve, and way do their thing. too bad you decided not to come.
they are having another one this year with same great casters, perhaps you should throw your self into attack stealth mode and come up.
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i am lost in spey abyss, so he says
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Cool photos.
I can not say that I recognize anyone, but I had a lot of double takes while doing the slideshow.
-Huck
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AGENDA OF EVENTS
This year there will be a huge number of fly tackle rep groups
to put on a show specifically for the spey casting fraternity.
Committed so far:
Jon Covich (Winston, Patagonia)
George Cook (Sage, Rio, Simms, Ross, Tibor)
Scott O'Donnell (Scott Rods)
Greg Snider (Thomas & Thomas)
Randy Sholes (Cortland, Hardy)
Someone repped the rods (CND Spey Rods)
Ron Lauzon, Ron Larson (Loop Rods)
Dick Sagara (Temple Fork Outfitters Rods, Weatley)
Mike Perusse (G. Loomis)
Meet These Northwest Fly Fishing Legends:
Trey Combs
Simon Gawesworth
Steve Rajeff
Andy Murray
Steve Choate & Dr. Way Yin
Mark Bachmann
Brian Silvey
George Cook
Scott O'Donnell & Mike McCune
Ed Ward
Al Buhr
Ron Lauzon & Leroy Teeple
Understand the GL 'Clave has come a long way since it's beginings; but the Sandy River 'Clave is the 'grand-daddie' of them all. Or as some 'wag' put it: "The woodstock of spey casting." Something like 700 people there this year.
Amazing thing is with that many people playing with close to a $100,000+++ worth of equipment available to the public, only one reel turned up missing. Three days later it was back on it's way to it's rightful owner ..... someone had borrowed the reel and put it down on the wrong table. The fellow whose bag it got stowed in recognized the reel wasn't his, saw a post on the missing reel on the wwwfff web board .... and shipped it off.
Looking back (this was the 4'th 'Clave) several rods have been broken, but only a single reel has ever turned up missing and stayed that way. Quite a record!
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Yes sir ree
This is the SUPER BOWL of Spey Claves!
The party at night (at Oxbow Park) alone is worth going too!
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First of 'The Parties' I've missed (all-be-it the Siska's, Teeples, et. al. had a dandy dinner in the RV park) since this started.
And Brian's correct; these fellows know their single malts. 
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SH69
Your dead right about Meiser rods there sweeeeeet. His Fred Evans Rod (Yea you heard me right ol Fred has a rod name after him) is great to, it was hard to walk away from Bob's rod. I'm talking about how they cast, now you add in how they look you have one of the most beautiful rods on the market.
Interesting thing is Bob has a 'beefed up' FES (boron butt section and one line grouping higher) he's thinking of calling the FESX ... as in 'extream.' 'Street casted' this rod with the Carron 10-11 dry line mid week ........... JUST AN AMAZING ROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr. King is in deep dodo.
I need another spey rod like I need another 'hole in the head ...' Like I think I know where #15 is coming from. 
Mr. King, be afraid, be very afraid!
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seems to me that nothing can make dirty ghost happy. i know the ontario boys sure could use his help planning this falls clave.
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i am lost in spey abyss, so he says
blah blah blah,
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i let hal carry my long rod while on the stream
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Ah, Hal is fine. Just dealing with the princess. I know, had my own at one time. But mine was PURE evil. Once I got rid of her, it was heaven and time after that (even with myself having full custody of the kids lol).
Actually, my fondest memory of the clave I went to is sitting in Fred's RV, drinking Scotch, and talking. Was a great time. Can't wait for many more.
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