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Day 6 Some nice local folks in the campground had told us about a little cafe to get a great cup of coffee, so Andrea and I did just that. We started the day with a cup of joe and a set of waterfalls in this quaint little town. We were kinda at the point of gearing up for packing up and...

Day 5 We had already accomplished what we set out to do so anything else at this point was just a bonus. We decided to go back to where we had caught several on Day 3. We elected to fish further upstream into water we hadn't fished yet. Andrea had been using a Royal Trude fly I...

Day 4 continues We stopped off at what the signs called a "pond" but here in most of WV we would call this a lake. I was able to spot a Loon, but it wasn't close enough to take a good picture. Then we checked out a roadside pull off and took some pictures of a waterfall that we had fished up...

Day 4 we decided to head west into New York to go explore (barely skimmed the surface I should say) the Adirondacks. We crossed a lot of farmland on the Vermont side headed towards Lake Champlain. It was beautiful country for sure. Looking back, I wish we had fished more over in New York...

Day 3 Andrea and I decided to go back to where we were the day before and fish further upstream above where the rain made us quit the day before. Today's fishing was impressive numbers wise and the scenery wasn't half bad either. The hole at the bottom right of the picture was much bigger...

Day 2 found us brainstorming to find new streams to explore as the water levels were thankfully dropping from the persistent rains. We found more than a few streams to split up and check out. Before we split up, we wanted to go check out some local sights and signs and immerse in some history...

Some of you might know already, or remember from my post of last summers adventure, but my wife and cousins and I have been on a quest to catch an Eastern Brook Trout in their native range here in the US. A veritable but unrecognized Brookie Slam if you will. This years trip took us to the Green...

Tools / Materials are SOLD

Here is a nice lot of fly tying tools and materials that is up for grabs. This ENTIRE lot will be shipped to you at my cost for $38. Thats right... FREE SHIPPING. This is an opportunity to get several nice tools along with some materials at a fraction of the retail prices. PM me and we can...

Thanks to everyone for chiming in. Im looking forward to trying out the VV powders. More experience / reports will gladly be welcomed

Last weekend Graf's was running a free hazmat promo and my dad and I capitalized on that by ordering some primers and powder. For a while I've always read good things about VihtaVuori powders so I decided to try some. I figure since Alliant is rare as hens teeth and expensive, Id try...

Ive used the SST in 123gr 6.5mm / 130gr .277" / 170gr 8mm / and 200gr .338" flavors (6.5cm, 270win, 8x57, 338-06) and have yet to experience the blow up like some people on the internet go on and on about. Every shot taken on any animal there will be lots of variables and no 2 hunters will...

Fotis, Thanks for pictures and details. Just out of curiosity have you or anyone else ever attempted to shoot it w/o the brake ? 143gr of RL 33 ? That's insane to me. I can't wrap my mind around it. Im sure it'll make a pound of powder go pretty quick lol

How much approximate recoil does the 375 BAS generate ? I'm sure your using a brake and the 18# weight help but what does shooting one equate to

If you use the COW fireforming method you'll likely still not get a perfect formed case with sharp shoulders but you'll still be burning primers all the same. I fire formed some 280rem into 280AckImp by seating the bullets out far enough to firmly contact the lands and provide positive...