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All Forum Posts by Ryan Jordan
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Re: recommended fly list There must be some folks here with more Sierra experience than I. I'm sort of a Rocky Mountain guys - MT, ID, and WY! But here, my top patterns (all of them adapted specifically to dapping w... |
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Re: Buying tenkara... Our package includes the line but not the tippet or flies. Tippets a funny thing, rabid fly fisherman are pretty particular about it! I used to tie flies commercially and miss it. It was a lot o... |
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Re: Tenkara Hane Yes, the Hane will ship with a line. 10'6" braided Tenkara line, green in color - yes, the $20 lines on the Tenkara website. |
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BPL Tenkara Hane Fly Rod Info Hi All: here she's comin'! Sign up Now for a Stock Alert: Backpacking Light Tenkara HANE Fly Rod |
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24 Videos Thanks for all of your kind comments! This has been a really fun project. I'm working on the next already, a short hike in Shenandoah NP with Alan Dixon a few weeks ago while I was on a busi... |
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responses Thanks everyone for the very nice response to the video and article! It humbles me to know that I'm striking a chord with this series. Nicolas - I like gallons because there's less of th... |
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Print quality vs sensor size Chris, I would agree with you. My point is that there is a difference between a very good print and an eye-popper. |
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Problems with Small Sensors and Enlarged Prints The primary problem with small sensor cameras like the S90 or G11 is that you really can't print eye-popping images at full size. 9x13 prints coming from these cameras aren't the greatest, ... |
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Trip Assessment After digesting all of this, it's becoming increasing clear to me that this *has the potential* to become (still) a very successful trip because it threw people into a thick soup of blowdowns (... |
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Re: 24: Fall Equinox in the Hyalite Cirque of Montana's Gallatin @Jay Wilkerson - BPL ballcaps are an old style; we have a new one we're working on for spring using a bamboo/polyester blend and the new logo. @Amy Lauterbach - thanks for the link to the bi... |
All Reader Reviews by Ryan Jordan
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Jolt Gum You guys are rookies. Look at the times at which you are posting. I consumed four pieces of Jolt two hours ago and look at me, still going strong at 2 am. There is a weird flavor to it, but I ca... |
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Mike Clelland! GOO Energy Gel I've used Mike's, and made my own per his recipe. It's nasty. The color, I mean. Like a pukey green. But then again, that may very well provide some of its social appeal when hiking or skiing in... |
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Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) OK, I'm partial. I grew up in Seattle. For a kid who dreamed about the wilds endlessly, my Dad taking my family from our home in the burbs to Capitol Hill was a real treat for me. I have fond me... |
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Complete Walker by Colin Fletcher If you love to WALK and you haven't read this book then you are (1) not only missing out on a rite of passage that qualifies you to even claim that you're a backpacker, (2) but also ignoring what may ... |
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Black Diamond Winter Bivy I have a few Epic bivies, one from Oware, one from BD (Lightsabre) and one from Bibler (this one, the Winter Bivy). They are both great in the summer, especially in rainy weather, where the Epic treat... |
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ULA Equipment I've known Brian Frankle for a few years. Recently, Brian made backpacks for us for the Arctic 1000 expedition. He was very attentive to our feedback, delivered on time, made adjustments as needed, an... |
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Six Moon Designs Essence Welllll, I must say, I think PJ did a fine review above, but if you're looking for additional reading insight, I don't think I can follow up. I feel like the local coffee shop guitar player with a bad... |
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ULA Equipment Relay I love the Relay. It's my favorite pack for multi-day mountain running because it's so small (tucks into the lumbar) and shaped so well (hourglass) for running. Improvements could be made by adding... |
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Montrail Vitesse This is my go-to shoe for all of my longer unsupported/no resupply treks where I absolutely cannot have a shoe fail en route. I've worn through about six pair of Vitesse now, all of them had more t... |
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Inov8 Mudclaw O'330 Far and away my absolute favorite light shoe for what the Brit's call "fell running" but what I might call "tundra" trekking. It's great in soft ground (tundra, mud) but abysmal on trails and slickroc... |
