True, I've seen alot of first time posts that don't post again. I miss hearing from our international members, Laura Palmer our friends from Puerto Rico, New Zealand, Italy and etc. I got out of the habit of posting too; I fish 2-5wts and all of these wts equally. Much of the time I am fishing, for example, a 3 wt line on a 5 wt rod , i.e. lining down to UL, so technically it's not Ultralite but that's the way I want to fish.
Maybe the PhotoBucket fiasco had something to do with the downturn too.

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Jangles, I was just reminded of one of the reasons I have reduced my posts on this forum. I made a post last night, "my july 4th, and the post has already disappeared from the "View New Posts" and I presume that other's like me rely on the "view new posts" to find the "latest posts". As you referenced in your complaint, when we post something we are expecting a response, a conversation. This has happened repeatedly. I considered posting this morning about my experiences fishing with size 14 and smaller flies for the past two days, but as you said in your post. "What's the use".
On the other hand, I've seen other posts stay up longer; the criteria for removing posts from the new post category puzzles me.

Jangles, I regret that I missed your posts. I recall you had an impending trip to Colorado you were really looking forward to and I was looking
forward to reading your posts about the trip. Hope your experiments with active roll casting is going well.

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Indeed, I think a lot of the UL discussion has shifted to mainstream fly fishing forums. But if anything the resurgence in fiberglass has taken a bigger bite. I know my initial interest in UL was because I wanted something that was more fun to catch bluegill and little bass with than the super fast 5wt that I (and most everyone else in the modern era) started fly fishing on. UL solved that problem well, but I realized that so does fiberglass and over the past year I find myself more often grabbing the fiberglass when I head out the door. That's not to say my UL rods are gathering dust, but they aren't the only way to skin the cat in this era of widespread availability of fly fishing information on the internet.

I have been a member of the Fiberglass Flyrodders forum since January, 2007. I remember when Jeremy posted about fishing with UL fly rods and was roundly berated by a few members, stating he might be having fun fishing UL, but was overstressing and killing fish. As we know, that is not necessarily true if you know how to use UL effectively. He started this forum shortly thereafter as a refuge from the hidebound people who didn't understand UL flyfishing. He has rarely returned to FFR since that time. Times and attitudes change. Over on FFR now you will see a lot of mention of ultralight rods, and very seldom is any disdain for this type of fishing mentioned. I have glass rods ranging from 2 to 8 weight, but by far the majority are 2 and 3 weights, as that is what I enjoy fishing the most. However, as fiberglass rods tend to be much more flexible for a given line weight, even a 6 weight glass rod can be enjoyable while fishing for sunfish, while a graphite rod will likely feel like a broomstick in comparison. It is frequently pointed out that with UL fishing, you are able to land larger fish by just using a stronger tippet while pointing the rod at the fish. This is true with any rod, but a glass rod fished in the usual fashion does offer considerably more protection for a light tippet. When fish are being very selective a light tippet is often required. While FFR is my primary home, I still enjoy checking out ULFF on a daily basis, but yes I also have noticed a decline in posting. I'm not sure why, but perhaps because it is limited to a very small aspect of flyfishing, and there is only so much that can be said. Although FFR is primarily about fiberglass, it covers a very wide range of interests in flyfishing, including information on vintage and new fly reels, fly rod collecting, flytying, and the fishing information covers everything from UL to salt water flyfishing. I have been, and still am, a member of several flyfishing forums. After a period of years, when the same topics keep coming up over and over, you eventually start looking for something new. For new members, everything is new and fresh, but for older members the old arguments and discussions become somewhat boring after a while. Pardon my long
dissertation.

Larry

There is also a bigger gap in terms of barrier for entry to fiberglass vs UL graphite. My "UL" glass rod can be had brand new for $20 (6.5' Eagle Claw 3/4 Featherlight) and casts ridiculously well. I could probably chop down a small bush with it and not hurt it, but it bends to the cork on a bluegill and even as a mediocre caster I can fish 50' without working very hard. A decent graphite 0wt/1wt is probably on paper a superior fishing tool, but they start at a few hundred bucks and go up rapidly from there.

It isn't like UL has gone away. Even on the Fiberglass Fly Rodders forum, historically the most commonly discussed rod weights were 6-7-8 wts, but now you see a lot more talk of 3-4 wts.

Thankfully the days of whinging about killing fish due to using UL are mostly over at this point.

Has anyone tried the Tapatalk app? I haven't tried the android app, but the iOS works pretty well on my tablet. It uploads pictures directly from the device.

I too belong FFR but I'm not sure if I have ever posted . I don't know why but the site seems a little unfriendly , probably just me . I'll have to log back in and check it out some more .

I have "that rod " also Unknownflyman and Ika , unfortunately I left it home this trip but I do have two other FRs with me , an 8' 3/4 and a 6' 1/2 Olive . I may string one up and give it them a try .

Anyway I'm glad to see you guys post here .

I have never actually posted on FFR -- I tried to register a couple years ago but they never approved my request. So my account exists but is inactive. I cannot re-register because my email is already in use. I tried to poke the mods to fix it a couple times but never made any progress. So...whatever!!