[BLACK FRANCIS]

truthful info on spey's in buffalo

hey Greg, get your facts straight before you post misinformation. the Oak Orchard Fly Shop, that i manage, carries spey rods from t&t , sage and winston. we have by far the best selection in the area, hand picked for our water by myself and many other well informed speyheads. we have been carrying at least 6 rods for over five years now. we were also the first shop in the area to carry ANY two handed rods, largely because Rick was one of the first in the gl to use them on our fish. if you haven't been in the shop for six months then all the two handers are not on display in the summer to make room for more trout rods on our rack. anyone who truly knows us knows of our commitment to traditional techniques and trying to throw off the "glo-bug" logic so prevelant in the gl. i am insulted. thanks to the folks who came to our defense in my absence. anyone who wants more info can feel free to pm me anytime or call the shop 716-626-1323, Greg's info is simply wrong. thanks for the plug, brother.

Nick Pionessa
Manager OOFS

take a look for yourself at:

www.oakorchardflyshop.com

 

[BLACK FRANCIS]

Gillie,
i appreciate your praise of our shop. i won't argue who was first, this is pointless. i admittadly got irritated at the previous posts and probably went too far. my appologies. we are all living in the present and the past doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
on to the present line up of two handers first off we only have one winston, a pre china ibis because that's all there is. the new ones are on the way as soon as winston gets them done. t&t 11-7, 13-7, 12-8, 13-8, 14-9, sage 126-6, 126-8 and the addition of the 14-9 and the tcr 123-8 which are on their way. i didn't even count the ibis or the b2x 11-7. show me a better line up in the area. this i will argue and defend. T&t will send us rods to demo anytime if some one wants to test drive. sage and winston aren't as good about loaners but can be demo cast anytime. i'm sure cnd would be happy to send out rods for test drives as well if someone were interested. we have lines on hand to cast any of our line up.
don't get me wrong, we have room to improve. there is a lot i have done in the past six months, but there is still, always room to improve. we are making the comitment to this type of fishing for our steelhead and we apreciate your support and business. tell us what you would like to see. we will listen. we fish where you fish, you will see us out there and probably have. come in and talk about spey fishing or steelhead in general or politics for that matter. we will always, gladly, sell you whatever you really want not just what we have in stock.

Nick Pionessa
Manager OOFS

 

[BLACK FRANCIS]

glad to see that my point got across. we really do appreciate your kind words about our shop. we are a small shop and it's a long road, but we are committed(or should be ) to it. i will check out the trend towards longer rods, this is an evolving sport and we would like nothing more than to be on the leading edge. feel free to stop by the shop anytime just to discuss the rods, believe it or not we need and want the feedback. that will make us a better shop, which is the goal. i personally will be there all day thurs friday and sat. fri and sat we have two people on so we can go and cast and take the time to try them all.
for the record Mark Stothard (GRHS) was the first person i ever seen with a two hander (1988?). man does that bring back memories of one of the true pioneers in the field. thanks Mark, for getting all this started here, we do miss you.

 

[BLACK FRANCIS]

Greg, take a deep breath. i never questioned your customer status. i said to everyone that i have talked to in person about this that i always thought you were a good customer, and i couldn't understand the post. it sounds like you were unhappy to begin with with the level of service my predecessor provided. anyone will tell you we are not the same people. i would hope you would come in and discuss this face to face. customer for the future or not i would hate to have anyone unhappy with us. i hold no hard feeling against you in any way, i feel this is all a misunderstanding from the beginning.
Peter-s-c i don't feel i have "pissed" on anyone. that was certainly not my intention. i also recognized greg right from the start. again if anyone would like to come in an see for themselves or discuss the matter further you know where i will be.
my predecessor is not me and i won't be held accountable for his past. if you have an issue with me or our shop now, i would be happy to try to take care of it. i checked our records and what i said about spey rods in our store is true. in the past five years we have sold rods from a 12' 5 wt to 15' 10wt to many customers. i stand behind everything i have posted. i will be away all weekend so i won't be able to respond until monday.
P>S> didn't i say we were "hiding them in the back" in the summer originally? i have the sales records if anyone really thinks this is "spin" i don't like being acused of lying either.

"saint" Nick Pionessa
Manager OOFS