Had a discussion the other day with one of the site visitors. He's been on the site for a bit but was unaware of the site's depth beyond just the forum. Given that I thought I'd cover the sites sections below with a few notes and additional info you wouldn't know about otherwise. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions go ahead and add them here.
Site General:
WFF Board: (6800 Registered, 20 New Daily, 25K Threads, 221K Posts)
WFF Gallery: (14K Photos, 7.2M views, 7.34 Gigs Disk Space)
Resources:: - - WFF Tides: (130 WA Stations, 32 OR Stations), River flow station links, Knot Guide, Shop listings, Weather
Gear Program:
Articles: (95 Articles in 8 Categories, 460K views)
Directory: (379 Website Links in 56 Categories)
Projects:
Site General:
- Site Activity: October Stats, November Stats
- Hosting: Yep, WFF is a web host, given the site is busy enough to require a large dedicated server. With that, I offer free hosting to clubs, and competitive hosting to small businesses. Keep it in mind if you're in need.
WFF Board: (6800 Registered, 20 New Daily, 25K Threads, 221K Posts)
WFF Gallery: (14K Photos, 7.2M views, 7.34 Gigs Disk Space)
It's not just fish porn, which there is a lot of. Take some time to explore the categories and sub-cateogries. There were 25 fly swaps in 2006 alone, and all of them have photos of the swapped flies represented in the gallery.
Resources:: - - WFF Tides: (130 WA Stations, 32 OR Stations), River flow station links, Knot Guide, Shop listings, Weather
- If you haven't seen the WFF Tides pages, you should take a second to become acquainted as I consider it one of WFF's better resources. A lot of work went into the format and function of the tides section. Note that on the default calendar view that data is displayed when you hover over a given day. The text view tab area is useful when searching for large tide height differences, for those that focus on flow speed when fishing SRC, etc.
Gear Program:
Available items, program rules and instructions are listed in the 'WFF Gear Program' forum.
If you're not familiar with the gear program, it's purpose is to bridge you guys with the manufacturers. Gear is made generally available for extended demo usage so you can become familiar with it on your outing. It's also for general usage (occasional only) in trade for your review of the product.
- Fetha Styx Rods: 4wt 9' 4pc
- K-Pump for Inflatables: kp100, kp200 & kp40 models
- TFO TiCR Rods: 4wt 9' 4pc, 6wt 9' 4pc, 8wt 9' 4pc, 10wt 9' 4pc
- TFO Pro Rods: 4wt 9' 4pc, 6wt 9' 4pc, 8wt 9' 4pc
- Sportgear.ca Chest / Back Packs: Tulli Horizon chest pack
- Thomas & Thomas Helix Rods: 4wt 9' 4pc, 6wt 9' 4pc, 8wt 9' 4pc
- Sage FLi Rods: 6wt 9' 4pc, 8wt 9' 4pc
- Sage XP Rod: 4wt 9' 4pc
- Shelbyville Rod Company: Rebel series 4wt 9' 4pc
- Water Master Kickboats: 2 Kodiak model boats fully loaded.
Status': WaterMasters should be back to WFF in the next 2 weeks. The T&T Helix 8wt is out for repair. The Fetha Styx 4wt & Shelbyville 4wt have just been added. Reels from Orvis are in route which will finally allow for the line program.
Articles: (95 Articles in 8 Categories, 460K views)
- Also note that the glossary has 200 terms covered. More soon.
- If you're interested in adding an article let me know! Thanks!
Directory: (379 Website Links in 56 Categories)
- It's a nifty resource with sales sites kept off to keep it info based. Add to it on your own if there is a site you feel is worthy to be added. Note the 'Add Link' option within every category.
Projects:
- Adding to the existing equipment in the gear program which includes lines spooled and ready to fish. Lines are being collected now, your input is welcome. Help putting together custom cut lines of all sorts is very much welcome.
- Adding to the Tides station list, to include California and B.C.
- Ocean surface temperature maps. The data has been found, looking into the process of building the images. Low priority project, but would be very useful, especially to those of us who target tuna out from the Columbia come about July - Sept.
- Offer again WFF hats, and expand to include other hats, stickers and shirts.
- Tying competition.