Mine, besides my bamboo rod of course, is my less than $100 St. Croix. But I
think the one I like even better than the St. Croix was the first rod my kids
ever bought me on Fathers day 6 years ago come this next June, and it's a
$39.95 "Crystal River, Cahill" rod. It's really slow action and for some
reason I loved that about it.. I can cast the whole length of line easily as it
only has that 65ft Cabelas special line. But I can also hit a five gallon
bucket from about 15 yards away pretty easily when I have been fishing
regularly with it. I just looked on the wall (I made a huge "gun rack" out 1 by
4's and a 1 by 6 LOL, and we have 8 rods and only have four of us that live
here. And we have two more cheapo Wal mart special rods in the closet
somewhere..Those things were/are soooo stiff and fast auction I can hardly cast
anything besides a big ol heavy bass bug with them, but even that's OK if a big
ol bass will hit it LOL... Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: Jimmy D. Moore
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: Pool Shooter / fly casting
My favorite "store bought" rod is a Wright & McGill Featherweight, yellow
fiberglass 6 feet, 3 wt.
I gave $39.95 for it and that included shipping.
JD
Bob Scarbrough wrote:
I just have a cheap $40 rod that I think is better than some of the higher
priced ones Ive tried.
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:16:05 -0600
From: ray...@earthlink.net
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Subject: [VFB] Re: Pool Shooter / fly casting
Sounds like the experience of ill spent youth speaking. LOL
JD
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From: Don Ordes
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Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY
JimmyD,
I like your QFTD.
'Casting well' can be thought of like using a pool cue to shoot pool.
Cues come in various weights and qualities, but your ability to shoot well and
run the table does not lie on the quality of the que. Of course, a better cue
makes for a more enjoyable shooting experience, but few beginners would notice
or could make use of the fine nuances of a high-end expensive cue. A better
cue can carry out the extreme english needed for some shots, but the knowledge
has to be there to start. A great shooter can run the table with a broom
stick, but prefers to shoot with a $1000 cue.
Fly-casting and fly-fishing is like that. With a little tutoring and
some basic skills and rules, anyone can play the game with that 'bar-rod'. But
as one's skills and fishing knowledge grow, better equipment is helpful and
more enjoyable in 'running the river'. Problem is, unlike pool balls, fish
have brains and programming and move around and turn on and off and swim away
and...
One more note:
Just as a pool shooter has a breaking cue, a jumping cue, and a
shooting cue with spare tips, so a well-equipped flyfisher would be advisded.
Using your fine $700 5wt. to cast heavy weighted nymphs or split shot, risking
getting the rod dinged up by them (weak spot = break spot), is like doing that
vertical-jamb-masse-shot with your best shooting cue. Get a long 6 or 7 wt.
'cheap' rod with a fast action and proper line to lift and cast that weighted
wet bugger and haul up that lunker. And then swap to that fine 5wt for the
evening rise of size 22PMDs.
My 2 cents...
DonO
----- Original Message -----
From: Jimmy D. Moore
To: Virtual Fly Box ; Fly Fishing World ; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 7:45 AM
Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY
"I never met a fly rod that I didn't like. Now don't get me wrong.
Some fly rods don't like me, but my inability to cast them well is
my fault, not theirs." ©
Jimmy D. Moore
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