I don't fish expensive rods either. Reading and thinking about the 'unlimited warranty' I came to the conclusion that I pay more for the warranty/insurance than for the plain rod. As I never had the situation where I have to take into account the warranty I might have to pay only for the carelessness of other (well respected) ff-men/women. hmmm.....
When I upgraded from a bait-fisherman to a flyfi crazy, I started very soon to tie my own flies, then to tie my own leader (hope I'll upgrade to furled ones one day). After that I started to build my own rods. I don't breed chicken and don't rise bomboo. But when it came to rodbuilding, I had a similar problem. What sort of components do I have to use? Expensive blancs, type of guides..... I decided to go with the less expensive blancs, used some private brand from my dealer - and came out very nicely. I paid a bit more for some special components: On the lighter rod I used some songle food guides, coated with TiN (gold color, very durable and slick, I'm convinced that the coating adds some yards distance in my casts. Therefore my opinion: You have to chose very selective where you spend your money. Sometimes you can go with the low prized components, sometimes you might wish to select a product of a certain quality. Sorry, long post, but I like this topic. Rene Cologne, Germany -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Bill P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Datum: Samstag, 2. M�rz 2002 19:10 Betreff: [VFB] Rods >OK, all this talk about rods is making me wonder if I'm missing out. I don't >have a Sage or Powell or even an Orvis. I have a simple Pflueger 9wt. and a >(feather wt. Eagle Claw)little yellow hammer as Jimmy calls em'. These are >both bottom of the rung rods... I do catch fish with them. Now for my >question. If I were to go out and find a nice rod of the sort mentioned >above. Would I start saying things like, "I never knew I could cast that >far" "So this is what I've been missing" or do you guy's think given the >fact that I end up fishing a couple of month out of the year at best. Would >I be saying things like "I don't feel $500 difference" "wow $600 dollars was >worth that extra 2 yards on my cast" ... I have found many similar >situations in life where I said... You know I just don't notice a $600 >difference. I feel the same about Vices. I could have spent $600 on a vice >too but for what I do my flies don't come close to looking $500 different >nor could I tie $500 more flies in a given amount of time. Any comments on >this thread? > > > >Bill P. >Music & Recording - http://www.datacomputer.com/gank/ >Fly fishing & Tying - http://www.datacomputer.com/flyfish/ >Fly Swaps - http://www.datacomputer.com/flyfish/swaps/ > > > >
