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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:16:05 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [VFB] Re: Pool Shooter / fly casting > > Sounds like the experience of ill spent youth speaking. LOL > > JD > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Don Ordes <mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 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 <mailto:[email protected]> > To: Virtual Fly Box <mailto:[email protected]> ; > Fly Fishing World <mailto:[email protected]> > ; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers > <mailto:[email protected]> > 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. 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