Are any top of the line rods worth the price ??? That is the million $$ question !!! I have been fishing for over 50 years, and have been through it all. Today top of the line rods will go for $ 750-800.00...I have never paid any where near that for any fly rod.. However I have been doing alot of saltwater fishing and the rods that I currently are using are ones that I built myself, on rainshadow blanks that were recc to me. The rods came out very nice(8 & 9 wt) However I am finding the rods just break down when they are overloaded too much, easy to do saltwater fishing.. I had the pleasure of fishing an Orvis prototype rod last spring..The rod was unbelieveable.. It felt like a feather in my hand in my hand and cast like no saltwater rod I have ever cast.... Well I stopped into Orvis yesterday, and there is a new rod (4 months ago).. It is the Helios2... $800.00...So what to do buy it ??? One thing I will say that I would never spend that kind of $$$ if I could not actually fish the rod under real conditions, just casting just does not do it...Are there other rods out there , much cheaper and just as good?? Well I jus don't know unless I can actualy fish it.. So I think it comes down to an individual personal decision to purchase such a rod, and can you afford it
Ron ---- Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@centurylink.net> wrote: > Folks: I just downloaded and started watching a video called “Sage Fly Rods: > Made in America” and it takes you on a tour of their factory, which is on an > Island just off Seattle Washington, and tells about how great the fly rods > are etc. Are their flyrods REALLY “THAT GOOD”?? Are they REALLY worth the > prices they charge?? I have never casted one, but I have always told ppl > that I think I’d put my $100 St Croix “Premier” against any rod on the > market. And the Bamboo rod Tony built for me puts that St. Croix to shame. > But that is sorta comparing apples to oranges to me, the bamboo vs. the > Graphite rod, cause they are just totally different in their action etc. But > anyway, the cheapest Sage I have seen, I believe is about $300 And that is > for their “entry level” rods. Are they REALLY worth the money or is it like a > lot of things and you are paying for that “name brand”?? Thanks, Chuck > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
