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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
