On Monday 23 June 2003 05:41 pm, Gary Miller wrote: > I read an article the other day re. multi piece rods. The writer was > pointing out the quality of 4 [or more] piece rods today. He made a > statement that I thought was interesting. Paraphrased it went something > like this... try them all (4, 5, 9, etc. piece rods) then buy the one that > breaks down into the most pieces that you can afford.
At my local rod building shot (Greg's Custom Rods, www.gregscustomrods.com) he is against using rods with more than 2 pieces unless travelling is the big part of the rod. He considers them more fragile, especially where the upper section is flared. He tells me that he has seen many multipiece rods split there. Personally, I still prefer to fish 2 piece rods, as I don't care to mess around with all the little pieces. And yes, I have buddies that swear by multipiece rods, go ahead, call me an old fogey. Rob -- In my family there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. Norman Maclean
