My favorite graphite rod is a 7 wt Pflueger Summit...I use it for bass & panfish to redfish and speckled trout....it casts as well as many much more expensive rods (It was $32 about 8 years ago at W__M__t). I haven't seen W___M__t carry any down here for about seven years....the local sporting goods store has also started carrying a new line of graphie Eagle Claw rods at about $45 (Ibelieve) which I got to try out at our May fly club meeting (a casting clinic, in which one of our members who is works at the store brought one of the new ones, a 9 wt), which performed quite well. Both came without lines or reels, but bargains, nonetheless.
Mark Delaney On 6/12/05, Deborah Duran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just picked up two of these rods for my kids. It casts GREAT! I'm > thinking of using it myself on the small streams. :) It came ready to go > with the line loaded. > Deb > > http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?categoryId=4 > 1791&storeId=1&catalogId=1&langId=-1&parentCategory=7633&cat4=8049&shop_meth > od=pp&feat=bc > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tony Spezio > Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 9:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Casting was: [VFB] Fishing report > > Gary, > Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. > I have to agree, the kind of rod in the hands of the caster is what > makes of breaks a cast. The rod has to fit your casting style. > Personally I find that the slower rods are better for beginners, they > are more forgiving. It can go too far the other way too, some rods are > just too soft and unless you have a feel for the cast, it will not work > for you. > When I was teaching youth casting, one of the best rods I found for > beginners was the Pfleuger Summit 8 1/2" 5 wt rod that W--M-- sold for > $26.97. With reel and line, the whole shebang came to less than 50.00. > The last time I saw the rods for sale, they were $32.00. > Tony > > > > > > -- "So much water, so little time!" http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html
