Garry:
Were you in the FF@ Rod swap? I know we used Rainshadow blanks in
that one. I lucked out and drew Dave Lewis as my swap partner and he got
stuck with the rod I built.
Jerry C
"All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."
n a message dated 1/13/2006 22:21:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chuck,
I have to agree with
the already stated Temple Fork
Outfitters fly rods. I have 3 fly
rods. The most expensive one is
the 3 wt Rainshadow blank by FF@
Lister Rick Kuntz. I have a sweet
G.Loomis GL2 5wt that I paid $135
for and my TFO 7wt 4pc I got for
something like $110ish b/c the fly shop I
got it at was going out of
business. Had I had more available cash
at the time, I'd've loaded
up on more rods at the time. I've cast my
friends lower grade
rods. They cast fine, but aren't as 'fast' as
what I use. They
still catch fish and handle steelhead as
well.
At 07:33 PM 1/13/2006,
you wrote:
>Folks: My Rod and Reel combo is a Wal Mart elcheapo that My
Kids
>gave Me for Fathers day 2004. I want to upgrade ASAP... But talk
>about confusion as to WHAT to buy... I see reels from $39.95 to
>$700.00. Rods from $59.95 to $900.00, and Combo's from
>$79.95-$10000.00. Then, I see cork drags, Teflon drags, stainless
>steel drags, and composite graphite drags... My reel don't really
>even have a drag system. You flip a button and it either had a
>silent NO drag, or a clicking very slight drag. Do these disc drag
>systems on the better reels I'm talking about have a drag system
>work like a regular bait type reel??? From basically zero drag all
>the way to line breaking drag??? And the rods come in 2-3-4-5and
>I've even seen 6 piece. Is a lot of pieces just for convenience when
>traveling???I know the thickness, or thinness in my case will
>dictate the type system I purchase. But how does one know what is
>good, what is bad??? etc etc.. Is it like the saying "You get what
>you pay for" pretty much, or are there any less expensive combos
>that ARE very good??? I'd probably want to buy a "combo" as they
>tend to be cheaper than buying separately...Thanks in advance for
>any help, Chuck
>
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