Mike: Thanks for those tips... I see what You mean now. I went in there and shook My rod. VERY FAST action.. I guess that is why I have gotten where I can cast the whole spool of line all the way to the backing, but the fly hits the water like an Apollo spacecraft with NO chute LOL... So, in order to get it to lightly touch the water, and thus not scare the fish away I need to get a slower action rod??? Am I reading that correctly??? Thanks again, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 2:24 PM Subject: RE: [VFB] Fly Rods, Reels, and Combos > Like anything that has such a huge personal component the only way to > really decide is to cast them side by side and trust your "feel" One > point with the more economy class of rods to watch out for though is an > over fast action. Fast actions give an automatic appearance of control > and responsiveness; they also will cast further in novices hands. But > that super fast action hides a lousy performance issue, when it comes to > finesse. If you pick up a rod and give it a really good shake watch > where the harmonic point is (the point at which it seems the rod does > not move). The further up the rod this is the faster the action. The > rod should also flex all the way into the grip. It's funny, every > fisherman from a grizzled old bait fisherman to the sparkle eyed six > year old will instinctively shake a new rod like this the instant they > pick it up but almost none of them know what they are actually looking > at. If only the tip seems to move than the rod will be stiff and > unresponsive on the stream even if it seems to cast well in the > showroom. I like a fast action rod but there is a reason that most of > the premier rod blanks fast actions are on the expensive side- the blank > is harder to make to get that flex balance right, cheap ones will only > flex at the tip and not throughout the blank.. > > The most important characteristic of a fly rod is do you like the way it > casts, mends etc in your hands. You are the only one who's opinion > counts. > > Mike M >
