Ive seen that happen. One of my friends that builds rods told me if you do hit your rod with a fly to use superglue in the spot and that will help mend it. It wont make it look attractive but may keep it together. Im curious as to if the rod makers on this list agree?? I know its only a matter of time before I do this to my rod. We love our clousers here. :) Speaking of which .... I finally got to meet Bob Clouser at the last show I tied for. Shortly after the show he mailed me a Clouser minnow he tied!!! He is a really nice guy I was so happy! That fly will never see the water! Regards, Deb
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wes Wada Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 3:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Casting a big or heavy fly The other disadvantage to a big weighted fly, like a Clouser, is that an inexperienced caster will drive the fly right into their fly rod blank. That impact is a leading cause of fly rod breakage. It may not happen at the time when the fly goes "whack" against your pricey graphite, but later on you wonder why your blank shattered when you pulled on your leader. Not so fun stuff. Wes
