Re: [VFB] Twisted Miss

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Tony: How did you splice it in??? Could you splice a graphite rod somehow?? 
Or fiberglass it or do they make a special glue???? That's what I did too, I 
just turned it from an 8' rod to a 7' 6" rod LOL...and fished it till I got 
the new one..I still have the old one and thought about putting a new tip 
guide on it, and it would just be a little faster action rod right?? Chuck

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Twisted Miss

This year I have caught close to 60 Smallmouths up to
two pounds on my bamboo rod. One day when I was doing
real good, I broke the tip kind like you did. I was
landing a smallie . As I was pulling the line to
unhook the fish, I had the other end if the line hung
up on the reel. I snapped off the tip at a guide. That
was my 7 th smallmouth. I found I could still cast the
rod and kept on fishing. I caught six more smallies on
the broken tip. No big problem, I just made a new 9"
section and spliced it in. I have used the rod four
times since then. I also made a second tip section as
a backup.
Tony

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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Well, I was afraid these "hubcap" sized bluegills i
catch might break it
ROFL... J/K.. I wish I could catch ANY species that
could break a rod... The
way I broke my last one is, I tried to pull the
floating line out through
the eyes, by just grabbing the tippet, and basically
bending the rod in a
180 degree angle trying to pull the flyline through
the eyes like that,
being lazy.. Luckily it was a $29.95 rod, but I
bought another JUST like it,
cause it is a South Bend Cahill White river and I
LOVE that rod.. it's slow
action 8 ft 5 wt, but I can now cast it 60 ft and
put the fly within a one
ft square....(with weight forward line of course)
with level line I couldn't
cast it 30 ft. and the reason i need to cast it
50-60 ft, is cause I fish in
my boat, along the bank, and the farther from the
bank that I'm casting
towards, the less I spook the fish...Chuck

Seriously, I went last week, when it was 106
degrees, the water was 91.4
degrees, and I thought I would not catch a think..
In just two hours I
caught 32 fish, and four of them were right at a
pound each..

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Twisted Miss


>I use mine 90% of the time. I still use graphite
too.
> Most bamboo rods are broken just like graphite
rods,
> car doors and trunk lids.
> Tony
>
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> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Tom: I think that would be me..  I'd be too
afraid
>> to use it... I'd break it first time out sure as
the
>> world. Then cry like a baby all the way home
LOL..
>> Chuck
>>
>>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>   To: vfb@troutnet.com
>>   Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:01 AM
>>   Subject: Re: [VFB] Twisted Miss
>>
>>
>>   In a message dated 8/7/2006 10:39:46 P.M.
Eastern
>> Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> writes:
>>     I've never even seen (in person) a bamboo fly
>> rod, much less used one, but
>>     that one looks awesome from where I sit...
Chuck
>>
>>
>>   My Dad had a bamboo rod given to him by my
great
>> uncle..i remember oohing and aahhing at it when i
>> was a nymph myself....Dad never used it..just
kept
>> it tucked in a corner by the door leading to our
>> cellar...i think it twas either 5 or 7
>> sided....wicked looking weapon!!!
>>
>>   Tom in VT
>
>
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