I think we covered it in another message. A rod that bends easy is a soft (slower) rod. A rod that is stiffer, is a faster rod. Slower rods are used for wet fly and bass bug fishing and fast rods are used for dry fly fishing. I like medium action rods myself. Tony --- Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tony: Now that you say that..My rod is very fast > action.. I think it is fast > action when the rod bends easily right??? I'll have > to try my 9ft old rod > that is a slow action, Thanks, Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anthony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:47 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Casting heavy flies > > > > Slow down the cast. Some rods just don't like > heavy > > flies. > > Tony > > --- Chuck Alexander > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Folks: I noticed the other day that I am still > >> having a heck of a time casting flies with any > >> weight to them at all. They just want to "lob" > out a > >> very short distance.. I don't know what I'm doing > >> wrong.. I tend to want to do like a lure and > caster > >> harder, and that just makes things worse.. Any > >> pointers would be appreciated. Thanks, Chuck > >> > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
