Jack, I am a reformed golf freak and can testify that
some of the folks with the most expensive sticks would
have done far better by staying with the entry level
clubs and invested the balance in lessons and then
maybe spent the following years budget on better
sticks. I guess that does help keep the fly and golf
companies in business. This is not unlike the fly
fisher who will grab a dozen of the "hot fly" without
asking what the leader and presentation should be
like. I am guilty in both the golf and fishing
examples.
--- Jack Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I only have one bamboo. Its old but refinished.
> With the original guides, which means it won't shoot
> line worth a damn. But I love the feel of a fish on
> the line. But i'ze po' folks. I have to protect
> this rod so it only comes out once in a blue moon.
>
> I have lots of fishing partners who take too much
> pride in showing off their bamboo, or Winston, or
> Sage. I've cast them, but I don't see THAT much
> difference. Not for the price. I would contend
> that an economical, not cheap, rod say in the
> $100-150 range is as good or better than the $700
> Sages of just a couple of years ago. Maybe the
> guides aren't as good, but the rod's feel is!
> That's the range you'll find me in. Just like my
> old golf game, spend enough bucks and you can add 10
> yards to your drive or 10 feet to your cast. But
> you'd be better off if you spent the effort on
> improving your technique.
>
> Jack
> Austin
>
> "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey Gang, how bout an old fashioned VFB/FFW
> discussion? One like we used to have on "spine vs
> spline" and "furled vs mono" leaders. Those
> continued for days, until everyone had their say.
> Are you partial to bamboo or had you druther fish
> with graphite, boron, etc. I'm a bamboo man myself
> because I get more feel of what's going on down my
> fly line and even the fly and with the fish. The
> smoothness with which a bamboo rod casts compares to
> sipping good scotch or sour mash. To enter this
> discussion you must have fished a bamboo rod. If
> you haven't, shame on you! The quotes below refer
> to fiberglass fly rods, but by substituting
> graphite, etc. where glass appears the rest will be
> pretty much the same. Sparse Grey hackle said this
> about glass.. " Not untill someone plays a glass
> stradivariius in Carnege Hall will I fish glass."
> Pretty strong stuff! OK, why Bamboo? Why
> Graphite, etc.? You tell us. I must confess, I do
> fish graphite on occassion.
>
> "As to glass or bamboo, I've always preferred bamboo
> and am still considered a holdout. I've fished with
> many glass rods that I've designed myself for the
> manufacturers, so one would think that I've arrived
> at the perfect rod at least for myself. Not so..
> When I think glass, I unconsciously begin to push
> hard and slash at the water, fighting the elements.
> Bamboo, on the other hand, sets me calm and quiet,
> and I find that if I "feel" the rod and almost go
> along with what it wants to do with the particular
> rig that I have attached to the line at the moment,
> my efforts are more than rewarded."
> "Tactics on Trout" by Ray Ovington
>
> "In other words, with a glass rod, which is round,
> the tool accentuates casting errors by heading the
> motion in the direction of the error. ... With
> bamboo, on the other hand, the construction of sides
> tends to keep the motion going more in a straight
> back-and-forth pattern." "In the second place,
> bamboo is solid and fiberglass is hollow. This gives
> a cane rod more sensitivity and feel. If your rod is
> transmitting casts, fish or whatever through its
> whole diameter, it is going to tell more of the
> "story" than if the impulses are being carried only
> through the shell."
> "Fly Tackle" by Harmon Henkin
>
> Tight Lines, JIMMY D
>
>
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