08-28-2006, 09:40 PM
Hmmm....well.
I had an old Square F/glass or maybe even plastic rod, and I'd had two of those short Metal Bait casting rods.
My first impression of a Fibrerglass fly rod, it was a Fenwick, was immediatly pleasure.
I bought it right on the spot!.
Later on a freind gave me a Graphite #5. I spent all the money and time getting used to it. The normal thing to do.
I took it up to Paxton lakes and the Creek and caught Grayling till I was fairly used to using it. It was my very best day ever with the dry line.
I never actually had to cast with it, just fish with it.
A person's lucky to have a 'learning place' like that. Full of fish.
When I was fairly used to it I got a couple of large Rainbows on Wet flies.
I still think the slow even tapered Fenwick was better for wet line fishing.
What I saw in the Graphite rod, that was different than the F/Glass rod was the Pickup of the line.
The Graphite made picking a wet line up out of moving water so much easier.
I think the Graphite was stiff in the middle, where the Fenwick was evenely tapered all the way to the tip from the butt.
Picking up the line is the 'secret' (if there is one) to dry fly fishing.
One nice clean silent snatch and the fly is way up over your head.
The Graphite was best suited to that.
As far as catching fish goes. The Graphite may have an edge there as well.
Those are my impressions. I'd buy a Graphite rod today. I dont have any bad thoughts on them at all.
I just wondered what others thought.
For now, I'm using my #8 Sage. It's a Graphite I think....
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I had an old Square F/glass or maybe even plastic rod, and I'd had two of those short Metal Bait casting rods.
My first impression of a Fibrerglass fly rod, it was a Fenwick, was immediatly pleasure.
I bought it right on the spot!.
Later on a freind gave me a Graphite #5. I spent all the money and time getting used to it. The normal thing to do.
I took it up to Paxton lakes and the Creek and caught Grayling till I was fairly used to using it. It was my very best day ever with the dry line.
I never actually had to cast with it, just fish with it.
A person's lucky to have a 'learning place' like that. Full of fish.
When I was fairly used to it I got a couple of large Rainbows on Wet flies.
I still think the slow even tapered Fenwick was better for wet line fishing.
What I saw in the Graphite rod, that was different than the F/Glass rod was the Pickup of the line.
The Graphite made picking a wet line up out of moving water so much easier.
I think the Graphite was stiff in the middle, where the Fenwick was evenely tapered all the way to the tip from the butt.
Picking up the line is the 'secret' (if there is one) to dry fly fishing.
One nice clean silent snatch and the fly is way up over your head.
The Graphite was best suited to that.
As far as catching fish goes. The Graphite may have an edge there as well.
Those are my impressions. I'd buy a Graphite rod today. I dont have any bad thoughts on them at all.
I just wondered what others thought.
For now, I'm using my #8 Sage. It's a Graphite I think....
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