Welcome aboard, Andre.

Happy Birthday!

Sweet!

Welcome aboard Curtis. Hope to meet you on the water some day soon.

Yes. He's closed the shop in Bakersfield maybe 6 weeks ago.

You're welcome, Craig. Enjoy the gift from all of us! Fish it hard and show us what you catch.

Good writing there. I loved the His box of flies looks like a truck hit the Muppet band phrase.

I love my Galvans, both the OBs and Torques I have. They are great reels.

Well I don't want to try it on any of my rods. But I do know my 000wt > 4X ;) (sorry it was an arguement I had on another forum :lol: ) I fully agree, Those smaller lighter rods (I've got a 00wt) can put a lot of pressure on a fish. With a nice proper low rod angle you can easily apply enough press...

Remember that's just a static load test where he's lifting dead weight that's not moving and trying to break his line!!! Real world fishing conditions are quite different!!!! :grouphug: I agree that real world fishing conditions are tough on fly rods. The only rods I've broken (3 and counting) have...

I just ran across a couple of youtube videos by Steve Rajeff of Echo Rods. First he tortures a short 3wt rod into submission. Then he gets ambitious and tortures a 10wt saltwater rod. Both rods take an impressive amount of force before breaking.


3wt rod



10 wt rod

Simple enough, Richard. I was just arriving at the river last Sat. morning, driving along the high back back of AL. As I was pulling to one side to park, I saw something odd. It was a very straight line in the dust/dirt where I was about to park. Just as the near end of this line disappeared beyond...

Darrin Terry wrote:I believe the owner has been located. I've a phone number and will be contacting them this evening.

Talked to him a little while ago. The rod has been claimed.

That's great news, Darrin. I'd love to hear the story on how the rod was lost and how you found it.

Welcome aboard, Ming. Glad you found this place. You'll will recognise some of the regulars.

Flyjunkie wrote:"Small Swelled Butt.." isn't that an Oxymoron????

No more so than Jumbo Shrimp

Jon - great looking rod!!