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Only chumps use fly rods...

Postby clee » April 15th, 2013, 5:54 pm

For all you guys who spent big bucks on fly rods, you could have saved your money...
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Re: Only chumps use fly rods...

Postby Bakoguy » April 15th, 2013, 8:15 pm

Gotta love that guy!
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Re: Only chumps use fly rods...

Postby softhackleone » April 15th, 2013, 11:47 pm

Haha but how far can he cast! :bananadance: I guess if our fly rods ever break while on a trip w/ and we don't have a backup rod we don't have an excuse to throw in the towel.
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Re: Only chumps use fly rods...

Postby briansII » April 16th, 2013, 8:48 am

He cheated. He used a reel. :)

Lefty used to cast without a rod(demonstrations at shows). I tried it once. It was like throwing a baseball without warming up. Painful, and I gave up after a few tries.

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Re: Only chumps use fly rods...

Postby Baughb » April 16th, 2013, 1:58 pm

Ok, I'm sold... who wants a few thousand dollars worth of fly rods?

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Re: Only chumps use fly rods...

Postby Jimbo Roberts » April 16th, 2013, 3:14 pm

Back in the 80's a friend of mine Joe Robinson, flycasting instructor and orvis guide, showed me I needed no rod at all. He gave me a casting lesson with just a flyline inside the Austin Angler. We had his dog "Tippet" chasing a tuff of yard from one side of the store to the other. It was enlightening.

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Re: Only chumps use fly rods...

Postby DrCreek » April 16th, 2013, 3:39 pm

Good luck with that. I'll be keeping my SPL's.
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Re: Only chumps use fly rods...

Postby midger » April 16th, 2013, 6:19 pm

What's the matter with you folks? Can't you see he's casting the new Sage Invisible One. Lightest rod ever developed by Sage and it practically disappears in your hands. It should be hitting your local flyshops the Summer of 2013.
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Re: Only chumps use fly rods...

Postby clee » April 16th, 2013, 6:23 pm

midger wrote:What's the matter with you folks? Can't you see he's casting the new Sage Invisible One. Lightest rod ever developed by Sage and it practically disappears in your hands. It should be hitting your local flyshops the Summer of 2013.

And its all yours for $1400. Sounds like a deal to me.
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Re: Only chumps use fly rods...

Postby mike.s » April 16th, 2013, 9:41 pm

In Hawaii we called it hand lining... :mrgreen:
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