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Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby Sasha » January 11th, 2012, 11:41 pm

What no two handed rods :?
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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby Pete » January 12th, 2012, 5:25 am

CURE!!!!!! WHAT CURE? Its terminal, no known cure. Its so bad, I just bought a St. Croix switch blank and I don't even know anything about fishing a switch rod. To add insult to injury, its a plastic rod :doh: . Oh well, you do strange things when you need a fix. Besides it was a great sale. Switch rods..... another realm in which to feed the addiction.

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It is pretty amusing. Plastic rods are getting so expensive for the "Next great rod" that Bamboo is starting to look better and better :bananadance: .

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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby flybob » January 12th, 2012, 9:10 pm

Don't worry you are not done yet........you will soon have a special rod for each CREEK! :o

Every rod I have bought in the last three years has been my absolute LAST ROD! :doh:
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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby fly addict » January 12th, 2012, 9:26 pm

Waterborne wrote:There's a brown truck heading south carrying a new Sage TXL 1 weight that I scored on closeout. Original plan was to sell the Orvis SFT 761 and get something shorter, TFO Finesse 6'9" 1 weight, but I have difficulty passing on good deals.

So in the whopping 6 months since this addiction began, I own:

Sage TXL 1 wt - for the little guys in Angeles, Cleveland, and San Berdoo NF
Cabelas Three Forks 7'6" 3 wt - my first rod which resides permanently in my truck with a small box of flies
Redington Classic Trout 7'6" 3 wt - backcountry, high alpine creeks
Scott A3 8' 4 wt - Owens/Kern for mostly dries and some small nymphs
Scott A3 9' 5 wt - for days when I have no idea how/what I'll be throwing

And I'm now contemplating a fast action 906 just for throwing streamers. :doh:


What's the cure for such insanity? :twisted:


You better never cast a Winston WT/IM6. If you do, all the rods you have might be for sale. :lol:

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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby Waterborne » January 12th, 2012, 10:53 pm

fly addict wrote:
You better never cast a Winston WT/IM6. If you do, all the rods you have might be for sale. :lol:

Mark


I bid on a Winston 8' 4wt IM6 2-pc. on eBay a couple months ago. I think it sold for over $500. :o
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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby Fishfreak911 » January 13th, 2012, 12:31 am

Oh yeah, prepare the divorce papers while yer at it! ;)
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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby Western Coachman » January 13th, 2012, 1:10 am

Next is nets and fly boxes and waders.
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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby briansII » January 13th, 2012, 8:34 am

Waterborne wrote:
fly addict wrote:
You better never cast a Winston WT/IM6. If you do, all the rods you have might be for sale. :lol:

Mark


I bid on a Winston 8' 4wt IM6 2-pc. on eBay a couple months ago. I think it sold for over $500. :o


Yikes! :o :o That had to be a brand new, old IM6. Even at that, there had to be two guys who really wanted to drive the price up that high. I can see a 4wt, Sage LL going for that much though.

Now back to that 6wt you were talking about. I've cast more than a couple Winston Biix rods, and they are seriously sweet. Now that they have been discontinued, you can pick them up at a good discount.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Winston-BIIX-fl ... 3370540ffd

This is only the beginning. :twisted:

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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby 1mocast » January 13th, 2012, 10:16 am

Just Give up already....

I have...When you think you have it all....You will find another sweeeeet rod that you gotta have.

Its never going to end...
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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby lucfish » January 13th, 2012, 10:22 am

fly addict wrote:
Waterborne wrote:There's a brown truck heading south carrying a new Sage TXL 1 weight that I scored on closeout. Original plan was to sell the Orvis SFT 761 and get something shorter, TFO Finesse 6'9" 1 weight, but I have difficulty passing on good deals.

So in the whopping 6 months since this addiction began, I own:

Sage TXL 1 wt - for the little guys in Angeles, Cleveland, and San Berdoo NF
Cabelas Three Forks 7'6" 3 wt - my first rod which resides permanently in my truck with a small box of flies
Redington Classic Trout 7'6" 3 wt - backcountry, high alpine creeks
Scott A3 8' 4 wt - Owens/Kern for mostly dries and some small nymphs
Scott A3 9' 5 wt - for days when I have no idea how/what I'll be throwing

And I'm now contemplating a fast action 906 just for throwing streamers. :doh:


What's the cure for such insanity? :twisted:


You better never cast a Winston WT/IM6. If you do, all the rods you have might be for sale. :lol:

Mark


I'll second that, I couldn't fish the locals without my 2 weight IM6. :)
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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby fly addict » January 13th, 2012, 8:57 pm

Waterborne wrote:There's a brown truck heading south carrying a new Sage TXL 1 weight that I scored on closeout. Original plan was to sell the Orvis SFT 761 and get something shorter, TFO Finesse 6'9" 1 weight, but I have difficulty passing on good deals.

So in the whopping 6 months since this addiction began, I own:

Sage TXL 1 wt - for the little guys in Angeles, Cleveland, and San Berdoo NF
Cabelas Three Forks 7'6" 3 wt - my first rod which resides permanently in my truck with a small box of flies
Redington Classic Trout 7'6" 3 wt - backcountry, high alpine creeks
Scott A3 8' 4 wt - Owens/Kern for mostly dries and some small nymphs
Scott A3 9' 5 wt - for days when I have no idea how/what I'll be throwing

And I'm now contemplating a fast action 906 just for throwing streamers. :doh:


What's the cure for such insanity? :twisted:


Here is a Winston on Ebay you should check out.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/R-L-Winston-IM6 ... 33707127c9
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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby briansII » January 13th, 2012, 11:18 pm

lucfish wrote:
fly addict wrote:What's the cure for such insanity? :twisted:


You better never cast a Winston WT/IM6. If you do, all the rods you have might be for sale. :lol:

Mark

I'll second that, I couldn't fish the locals without my 2 weight IM6. :)


Yup. Agreed. :)

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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby Waterborne » January 19th, 2012, 11:21 pm

1mocast wrote:Just Give up already....

I have...When you think you have it all....You will find another sweeeeet rod that you gotta have.

Its never going to end...


Good day for tackle fever...

Just received a Waterworks Force LT ULA 2 to pair with my Scott 804!

Ordered a TFO Finesse 1 wt!

Purchased a brand new Diamondback Glass 7' 3 wt. on eBay!

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Can't wait till the Salmonids start feeding on the surface again. :bananadance:
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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby briansII » January 20th, 2012, 8:27 am

Waterborne wrote:
1mocast wrote:Just Give up already....

I have...When you think you have it all....You will find another sweeeeet rod that you gotta have.

Its never going to end...


Good day for tackle fever...

Just received a Waterworks Force LT ULA 2 to pair with my Scott 804!

Ordered a TFO Finesse 1 wt!

Purchased a brand new Diamondback Glass 7' 3 wt. on eBay!

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Can't wait till the Salmonids start feeding on the surface again. :bananadance:


Atta boy! :bananadance:

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Re: Tackle Fever... the addiction is STRONG!

Postby flybob » January 22nd, 2012, 1:00 pm

Well, Friday night I just bought my Absolute Last Rod! :shock:
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