been pretty busy in the lab and dealing with some field research, and... paper works... I really think I should squeeze some fishing time between sleep and research,.. A moon light strikes my head ,when I was drinking a cup of tea in my front porch, The moon says, "Mark, you should stay home to finish up the overdued paper works, but you might sneak out for a couple hours to do a stretch." Hmmm... Brilliant!... OK, the stage is set, just a short visit of a sweet spot and test some rod and line combination... Not really serious about fishing, but serious about testing some new lines...
A fenwick 909, 9 feet 9 weight fiberglass rod, paired with a 10 weight fenwick fighting handle... the fiberglass switch! I was using 240 grain 10' belly + 130 grain 14' intermediate tip. This thing really rock! It feel a bit light, but cast small pinky fly nicely! I think this would be a killer combination for the south fork, Snake! The other rod I was testing is a Heddon Pal fly/spin fiberglass rod #130 / 7'. Man, this rod feel really really "ancient" and the blank is flat out beautiful! I really love the old design! Sha-Pa desu(i.e. elegant)! It is a true lovely rod with sweet fiberglass action! I was using 8 weight sinktip line... it load well, shoot well and it catch fish! What a little surprise to me... I think this would be a wonderful kayak rod, fly or spin... life is COZY! : )
Heddon pal and a old Pfluger
it get some tug... bend to the butt and exerting the fiberpower!
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Beautiful... another great story, Mark! The rods look and perform awesome, too!
Thanks Vlad,
Regard to the age of those rods, I am so surprised about the action and casting capability of those old fiberglass... needless to say the price of those rods are just a fiction of the modern rods... but any way, I do buy modern rods too... they both make me feel "balanced" Ha.. : )
Mark, I agree with you completely! It is amazing to find out how many good rods are around... Sometimes the best rod/line combination can make incredible effects, especially with modern fly lines.
Good point on the modern line! Vlad.
I was encouraged by several experts in the other forum and have some success in cutting and splicing some spey lines... it works like a charm when the weight is matched the casting style... and the choice from the wide variety of lines are just endless experimenting. Loving it! : )
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