fly rod length

[skunkaroo]

You gentlemen who are already using 10-foot light-line rods need to join the Tenkara Nation, post haste: once you realize that that $70 flyline is really your enemy, your journey to the Dark Side will be complete.

...Ummm... already there... http://streamtime.blogspot.com/search/label/Tenkara... and the Tenkara isn't allowed in competition... yet.

Roadkill: The LL was built using graphite II while the VPS-Light was made using Graphite III. Same taper, different actions. A buddy of mine is all about rubbing my nose in it because he has the "original" and I have only a pale imitation... pffft. The VPS-light is still a beautiful rod, no matter how you slice it. I just wish the components in it were better quality. If you come across a blank or two in your travels, let me know.

Aaron

[Roadkill]

Aaron,

I just checked my 490 LLB and it has Graphite III stamped on the blank.

[willowhead]

Cool site Aaron .......but trying to click on any of the recommended sites up on the right there (including this one), did me no good. Server could not find anything.

[CreationBear]

This one jumped out at me on the cane board this morning:
http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.co ... ond-extras
(No connection with seller, of course, but this is Old School the way it was meant to be.

[willowhead]

Pretty cool alright.....

[Johnno]

I just checked my 490 LLB and it has Graphite III stamped on the blank.

Yeh they did bring out the LL in the 3rd Gen graphite. There are quite a few out there in various wgts and lengths. Love my 905

[CreationBear]

Since some of y'all seem to be on the lookout for LL's (again, no connection with the seller):

http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.co ... -LL-and-RP

At any rate, my experience with Sage is limited to the late, lamented 389 LL, but along with the Winston LT's, that's as good as graphite gets.

[JohnP]

I'm going retro this year, with my 35-year-old Fenwick FF805, matched with a Pflueger Medalist of the same vintage. I reclaimed the rod from my ex-wife, who co-opted it when I taught her to fly-cast while we were dating. The reel is the same one I have been using all along. It's amazing how forgiving the old hollow glass rod is, and with a double-taper line, it roll-casts like a dream.

[CreationBear]

It's amazing how forgiving the old hollow glass rod is, and with a double-taper line, it roll-casts like a dream

There are a lot of great glass rods being produced now from folks like Mike McFarland and Mark Steffen (and from what I hear, the new Scott's are great as well)--but it's hard to beat Jimmy Green's Ferallights. I've got a FF-70-4 that stays in my pack next to my Tenkara rod at all times, and I'd love to get my hands on the elusive FF84 and "elusive-er" FF83. No doubt the old Winston glass rods with their Fisher lineage would be great as well.

[michaelgmcgraw]

Yup! I've been saving my spare change towards an 8ft3in 2pc. 5/6 wt Steffen build. Got the Fenwicks & luv em!