How many fly rods?
 

How many fly rods?
 

"Larry" wrote in message
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I am taking a 5 day trip next
week to fly fish in Montana and will be in Jackson WY for two weeks
this summer where I plan to do some fly fishing.


You don't need a second rod. If you break the Sage, Jackson has several
places where you can buy a replacement when you DO need one. My guess is
that, with your expressed desire to spend, you will be in them all on your
visit anyway G It's not exactly like your trips are to a wilderness
area.

One of my friends was out alone with his trusty 9' 2pc 4wt. rod. On his
first cast he landed a 1.5 pounder (nice bow), about 20 minutes later he
hooked into what seemed to be larger than the 1st, but lost it when he
reached for his net behind him. What a day he was having, as he hooked into
his 3rd within the hour, a monster which broke the rod at the butt when he
tried to lift it when the fish got into cover. Tried to pull the fish in by
hand and snapped the tippet line. ****ed that he didn't have a spare rod,
he drove 7 miles back into town, waited after a few customers, got another
rod lent to him by the owner after hearing the story. Hurried back to the
fishing hole and saw three others fishing the very same spot. Got nothing
the rest of the day.
Now he always carries a back-up rod and so do I.
fwiw,
-tom

How many fly rods?
 

How many fly rods?
 

Tom Nakashima wrote:

One of my friends was out alone with his trusty 9' 2pc 4wt. rod. On his
first cast he landed a 1.5 pounder (nice bow), about 20 minutes later he
hooked into what seemed to be larger than the 1st, but lost it when he
reached for his net behind him. What a day he was having, as he hooked into
his 3rd within the hour, a monster which broke the rod at the butt when he
tried to lift it when the fish got into cover. Tried to pull the fish in by
hand and snapped the tippet line. ****ed that he didn't have a spare rod,
he drove 7 miles back into town, waited after a few customers, got another
rod lent to him by the owner after hearing the story. Hurried back to the
fishing hole and saw three others fishing the very same spot. Got nothing
the rest of the day.
Now he always carries a back-up rod and so do I.

I don't carry a backup rod and I will hike 7 miles to fish
a decent spot. Your friend sounds hyper and hurried and
that's the antithesis of fly fishing to my mind.

--
Ken Fortenberry

How many fly rods?
 

The guide will have one. They anticipate this kind of problem.
OTOH, there is no such thing as enough rods.

cheers

oz, who has only one store-bought rod in his inventory

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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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Tom Nakashima wrote:

One of my friends was out alone with his trusty 9' 2pc 4wt. rod. On his
first cast he landed a 1.5 pounder (nice bow), about 20 minutes later he
hooked into what seemed to be larger than the 1st, but lost it when he
reached for his net behind him. What a day he was having, as he hooked
into his 3rd within the hour, a monster which broke the rod at the butt
when he tried to lift it when the fish got into cover. Tried to pull the
fish in by hand and snapped the tippet line. ****ed that he didn't have a
spare rod, he drove 7 miles back into town, waited after a few customers,
got another rod lent to him by the owner after hearing the story.
Hurried back to the fishing hole and saw three others fishing the very
same spot. Got nothing the rest of the day.
Now he always carries a back-up rod and so do I.

I don't carry a backup rod and I will hike 7 miles to fish
a decent spot. Your friend sounds hyper and hurried and
that's the antithesis of fly fishing to my mind.

--
Ken Fortenberry

He's an antithesis alright, of work that is, pushing the pen and one who
manages to escape once a year to fly-fish.
-tom

How many fly rods?
 

Scott Seidman wrote:

Even if you need to spend $40 on a 5/6 weight Shakespeare broomstick with a
foam grip, I'd do it. It can really save a trip. I wouldn't worry as much
about a backup reel-- that's priority-wise, as a backup reel is also a good
idea.

I fish so infrequently that I'd even consider the walk back to my car to
swap out a broken rod to be a real inconvenience. I'd hate to have real
fishing time eaten up by the lack of a spare rod. ...

Wow.
I guess I'd have to consider this hyper and hurried squared.
I never carry a spare rod, but then in almost 40 years of fly
fishing I've broken only two fly rods, one in a screen door
and one by slamming the lid of the Yakima Rocket Box on it.
I consider carrying a spare rod like wearing both a belt and
suspenders.

--
Ken Fortenberry

How many fly rods?
 

Ken Fortenberry wrote in news:gft3g.69506
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I consider carrying a spare rod like wearing both a belt and
suspenders.


I wear a condom under my waders, just in case ;)

--
Scott
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Ken Fortenberry wrote in
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Scott Seidman wrote:

Even if you need to spend $40 on a 5/6 weight Shakespeare broomstick
with a foam grip, I'd do it. It can really save a trip. I wouldn't
worry as much about a backup reel-- that's priority-wise, as a backup
reel is also a good idea.

I fish so infrequently that I'd even consider the walk back to my car
to swap out a broken rod to be a real inconvenience. I'd hate to
have real fishing time eaten up by the lack of a spare rod. ...

Wow.
I guess I'd have to consider this hyper and hurried squared.
I never carry a spare rod, but then in almost 40 years of fly
fishing I've broken only two fly rods, one in a screen door
and one by slamming the lid of the Yakima Rocket Box on it.
I consider carrying a spare rod like wearing both a belt and
suspenders.



I don't know about the hyper and hurried thing. Sometimes I'll go down to
the water with a rod, and never even get around to stringing it up. That's
valuable recreation time also.


--
Scott
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Tom Nakashima wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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Tom Nakashima wrote:
One of my friends was out alone with his trusty 9' 2pc 4wt. rod. On his
first cast he landed a 1.5 pounder (nice bow), about 20 minutes later he
hooked into what seemed to be larger than the 1st, but lost it when he
reached for his net behind him. What a day he was having, as he hooked
into his 3rd within the hour, a monster which broke the rod at the butt
when he tried to lift it when the fish got into cover. Tried to pull the
fish in by hand and snapped the tippet line. ****ed that he didn't have a
spare rod, he drove 7 miles back into town, waited after a few customers,
got another rod lent to him by the owner after hearing the story.
Hurried back to the fishing hole and saw three others fishing the very
same spot. Got nothing the rest of the day.
Now he always carries a back-up rod and so do I.
I don't carry a backup rod and I will hike 7 miles to fish
a decent spot. Your friend sounds hyper and hurried and
that's the antithesis of fly fishing to my mind.

He's an antithesis alright, of work that is, pushing the pen and one who
manages to escape once a year to fly-fish.

Well, I suppose someone like that probably should carry a
backup fly rod. Either that or have a doctor prescribe some
chill pills once a year. ;-)

I can see having a backup fly rod back at the cabana if you're
on some deserted isle in the Bahamas, but when you're 7 miles
from the fly shop ? Not so much.

--
Ken Fortenberry