"Tim J." wrote in
:

Bottom line is that I think I'm really going to like this rod and
I'm looking forward to having a fish on the other end.

Tim, sorry I missed you last weekend. It was optimistic to think I
could spend any meaningful time at the show and catch a flight in the
early afternoon. Thus, in the end I was forced to pass.

The cruise was a blast by the way. Bought and drunk one whole bottle
of JW Blue Label (shared with one other person I should add). Smoked
a few cuban cigars. Drank a lot of vintage port. Put on at least 10
lbs. OBROFF, I think I saw some permit in the blue water at Red Hook,
St. Thomas. The water around St John looked spectacular as well.

I think you'll have lots of fun with that rod. 7'9" might be a tad
longer than I would have gone for based on the streams I'd use be
using it on, but I bet it'll do a nice roll cast and the extra reach
can be handy for dropping nymphs behind boulders.

Do you have a reel to match it? I have a tiny Hardy reel (I forget
the model) for my 6 foot 2 weight and have it spooled with WF #2 to
help load the rod for the short cast (99% of the casts I make with it
are 2 to 15 yds). The line lands so featherlight anyway I can't
justify a DT for it.

Cheers,

Gary