"Lazarus Cooke" wrote in message
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ROFFers:

Do you know if any rod company makes a nice 3-piece 4-weight graphite
rod, 8-1/2 or 9 feet long? I just broke the Orvis Zephyr I've been
using for 27 years. I don't really want to switch to a four-piece
rod.

Hi john

I'm curious as to why you don't want a four-piece. I don't have any
(well one - one of the very first, a 9 foot Hardy Pall Mall Exclusive),
but people suggest that a 4-piece made today is at least as good as a
2-piece made, say , fifteen or twenty years ago.

any thoughts?


The modern multi section rods are in my opinion quite marvellous. I have as
my primary rod for my favourite stream a 5 piece 8 and a quarter foot #4
(Missionary) rod by Greys and I love it. I don't use many 2 piece rods as I
think that multi sectioned rods are really handy and they cast as good as my
ability (i.e. I am the limiting factor) I guess that we have the CNC type
precision in the joints of the rods that have enabled multisection blanks to
behave as well as they do. In virtually all my rods they are overslide
joints and they seem to be good. I have a Hardy Smuggler rod (9.5 foot #7
from 1990s) that has the spigot type joints, and they do look fragile
compared to overslide joints. In fact I broke a bit of the blank on the
Smuggler when I negligently allowed a section to come loose, and casted with
it in this condition. I had it repaired and have to check that the joints
are tight periodically to try to avoid a recurrence (one of only downsides
of multi section IMO) ~ Rod is still casting ok, but I always seem to be
thinking about the spigots when I cast with that rod... Overslide joints
just seem to be less worrisome, and I cast without nagging thoughts with
this type of joint.