Ok, you are on the water. You make a good cast. STRIKE! Fish on! It's an
adult! It's a 5-6 pound anything. Wham you set the hook. You have the fly
line in your hand. You know you've got to quickly get that big fish on the
reel. You start winding. The reel stops. The fish jumps! PING! That stupid
fly line zings by your head. You look down. The fly line IS WRAPPED AROUND
THE FIGHTING BUTT! You couldn't wind it on the reel. A big fish broke off.
You never got to use the stupid fighting butt! You look around. There are
plenty of other things that could have snarled up your fly line, but it was
the fighting butt. And the rod didn't come with one and you went and put
one on just so a big fish could get away! Gesh.

Got the picture? Why put a Fighting Butt (aka fish looser) on any freshwater
fly rod? Not only are they totally useless when fighting bass, salmon,
trout, and steelhead, they are a permanent magnet for fly line loops!

I try NOT to buy a rod that comes with a fighting butt. But if the rod feels
good otherwise, I tell the fly shop I will not buy the rod unless he
replaces it with a plug. He always says "OK, That'll only take about 60
seconds to switch". And every time they always make a big deal of throwing
the cut off Fighting Butt into the trash can.

If you DO put a fighting butt on that rod, Good Luck!
John



wrote in message
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Hello,
Looking at a three forks 8wt and it does not have a fighting butt does
anyone know of a company that makes one that is easy to attach? Like a
slip on or something like that?
any help appreciated.
Brian