On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 18:02:30 -0700, Willi wrote:


Gian Andrea wrote:

Hi!

I'd like to know your opinion on your preferred affordable medium-action fly
rod blanks, partially because I am having trouble roll-casting with my
medium-fast action 5 weight 9 foot Sage (and I got it as a gift, and I tend
to bang it around in smaller streams on the branches when trying to
roll-cast - OK, I'm a neophyte!) Has anyone tried the Cabela's PT? I was
thinking of making a 3 or 4 weight 8 foot long rod for smallish streams (I
won a 2 weight 7'ft6inch, but it's hard to cast.) Is there an inexpensive
blank similar in action to the Winston WT?


Both these companies have inexpensive moderate actioned blanks and kits:

http://www.mailordercentral.com/hookhack/Home.asp

http://www.hdo.net/~jjking/blanks.html


Although I know it's heresy, I had a 9' 3 weight I built from a JJ king
blank that fished alot like a traditional Winston.

Wasn't there a parable about a thousand typewriting monkeys? ;-)

Hey, it could happen. I have a 9/5 Powell blank custom that fishes kinda like
my ill-fated 9/5 Winston pre-Twin Bridges classic. It is heavier and not as
precise as the tip section is not as finely tapered, but it's in the ballpark.
The cosmetics aren't even in the same universe, of course.

So Winston now has a $300 line of rods. Anyone had a chance to try one?

http://www.winstonrods.com/rods/rods_IBIS.cfm

/daytripper (Once I recover from Christmas I gotta go shopping for me ;-)