"Osmo Jauhiainen" wrote in message
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"Osmo Jauhiainen" ... wrote in news:
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Hi you all!

Ah, yeah ... g'day.


One guy here is going to sell Loop Blueline 9' 6-piece #5-#6
travel rod, hardly used at all, for a reasonable price.
Any opinions about this particular rod?

Cast it (with the intended reel and line if possible),
if you like it, and if it will do the job you require of it, buy it!


Thanks, Steve!
I'm going to visit today the local fishing gear shop, where this
guy promised to bring the rod. But your testing method is not
working at this time of the year! We have winter here and the
snowcover is 15-20 inch thick. Have to keep the rod in my hands and
wave it inside.

Is there really noone owning this stick or having used it earlier?



Actually, I'd think the snowcover makes it a perfect time to test-cast a
rod. When the ground is clear, the only place I can manage to get a good
test cast is on a road, which tears up the flyline, or on a grassy field,
which gunks up the line and snarls the tippet. I'd think laying out a long
line on some nice, clean (and maybe hardpacked) snow would be a very gentle
way to test cast.

--riverman