"Jarmo Hurri" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Mike If you want to use carbon fibre here, then get a fastish #3 wt,
Mike and overline it with a #4 line....
Mike If you can find a reasonable cane rod, and you envisage doing a
Mike lot of small stream fishing, then this is probably better for
Mike you.
What about fiberglass, Mike, you didn't mention anything about that? I
know you've certainly got *some* opinion on fiberglass rods. :-)
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Jarmo Hurri
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I grew up with cane rods, and fibreglass. Most of the early fibreglass rods
were built to emulate cane, indeed many of the first carbon fibre rods were
also built to this end. I used a whole range of cane, solid glass , and
hollow glass rods. Some were quite reasonable, a few were good, and most
were miserable failures. The first carbon fibrte rods I used were also built
to emulate "fast" cane rods. Some were really excellent in this regard. Many
people still stuck to cane though.
In the meantime, technology has advanced to the point that it is indeed
possible to emulate all these things, to a degree at least, but it is
basically a waste of time and effort One must try and maximise the
properties of any material, and this is not achieved by attempting to
emulate the properties of others. The result of any progress must be
"better", as otherwise it is pointless. If cane is indeed "optimal", for
some things, then there is no way to improve on it, and exertions in thes
regard are superfluous.
"Emulation" is not a good blueprint for progress. "Innovation" is the
watchword..
Carbon fibre rods have a number of advantages, glass rods have some ( though
admittedly few), cane rods also have some intrinsic qualities. It is
extremely difficult to be objective about many things, as so much depends on
skill, knowledge, experience, amd completely imponderable personal
preference.
All the things various people posted on here may or may not be useful to
you, and may even help you choose a rod for your intended purpose. What
finally counts however, is what you "feel" when using such a rod, and nobody
can tell you that. You really have to try it.
Whatever I say reflects my personal experience and preferences, even though
I do my utmost to be objective. Yours may be completely different, or you
may not even have any.
Basically, if you really want to "know" what is best, then you must peforce
try them all.
My main motivation for a very long time was simply to catch fish. I never
really worried over much about the implements I was obliged to use in this
endeavour. When I was young and impoverished, I used what I could get,
sometimes extremely cheap and completely unsuitable gear. Now I am old, and
a bit better off, and so I buy the "best" I can afford, or otherwise obtain,
also of course based on my knowledge and experience. I doubt I catch one
single fish more as a result. Indeed, I actually catch considerably less, as
I no longer need or even want to catch so many fish, so I donīt even bother
trying..
The same applies to many thnigs. Lines are a case in point, despite
considerable progress, mainly in the direction of convenience, there is
still no substitute for a good silk line in many cases.
For more than a few years, I have done my level best to give beginners, and
others, advice. Not least because I remember all too well how difficult it
was to obtain any information at all, when I first started flyfishing.
Lately, I am constantly reminded, that knowledge is a wonderful thing, and
technical advances are also very nice, but more and more people seem, as a
result of their obsession with technicalities, to lose sight of their goals.
My main goals were always, catch fish, and enjoy yourself. Nowadays the
second goal has priority, as I no longer need the fish.
My apologies for the rant, but it is indeed germane. It really does not
matter whether you have the absolute optimal instrument for any particular
purpose. If you fish for pleasure, then pleasure is the main objective, not
lots of fish, or technical excellence.
You can obtain a great deal of pleasure with a stick, a bit of line, and a
bent hook. In searching for the optimal, one may lose a lot of simple
enjoyment. Although one may also gain considerable enjoyment form the
technicalities.
What all this amounts to is, I donīt know what is best for you. Only you
can know that.
TL
MC