"Tim Carter" wrote:

I just broke my Clearwater 4 wt. Saturday. I was stringing it up and
the
top eyelet broke off with hardly any pressure whatsoever. I assume it
was
barely hanging on, but when I took it to the local fly shop, one of
the guys
there tells me that they get an inordinate number of people come in who
broke their rods stringing them up. I had laid the butt section on the
ground, doubled over the fly line and stringing it through the guides,
walking out to the tip...I don't think I was doing anything wrong.

The guy at the shop was simply going to glue the eyelet onto the
remaining
section of the rod. In effect I will lose, what, maybe 1/2" or so
from the
tip of my rod. I asked about how that might affect the performance of
the
rod; first, he tells me that it will likely not be noticeable, but then
proceeds to tell me that Lefty Kreh always takes off the top bit of
his rods
and claims they cast better. Anyone have any input on this?


I called Loomis about my 10' 10wt when I broke 3 inches off it. When I
suggested a similar fix, they said it just wouldn't be the same and I
should send it in for a replacement. Half an inch doesn't sound like a
problem though. If that's Orvis, I'm sure they'll replace it if you
don't like the "shorter" custom version.

Chas
remove fly fish to reply
http://home.comcast.net/~chas.wade/w...ome.html-.html
San Juan Pictures at:
http://home.comcast.net/~chasepike/wsb/index.html