Charlie Choc wrote:
On Wed, 05 May 2004 04:20:25 GMT, Chas Wade
wrote:

Anybody know a manufacturer that makes short strong rods?

Scott used to make 8'8" HeliPly rods for sal****er. I have an 8wt and
really like it. Here's some ad copy describing them:
http://www.avidangler.com/Goods/Rods...liply_rods.htm
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Charlie...

Those look like good rods, but 8'8" isn't all that short. A friend was
telling me about Lee Wulff catching Atlantic Salmon on 6 foot rods with
midges. He also said Wulff claimed to be able to cast a very long line
with these short rods.

I've decided I'm going to hand fit internal ferules to the broken
pieces of my trusty Sage RPLX 8wt and come up with something under 7
feet long to play with. Don't misunderstand, I had bought a blank, and
Sage returns the broken pieses with the new blank when I send it back
to them. They are great about service, it's just that I think I now
have a use for the scraps.

I'll post the results after I try the rod.

Thanks

Chas
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