"Salmo Bytes" wrote in message
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For anyone tempted to ask "why not just get a spinning rod?" the
answer
is "why not indeed?" Lure fishing with a good spinning rod is a blast.
Still, I do prefer the feel of a flyrod in my hand most of the time,
and like the way I can pick up 45' of line, backcast once and lay
it back down again--something you cannot do with a spinning rod.


No you can't pick up 45' of line with a spinning rod, back cast once and lay
it back down again.

But you can retrieve 45' of line while fishing possible productive water,
and then cast out 45' again and start all over.