"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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A fly rod does three things. It casts, it controls the line and
it plays the fish/protects the tippet. Of these casting quality
is BY FAR AND AWAY the most important. Casting quality is not
but a small portion of a fly rod's nature, it is the ESSENCE of
a fly rod's nature. Furthermore, the other two attributes can be
easily inferred by first, the rod's length, and second by the
nature of its casting quality.

--
Ken Fortenberry

While that may be true for some flyfishing styles, it certainly isn't true
for all. One of the best dry fly fishermen I've ever encountered (and who
by the way was mostly responsible for Winston's excellent reputation, having
owned the company for many years until a crippling disease forced his
retirement and sale of the company a few years ago) was a master at getting
close to the fish and rarely casting over 10'. For such fishing a noodly 10'
rod that could only flip out the leader would serve superbly.


--
Bob Weinberger
La, Grande, OR

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