"Big Dale" wrote...

I have an old
Cortland 4 piece 8 foot 4 piece rod from I think it was 1986 vintage so it
could be the grandfather of your rod. Last time I cast it I wondered why I
bought all those other 6 weight rods.


My 8'6" 5/6wt. 4pc. is the same vintage. Really a great value rod - casts a
long line, turns over and picks up nicely. When I rediscovered the rod in
my rod pile 8^) I went ahead and sold a new St. Croix Pro Graphite 9' 6
wt. The action of the Cortland fits much better with my casting style, or
lack thereof. The 6'6" 3/4 wt. rod was only a hundred bucks, and IIRC, the
8'6" 4pc might have been around 80 bucks back then.

Timothy Juvenal