Attaching a fighting butt?

Hello,
Looking at a three forks 8wt and it does not have a fighting butt does
anyone know of a company that makes one that is easy to attach? Like a
slip on or something like that?
any help appreciated.
Brian

Do you really want to hear this story about a fighting butt?

john


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Hello,
Looking at a three forks 8wt and it does not have a fighting butt does
anyone know of a company that makes one that is easy to attach? Like a
slip on or something like that?
any help appreciated.
Brian

On Aug 25, 9:23 pm, "asadi" wrote:
Do you really want to hear this story about a fighting butt?

john

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Hello,
Looking at a three forks 8wt and it does not have a fighting butt does
anyone know of a company that makes one that is easy to attach? Like a
slip on or something like that?
any help appreciated.
Brian- Hide quoted text -

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Yes and no...actually, I'm a tad bit scared.

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:44:24 -0000, wrote:

Looking at a three forks 8wt and it does not have a fighting butt does
anyone know of a company that makes one that is easy to attach? Like a
slip on or something like that?

No.

Solve your problem by buying a good rod.

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Hello,
Looking at a three forks 8wt and it does not have a fighting butt does
anyone know of a company that makes one that is easy to attach? Like a
slip on or something like that?
any help appreciated.
Brian

http://flydepot.com/flyfishing/pn--r...ion/pid--1271/
-tom

Ok, you are on the water. You make a good cast. STRIKE! Fish on! It's an
adult! It's a 5-6 pound anything. Wham you set the hook. You have the fly
line in your hand. You know you've got to quickly get that big fish on the
reel. You start winding. The reel stops. The fish jumps! PING! That stupid
fly line zings by your head. You look down. The fly line IS WRAPPED AROUND
THE FIGHTING BUTT! You couldn't wind it on the reel. A big fish broke off.
You never got to use the stupid fighting butt! You look around. There are
plenty of other things that could have snarled up your fly line, but it was
the fighting butt. And the rod didn't come with one and you went and put
one on just so a big fish could get away! Gesh.

Got the picture? Why put a Fighting Butt (aka fish looser) on any freshwater
fly rod? Not only are they totally useless when fighting bass, salmon,
trout, and steelhead, they are a permanent magnet for fly line loops!

I try NOT to buy a rod that comes with a fighting butt. But if the rod feels
good otherwise, I tell the fly shop I will not buy the rod unless he
replaces it with a plug. He always says "OK, That'll only take about 60
seconds to switch". And every time they always make a big deal of throwing
the cut off Fighting Butt into the trash can.

If you DO put a fighting butt on that rod, Good Luck!
John



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Hello,
Looking at a three forks 8wt and it does not have a fighting butt does
anyone know of a company that makes one that is easy to attach? Like a
slip on or something like that?
any help appreciated.
Brian

On Aug 28, 2:24 pm, Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:44:24 -0000, wrote:
Looking at a three forks 8wt and it does not have a fighting butt does
anyone know of a company that makes one that is easy to attach? Like a
slip on or something like that?

No.

Solve your problem by buying a good rod.

solve my problem by sending me some money. want my address?

On Aug 29, 12:54 pm, wrote:
On Aug 28, 2:24 pm, Dave LaCourse wrote:

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:44:24 -0000, wrote:
Looking at a three forks 8wt and it does not have a fighting butt does
anyone know of a company that makes one that is easy to attach? Like a
slip on or something like that?

No.

Solve your problem by buying a good rod.

solve my problem by sending me some money. want my address?

Trying to put a fighting butt on that POS is throwing good money after
bad. Flawed economics, that may be why you don't have money. I don't
think you can get a good reel seat with a fighting butt for less than
$20.
By the time you screw up the existing handel trying to put it on your
going to have tripped over a dollar to pick up a dime.
As DIY project it don't seem to have the potential of being good or
cheap.

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:54:00 -0700, wrote:

solve my problem by sending me some money. want my address?

I'm a charitable man, but I wouldn't give money to anyone who bought a
cheap fly rod and then complained because it didn't have a fighting
butt. Buy a good rod - and yes you can afford it, otherwise you
wouldn't be flyfishing. I am sure you'll find something to hang off
the handle to use as a fighting butt, but racing stripes on your V6
Mustang ain't gonna make it a race car, or even a *fast* car. Now
fuzzy dice.............

hth

On Aug 29, 4:14 pm, Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:54:00 -0700, wrote:
solve my problem by sending me some money. want my address?

I'm a charitable man, but I wouldn't give money to anyone who bought a
cheap fly rod and then complained because it didn't have a fighting
butt. Buy a good rod - and yes you can afford it, otherwise you
wouldn't be flyfishing. I am sure you'll find something to hang off
the handle to use as a fighting butt, but racing stripes on your V6
Mustang ain't gonna make it a race car, or even a *fast* car. Now
fuzzy dice.............

hth

haven't bought anything yet. Never complained, just asked a question.
I know what it is, I made no claims to say anything different. But
thanks for the wisdom. Fly fishishing ..classism.. and consumerism at
it's finest.