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I recently ran across a bamboo rod in a second hand store. Can anyone
tell me if they are still good? It seemed to have some good action. I was just unsure of buying it, using it and having it break. Anyone with any experience? |
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:46:41 -0700 (PDT), DerekO
wrote: I recently ran across a bamboo rod in a second hand store. Can anyone tell me if they are still good? It seemed to have some good action. I was just unsure of buying it, using it and having it break. Anyone with any experience? Can't help you with that, but maybe you can answer a question for me. I ran across a vehicle for sale and I am thinking about buying something to use for hauling hay, feed, and other ag type stuff, including big, heavy trailers. Would the vehicle I found be a good deal for me? HTH, R ....oh, yeah - I also found a hunk of fishing line - how long is it...? |
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![]() wrote in message ... On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:46:41 -0700 (PDT), DerekO wrote: I recently ran across a bamboo rod in a second hand store. Can anyone tell me if they are still good? It seemed to have some good action. I was just unsure of buying it, using it and having it break. Anyone with any experience? Can't help you with that, but maybe you can answer a question for me. I ran across a vehicle for sale and I am thinking about buying something to use for hauling hay, feed, and other ag type stuff, including big, heavy trailers. Would the vehicle I found be a good deal for me? HTH, R ...oh, yeah - I also found a hunk of fishing line - how long is it...? Is genius something that can be taught?.....something that can be learned?.....or does one just wake up some fine morning and find that it has manifested itself in the dark night, unlooked for and unwelcome, and then spend the rest of his life monstrously burdened by it? Wolfgang |
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On Aug 25, 3:08*pm, "Wolfgang" wrote:
Ahhh, Mr. Wolfgang *is* still with us (universal "us," of course). I've been wondering, but wasn't sure I wanted to ask. |
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On Aug 25, 11:46*am, DerekO wrote:
I recently ran across a bamboo rod in a second hand store. *Can anyone tell me if they are still good? *It seemed to have some good action. I was just unsure of buying it, using it and having it break. *Anyone with any experience? Despite the smart-aleck comments you've received, the answer is probably yes. If you're talking about the kind of second hand store where the rod is priced at under five dollars or five pounds, or five Euros, depending on your location, even if it does break, you're not out very much. If you tested it and it seems to have good action, it's worth trying to fish with it, or even taking it to a dealer of some sort to see if it's an antique. Buy it, treasure it, brag about it, throw it in the face of these smarties. |
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![]() wrote in message ... On Aug 25, 3:08 pm, "Wolfgang" wrote: Ahhh, Mr. Wolfgang *is* still with us (universal "us," of course). I've been wondering, but wasn't sure I wanted to ask. So long as I am needed, I shall never forsake you. Wolfgang which, if you think about it, is as good an excuse for immortality as any. |
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![]() On 25-Aug-2008, "Wolfgang" wrote: Is genius something that can be taught?.....something that can be learned?.....or does one just wake up some fine morning and find that it has manifested itself in the dark night, unlooked for and unwelcome, and then spend the rest of his life monstrously burdened by it? Wolfgang What a pompous ass I am sure that his peers as a child use to beat his head in. Poor little Wolfgang w the stupid name and w a small peenie Poor wolfie as he would run to his mama cause all his friends as a kid would make fun of him and beat him up What a ****ed up jerk! Fred |
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![]() "Fred" wrote in message ... On 25-Aug-2008, "Wolfgang" wrote: Is genius something that can be taught?.....something that can be learned?.....or does one just wake up some fine morning and find that it has manifested itself in the dark night, unlooked for and unwelcome, and then spend the rest of his life monstrously burdened by it? Wolfgang What a pompous ass I am sure that his peers as a child use to beat his head in. Poor little Wolfgang w the stupid name and w a small peenie Poor wolfie as he would run to his mama cause all his friends as a kid would make fun of him and beat him up What a ****ed up jerk! O.k., so it can be taught and it can be learned. Well, the matter of succession has always weighed heavy on the heads that wear the crowns. How comforting it must be to the kennies, mikie, the davies, stevie, the predator......and dicklet......that the heir apparent is on the scene and ready, when circumstances shall dictate, to ascend the throne. Wolfgang who, if he had only known at the time what a horror his childhood was, would have skipped it altogether. |
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On Aug 26, 6:11*pm, "Wolfgang" wrote:
Wolfgang who, if he had only known at the time what a horror his childhood was, would have skipped it altogether. Indeed, probably comes from showing one too many your "peenie". As for genius, regardless of how or why it may occur, it is most unlikely that you will find it among this particular motley crew of socially dysfunctional misfits. Never mind, at least I donīt think your name is funny. Just imagine the problems you might have had if you had been called Ibrahim, or Hussein, or Ali. On the other hand, you might then have been nominated for president of something or other. Wouldnīt stop the infidel dogs howling incoherently at you, but you could at least laugh at them with some conviction? Tending to the theory that a certain facility with a language, either your own or someone elseīs, indicates at least a modicum of intelligence, one is then bound to wonder why somebody who obviously possesses such would bother even attempting to communicate in any meaningful way with those who obviously do not. With regard to the original question about bamboo rods. You might be lucky and find a rod in a second hand shop rod which will be OK to fish with, and you might even be incredibly lucky and find a very good one, but this is most unlikely. You can buy pretty good bamboo fishing rods and blanks for not too much money; http://www.norman-agutters.com/blanks.htm this is an English supplier, but there are doubtless similar suppliers in the USA. Custom built hand made blanks from well known makers will be a lot more expensive usually. Although only real classics of certain types and from certain makers are worth a lot of money to various people. Buying practically anything you donīt know much about form a second hand store or similar, is always a game of chance. You might be lucky, you might not. If you want a good reliable fishing rod, then it is probably best to avoid such. If you just want to play around with a bamboo rod, and it doesnīt cost much, then it might be worth your while. Unfortunately, you are the only one who can determine that. It is as well to remember that even if you get the rod, you still have to find line to use on it, and you have no idea how it will behave when fishing. Some bamboo rods will be brittle with age or due to incorrect storage, the strips may be separating, some sections may be bent or otherwise damaged. All problems which are not easy to fix, and almost certainly not worth the bother in the first place on cheap rods. As others have pointed out, if you like it, and it looks alright, then your only real option apart form just forgetting it, is to buy it and fish it, all you have to lose is the cost of the rod. |
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On Aug 26, 1:08*pm, wrote:
but this is most unlikely. In 1996 I picked up a Garrison rod and in 2007 picked up an original Edwards Quadrate, both at second hand stores. Ya just got to know what you're looking for. |
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