Cabela's 3 Forks Rods on Sale

wrote...
Ever notice how these fans of the high-priced
stuff always have to qualify their approval for
anything that costs less than an arm & a leg
one's first newborn ?

Indeed. I imagine it is so they don't try to pull the wool over
somebody's eyes with unrealistic expectations for a cheap POS rod.
--
Warren
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 03:45:39 GMT, (George
Cleveland) wrote:

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 02:11:20 GMT, Frank Church
wrote:

(Greg Pavlov) wrote in
:


I really, really like my second-hand Sage SP 3 wt,
but ok, it don't hold a candle to one of them
Reeepub-lican bamboo rods that Church just
commissioned....

...well ****, I suppose now I'll have to sell my cheap-ass Toyota pickemup
and get one of those Cadillac SUV's (or maybe an Audi) seg

My brother in Gloucestershire just had to choose between a Jaguar or an
Audi for his company car. He chose the Jaggooar.

Sorry to hear about your brain-damaged brother. Truly tragic...

/daytripper (A Ford by any other name...tsk tsk... ;-)

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 04:24:25 GMT, daytripper
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 03:45:39 GMT, (George
Cleveland) wrote:

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 02:11:20 GMT, Frank Church
wrote:

(Greg Pavlov) wrote in
:


I really, really like my second-hand Sage SP 3 wt,
but ok, it don't hold a candle to one of them
Reeepub-lican bamboo rods that Church just
commissioned....

...well ****, I suppose now I'll have to sell my cheap-ass Toyota pickemup
and get one of those Cadillac SUV's (or maybe an Audi) seg

My brother in Gloucestershire just had to choose between a Jaguar or an
Audi for his company car. He chose the Jaggooar.

Sorry to hear about your brain-damaged brother. Truly tragic...

/daytripper (A Ford by any other name...tsk tsk... ;-)


Yes, I know. He's the black sheep of the family.

g.c.

My company car is a 1992 Sentra with the optional fly patch sun visors.

Jeff Miller wrote:
i don't "love" those rods...but i just bought the 3 weight and 8 weight.
both will make good "loaners"...and, if an albie busts the 8 weight,
well...


man, i wanna be there albie fishin with ya.... I'll think I'm Jimmy Houston.

bust.... 2 o'clock, 150 yds. PJ motors the boat into perfect range as
you are stripping line off the reel preparing for the encounter. You
repeatedly false cast as you attempt to load the kpos for presentation
of the fly to those rocket denizens of the deep. the fish are gone, the
fly is still in the air. houston, we have a problem.

a few hours later, with many frustrating replays of scene 1 in the book,
a bust occurs real close to the boat and a relatively successful cast
results in a hookup of about a 15 pounder. the denizen decides to depart
for jamaica and the kpos reel is torqued out at full drag setting.

can you smell that smell? ... it surrounds you..... wow, that reel looks
like a spacecraft on reentry,,, it's glowing! houston, we have a problem.

the reel freezes on meltdown and now the fight is transferred to the
rod. the dastardly denizen ain't happy with just a 200 yard run in less
than a minute and is determined for another run. the rod is bending.
bust! where?... yells PJ. houston, we have a problem.

seriously jeff, would you hunt a deer with a bb gun?

now i say/imagery all this with prejudicial humor. the cabellies gear
may perform good (8wt is too small).... i don't know. what i do know is
that i will have what i consider to be the right equipment when fishing
to those devils. a super strong rod and a super strong reel. sage xi2
and a tibor riptide... in 10 wt class. i know they perform.

merry christmas my friend.... i hope to spend many days this coming year
chasin' albies with ya....

wally, been practicin' my double haul.....

You remind me of a steelhead I hooked last year. It was extremely hot -
about a 10 pounder. I had a Fin Nor anti-reverse that I had recently
bought. Very pretty and tightly machined reel, but the cork drag pad
was a bit dry. That fish literally smoked my reel. I smelled something
burning, then the reel made a chattering sound and smoke came out. i
had to stick the reel in the stream to prevent a meltdown. All to the
amusement of those all around me. I got rid of that reel last winter!
No more anti reverses for me!

Pete Collin

ezflyfisher wrote:



seriously jeff, would you hunt a deer with a bb gun?

camera, maybe. only deer i've ever seen killed was downed with a .22.
we were squirrell hunting.

now i say/imagery all this with prejudicial humor. the cabellies gear
may perform good (8wt is too small).... i don't know. what i do know is
that i will have what i consider to be the right equipment when fishing
to those devils. a super strong rod and a super strong reel. sage xi2
and a tibor riptide... in 10 wt class. i know they perform.

ahhh... i'll be breaking a $30 pos on an albie... but, my good friend
will have a fine rod and reel, and he'll need to rest or drink a beer
sooner or later, eh? g


merry christmas my friend.... i hope to spend many days this coming year
chasin' albies with ya....

looking forward to that and more...


wally, been practicin' my double haul.....

wuss...g

happy holidays

jeff & rachel

"Greg Pavlov" wrote in message
Welllll, now that Ford has applied its own highly-regarded
quality control systems to the marque, why not ??

I once owned a Ford Taurus (aka worst POS I've ever owned), and it had one
of those "Quality" stickers on the rear window. There was an obvious flaw
in the sticker; shoulda been a tip off about what it really represented.
:-)

Joe F.

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
y.com...
George Cleveland wrote:

Was just looking at the Cabela's site and noticed this. ...

They were getting 50 bucks apiece for those damn things ?!?
And some of you guys were actually buying them !?!!!!

The mind boggles.

And here's another thing that makes absolutely no sense to me.
How long has Qaddafi been the head despot in charge of Libya ?
So why is he still a Colonel ? Don't you think it's high time
he promoted himself to Maitre D' or something ?

--
Ken Fortenberry

I think that when he came to power, he had everyone of the same or higher
rank killed so that he was the highest ranking officer.....sort of the same
way some guys try to gain power in a big corporation.

Rome didn't build a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing
everyone that got in their way....(Bring that up at the next meeting)

Mark


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In article , Greg Pavlov
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 02:11:20 GMT, Frank Church
wrote:


...well ****, I suppose now I'll have to sell my cheap-ass Toyota pickemup
and get one of those Cadillac SUV's (or maybe an Audi) seg

An Audi ??? What are you trying to do, get
in good with the Trial Lawyers for Clinton
crowd ? I hear the Pirate's been down that
path for a while, don't know how far he's
gotten.

Having a father that worked inthe US steel industry his whole career,
if could find an American built mid-size sedan with AWD, decent
handling that gets 35 mpg I'd buy it. I the meantime I'll stick with my
6 year old Audi A4 Quattro.

Allen
Catonsville, MD

"Greg Pavlov" wrote...
"rb608" wrote:


I once owned a Ford Taurus (aka worst POS I've ever owned), and it had one
of those "Quality" stickers on the rear window. There was an obvious flaw
in the sticker; shoulda been a tip off about what it really represented.
:-)


We enjoyed a Ford Taurus wagon, a Crown Victoria
wagon, a Mercury Sable, and a Mercury Villager.
The Taurus was a demo and the rest were bought
used with 25K miles. All of them required lots
of face time with mechanics.

Slow learner? You'd have thought with a name like Pavlov. . .
--
TL,
Tim
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