Anyone know about the Temple Fork rods?

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Used the guarantee 3 times no
problem. I broke my 9 weight twice trying to land sal****er fish and
both times it was my fault

Judging by the number of times people have posted they've had to use the
warranty but "it was their fault", one could thing TFO rod users were the
most careless users of fly rods in the world.

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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Judging by the number of times people have posted they've had to use the
warranty but "it was their fault", one could thing TFO rod users were the
most careless users of fly rods in the world.

Gotta admit, the same thought was occurring to me.........Over 35 years, I
have managed to break but two rods, both due to such monstrous levels of
stupidity I would never ask to redeem a warranty, neither remotely close to
actually in fishing use. I do wonder about the angling breakage rate on
these TFO's, though people seem to swear by them.
Tom

Do you guys do any sal****er? I broke the nine weight on two nice
fish, while I was fishing on foot. Inexperienced, yes, but careless,
no. Careless implies that I don't care about breaking a rod. When
you're out in the middle of nowhere and you break your rod, you care.
It broke both times due to lack of proper technique on my part.

I catch a lot of big trout because I live near three rivers that have a
lot of them, and I've never broken any rod on a big trout.

bruce h

PS - I fished two great trico spinner falls this weekend in one of the
"urban spring creeks" near my house. Runoff is raging all around me
and this crick was just perfect. My TFO 3 weight worked perfectly.
The fish are super difficult and normally very spooky. They were so
intent on the spinners this weekend that I could sneak up on them
easier and try a lot of presentations without putting them down. These
are the toughest fish I've ever tried for and even though they were
feeding frequently and intently both days I only managed two today and
one yesterday in about 2 hours each day. All three fish were healthy
and jumped all over the place.

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Do you guys do any sal****er? I broke the nine weight on two nice
fish, while I was fishing on foot. Inexperienced, yes, but careless,
no. Careless implies that I don't care about breaking a rod. When
you're out in the middle of nowhere and you break your rod, you care.
It broke both times due to lack of proper technique on my part.

Are we talking you grabbed the rod blank near the stripping guide while
fighting the fish or did you "pull too hard"? The former is bad technique
and will cause many rods to break, the later is poor quality materials. And
I have fished sal****er. There;s a common theme with those rods, *everyone*
who has used one seems to say they're fine rods, but there's also a common
theme of needing customer service. Not that graphite by it's nature won't
break even if made by Tom Morgan, but the number of TFO owners who post on
Roff and have sent them back seems to be higher.

If one is thinking they will get a couple for that trip of a lifetime, they
might want to read between the lines of all the gushing over them, that's
all.

All three fish were healthy
and jumped all over the place.


Sounds like you;ve been having fun.

It broke both times when I was trying to land the fish (on foot) and
get it close. They call it "high sticking" and it bends the tip at an
extreme angle. I'm told that a lot of sal****er flyrods are broken
this way.

bruce h

On 24 Apr 2005 21:35:27 -0700, wrote:

It broke both times when I was trying to land the fish (on foot) and
get it close. They call it "high sticking" and it bends the tip at an
extreme angle. I'm told that a lot of sal****er flyrods are broken
this way.

The only rod I've ever broken was a 7wt T&T Vector, and it broke in the tip
section casting, on the 2nd day of use. There were no nicks on the blank or any
other visible sign of damage, and the break was clean. 3+ months later it was
fixed with, I think, a $30 service charge. It's a pretty rod, but I certainly
wouldn't depend on T&T for a "trip of a lifetime".
--
Charlie...
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I don't know that I am the most careless user of fly rods in the world,
but I have broken 2 rods in my life the first was in 1968 after 15
years of fly fishing and involved the window roller in the car and the
line. The one last year was the TFO rod and involved the line and my
size 14 boots. Neither time was I fishing and the rod used to put a fly
in the water. I can't blame the way the rod was made in either
case...as I said I was stupid and I broke it. They simply fixed the
results of my stupidity. I was just as careless when I broke the rod I
made from the Herter's blank. Still, for a clumsy guy If I don't break
a rod every 37 years, I will be happy.

Big Dale