How many fly rods?

I never trust a man who doesn't have too many fly rods!

Gene

wrote in message
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I do not currently own any fly rods. I am taking a 5 day trip next
week to fly fish in Montana and will be in Jackson WY for two weeks
this summer where I plan to do some fly fishing. I am purchasing a
Sage Launch rod (based on recommendations from people on this group)
and wonder whether 1 rod will be sufficient. Perhaps next week it
might (it will be a guided trip, and I am sure the guide will have a
spare), but in the summer, I will be on my own. The rod I purchased is
a 5 weight. Mostly fishing for trout. Is it good practice to get a
second 5 weight, something different? Or is one rod sufficient?

Thanks in advance.

Ross

Gene Cottrell wrote:
I never trust a man who doesn't have too many fly rods!

The party line is that you can't have too many fly rods.

I have too many fly rods.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Not sure how you reach your conclusion based on my post. I've fly
fished before (several times) and have enjoyed it immensely. I did not
say I *wanted* to buy more than one rod. I posted to get some opinions
from people who, I assume (correctly in most cases) know what they are
talking about. The discussion has been very helpful (with the
occassional side-track).

I asked because unlike bait and spin casting (which I have done for
several decades) I know little about fly rods. I typically bring with
me 3-4 rods and a similar number of reels when fishing for muskie,
bass, etc. I just am not familiar enough with fly fishing to be able
to predict whether having a spare rod matters. But, like I said, the
posts have helped me come to a decision.

Ross

Willi wrote:
wrote:
I do not currently own any fly rods. I am taking a 5 day trip next
week to fly fish in Montana and will be in Jackson WY for two weeks
this summer where I plan to do some fly fishing. I am purchasing a
Sage Launch rod (based on recommendations from people on this group)
and wonder whether 1 rod will be sufficient. Perhaps next week it
might (it will be a guided trip, and I am sure the guide will have a
spare), but in the summer, I will be on my own. The rod I purchased is
a 5 weight. Mostly fishing for trout. Is it good practice to get a
second 5 weight, something different? Or is one rod sufficient?

Thanks in advance.

Ross


Seems to me that you don't even know if you're going to enjoy fly
fishing. Why would you want to buy more than one rod?

IMO, what would have been MUCH more useful than a second rod would have
been to learn how to cast before you take your trip. Having a dozen rods
isn't going to make you a better caster, especially at this point.

The first five years I fly fished for trout(at the time, I was either
teaching and had Summers off or was marginally self employed and I
fished alot) I owned and fished one rod and can truthfully say that I
never felt that another rod would have caught me any more trout or would
have made the fishing any more enjoyable. (And just maybe owning more
rods would have had the opposite effect.)

I did fish for Pike in the Spring for the two years I lived up in Lake
George and casting Pike Bunnies with the 6 weight fiberglass rod I owned
was pretty tough especially when it was windy. A heavier rod would have
made it easier but I did manage several big Pike up to 20 pounds on that
old 6 weight.


Willi

4weight wrote:
......
I've fished for 5 years, own 3 rods and haven't broken one - yet.


I've fished (on and off) for about 50 years, own __ rods, and
have broken about 20 rods (several more than once). Friends
& relatives have broken about 5 more.

wrote:
Not sure how you reach your conclusion based on my post. I've fly
fished before (several times) and have enjoyed it immensely. I did not
say I *wanted* to buy more than one rod. I posted to get some opinions
from people who, I assume (correctly in most cases) know what they are
talking about. The discussion has been very helpful (with the
occassional side-track).

I asked because unlike bait and spin casting (which I have done for
several decades) I know little about fly rods. I typically bring with
me 3-4 rods and a similar number of reels when fishing for muskie,
bass, etc. I just am not familiar enough with fly fishing to be able
to predict whether having a spare rod matters. But, like I said, the
posts have helped me come to a decision.

Ross

I think you should buy as many fly rods as you can possibly afford, if
it makes you happy. :-)

Willi's post was meant, I think, to bring a little perspective to the
discussion. Fly fishing isn't about the gear (except for some misguided
fools). The gear is a means to an end. A decent five-weight rod and a
decent reel and a decent line should take you very far in Montana this
year. The gear is the least of your problems.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"Larry" wrote in message
...

"Mr. Opus McDopus" wrote

I camp for two days in the bowels of Upper
Creek gorge!

Op


The "bowels of Upper Creek gorge" certainly sounds a lot more like a place
that dictates precautionary measures to guard against catastrophic
equipment
failure than "Ten Million Tourists a Year ( 11 million of them fly
fishers )" Jackson. Wy.

my guess is that no more than 20 folks a year will traverse the rocks
and water that jeffie and opie will experience.

wayno

Steve wrote:
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:48:53 -0400, Jeff Miller
wrote:


fawn lake *isn't* a
so-called pond or an unfishable mass of weeds.


The Fawn Lake by Crevice Creek?

don't know crevice creek. it's by fawn creek & the headwaters of the
gardner, in the gardner hole area west of the road between mammoth and
norris in yellowstone park. there's a backcountry campsite at the lake
also. yellowstone kenny says the lake doesn't exist....claims it's just
a damp spot full of weeds. 4 of us hiked to it last year. i'll post
another picture on abpf...and here's a link (scroll down to the "mammoth
area" campground listings, look at 1f1 and 1f2) with yellowstone's
camping area map.

http://www.yellowstone-natl-park.com/backcamp.htm

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:36:22 GMT, "Larry" wrote:


"Mr. Opus McDopus" wrote

I camp for two days in the bowels of Upper
Creek gorge!

Op


The "bowels of Upper Creek gorge" certainly sounds a lot more like a place
that dictates precautionary measures to guard against catastrophic equipment
failure

Um, speaking of bowels, Scott, apparently, has condoms...

And speaking of REALLY not helping,
R

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 06:43:37 -0400, Jeff Miller
wrote:

Steve wrote:
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:48:53 -0400, Jeff Miller
wrote:


fawn lake *isn't* a
so-called pond or an unfishable mass of weeds.


The Fawn Lake by Crevice Creek?

don't know crevice creek. it's by fawn creek & the headwaters of the
gardner, in the gardner hole area west of the road between mammoth and
norris in yellowstone park. there's a backcountry campsite at the lake
also. yellowstone kenny says the lake doesn't exist....claims it's just
a damp spot full of weeds. 4 of us hiked to it last year.

Are you sure y'all weren't gettin' stoned while listening to The Band?

HTH...no, really...
R
"Now there's one thing in the whole wide world, I sure would like to see
That's when that little love of mine, dips her doughnut in my tea"

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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As for hyper and hurried, that refers to a guy who catches
a nice fish, hooks two more, breaks his fly rod and has as
the foremost thing on his mind being ****ed and hurrying
back to the hole. It's all what you choose to focus on I
guess. I'd have chosen to focus on catching a nice fish in
the first place and leisurely shopping for a new fly rod in
the second. Different strokes for different folks, hereafter
given in acronym form (HEADS UP Timmmmmmaaay ! ;-), DSFDF.

--
Ken Fortenberry

I think I could explain this one Ken.
My friend Ron doesn't get out very often to fly-fish, although it is his
passion and hobby. I think he's only been out two dozen times in twenty
years and a third of those times he's come home with nothing. Six kids and a
Wife...great family man and dedicated to his stressful job, I could easily
see how finding a hot fishing hole must have felt like finding the new young
girl in the whorehouse, although he's not a pussy-hound. He still talks
about the incident and I can assure you he was more angry about breaking his
rod of twenty-two years. There's a big difference between someone who
fishes often than one who gets out very seldom, sometimes we just take it
for granted. As for Ron now bringing along an extra fly-rod, I see it as
security and a psychological reassurance.
-tom