How many fly rods?

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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Tom Nakashima wrote:

One of my friends was out alone with his trusty 9' 2pc 4wt. rod. On his
first cast he landed a 1.5 pounder (nice bow), about 20 minutes later he
hooked into what seemed to be larger than the 1st, but lost it when he
reached for his net behind him. What a day he was having, as he hooked
into his 3rd within the hour, a monster which broke the rod at the butt
when he tried to lift it when the fish got into cover. Tried to pull the
fish in by hand and snapped the tippet line. ****ed that he didn't have a
spare rod, he drove 7 miles back into town, waited after a few customers,
got another rod lent to him by the owner after hearing the story.
Hurried back to the fishing hole and saw three others fishing the very
same spot. Got nothing the rest of the day.
Now he always carries a back-up rod and so do I.

I don't carry a backup rod and I will hike 7 miles to fish
a decent spot. Your friend sounds hyper and hurried and
that's the antithesis of fly fishing to my mind.

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Ken Fortenberry

haa.. flyrods aren't really my problem. I seem to have this repeated issue
of getting so concerned with my snips, pliers, tippet material, floatant,
line slick, boots... then hike on in to find the perfect spot and realize my
flies are back in the truck!
twice so far this spring!


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