Anyone Cast a 10' ?

briansfly managed to spew a response in
rec.outdoors.fishing.fly on Thu 27 Sep 2007 04:49:01p:

Tom Nakashima wrote:
I was wondering if anyone here owns and cast a 10' 7wt. fly rod?
I've tried a 9'6" and thought that was a bit long. Most of my fly-rods
are under 9'. I was wondering about the casting control of the 10'er.
Heard the extra length was good for mending characteristics.
Comments?
-tom

I owned a 10' Powell 7/8wt rod. It would cast a mile, and mended a bit
better too. The only thing I didn't like about this particular rod was,
it was very stiff. It needed an 8wt line to properly load it. While I
never tried it, it might have been easier to cast with a 9wt line. I
scaled down to a Sage 9'6" XP 7wt(being built for me). I have
fished(steelhead)this same setup, and it's benefits(rollcasting &
mending)over the 9 footer I use, sold me on the switch.

brians


I have a 10' Powell as well. Actually now 9'6" after an altercation with a
vacuum cleaner power head. It's a 9/10 wt. I built in '85 to go after
salmon and steelhead in the Fraser Valley. I have it rigged with a 10 wt.
floating shooting head on a 2 to 1 Diawa, Made in England, Model 859 fly
reel. For sink tips I made a bunch of different sized tips from some lead
core, Cortland Kerboom, shooting taper. I made loops at the ends, whip
finished and coated with neoprene wader glue. Easy to swap out lines and
sinktips.

The rod has a nice flex through the grip action that seemed to improve when
the tip got shortened and the 3" fighting butt sure helps out when hauling
in big springs or steelies in fast water.

I used it a couple of weeks ago to go after pike but the few I caught
weren't of a size to need that much rod. It was nice to stretch out a line
again tho.

Northern Alberta sucks for fishing. A couple more years and I hope to be
back in Southern BC. This is no place for an old fish junkie like me.


Later......

LabRat...... |:^{)

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
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With all these replies, where's Wayne? I mean, if anyone had a 10'
7wt, I figure it would be him. Just saw his traveling rod show down
in So. Mo. Even impressed the guide.
I fish bigger water.

The guide only saw three rods Frank, sheesh. It was Tom Hargrove's custom
work on two of them that impressed him.

And the longest rod I own is a 9½' 5wt. Both of my 7wts are 9'

Sorry to disappoint you.

Wayne Knight wrote:
"Frank Reid" wrote in message
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With all these replies, where's Wayne? I mean, if anyone had a 10'
7wt, I figure it would be him. Just saw his traveling rod show down
in So. Mo. Even impressed the guide.
I fish bigger water.

The guide only saw three rods Frank, sheesh. It was Tom Hargrove's custom
work on two of them that impressed him.

And the longest rod I own is a 9½' 5wt. Both of my 7wts are 9'

Sorry to disappoint you.

The 10ft 7wt is becoming more or less the "standard" summer
steelhead rod in the PNW these days (despite the growing
popularity of spey rods).

That said, I don't like them. Yes, I suppose the extra length
improves mending ability somewhat, and yes, mending is important
in swinging flies for summer steelhead. Still, that advantage
is--to me anyway--more than offset by the fact that I find a
7-8wt 10 ft rod much more difficult and tiring to cast all day
long than a corresponding 9ft rod.

A personal preference, no doubt, but in my case a strong one.
The only rod I've ever owned that I had an active hatred for was
a 10ft 7wt Sage XP. Fished it three times, despised it, and
couldn't wait to unload it......

- JR

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:41:03 -0400, JR wrote:

A personal preference, no doubt, but in my case a strong one.
The only rod I've ever owned that I had an active hatred for was
a 10ft 7wt Sage XP. Fished it three times, despised it, and
couldn't wait to unload it......

Wuss! I have the same rod and love it. Different strokes, eh?

d;o)

The 10ft 7wt is becoming more or less the "standard" summer
steelhead rod in the PNW these days (despite the growing
popularity of spey rods).

Well, this thread got me thinking and after spending 5 days with a
traveling fly shop (hmm, then again, between Wayne's rods and my fly
boxes, we could open a store), I went down to Cabelas to check one
out. They have their Tradition rod on clearance (their discontinuing
it). I cast one of the requisite size and bought it for $64.88. Got
the reel and line already. I think this will be a good carp rod on
the Platte River.
Its all Wayne's fault.
Frank Reid

Frank Reid wrote:

.... I cast one of the requisite size and bought it for $64.88. Got
the reel and line already. I think this will be a good carp rod on
the Platte River.

Its all Wayne's fault.

Name something gear-related that isn't.



- JR

Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:41:03 -0400, JR wrote:

The only rod I've ever owned that I had an active hatred for was
a 10ft 7wt Sage XP. Fished it three times, despised it, and
couldn't wait to unload it......

Wuss! I have the same rod and love it. Different strokes, eh?

Yep.

Can't walk to a river in OR without tripping over someone
who insists the 10' 7wt XP is the greatest steelhead rod ever.

- JR
(out of step, as usual, I guess.....)

I am intrigued to chime in. I have been considering a 10' 7wt rod to use
for Adirondack pike and bass. Any thoughts. I have 2 5wts but don't
think they'll cut it casting fro a boat on the lakes. I think an 8wt is
too heavy?


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On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:55:25 -0400, JR wrote:

Can't walk to a river in OR without tripping over someone
who insists the 10' 7wt XP is the greatest steelhead rod ever.

I don't know about it being the "greatest", only that it serves me
well every time I use it. I've compared it to a couple of Orvis rods
and it comes out on top.

Dave

"Peter A. Collin" wrote in message
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Pete, by any chance is your carpal tunnel syndrome from casting?
-tom

Back in '91, I worked for a few months on a salmon farm in Maine. People
came down with carpal tunnel left and right at the place. I remember my
wrists aching so bad at night that it was hard to sleep. That is probably
what got me started, but it has been slow to progress. I recall certain
autumns when I was doing a great deal of fishing that I noticed two
fingers on my right hand were tingly. Now, I use the computer mouse with
my left hand because it gets uncomfortable with my right. Someday I will
have to get it looked at.

Pete

Pete,
we had a computer science gal here come down with cts. She thought she
could let it go and hopes that it would heal itself back to normal. It
actually
got worst. I would have a medical expert look at it asap.
good luck Pete,
-tom