TR: streambred trout and 2 Cortland CLs

"Big Dale" wrote...

I have an old
Cortland 4 piece 8 foot 4 piece rod from I think it was 1986 vintage so it
could be the grandfather of your rod. Last time I cast it I wondered why I
bought all those other 6 weight rods.


My 8'6" 5/6wt. 4pc. is the same vintage. Really a great value rod - casts a
long line, turns over and picks up nicely. When I rediscovered the rod in
my rod pile 8^) I went ahead and sold a new St. Croix Pro Graphite 9' 6
wt. The action of the Cortland fits much better with my casting style, or
lack thereof. The 6'6" 3/4 wt. rod was only a hundred bucks, and IIRC, the
8'6" 4pc might have been around 80 bucks back then.

Timothy Juvenal

Timothy wrote:snipThe action of the Cortland fits much better with my casting
style, or
lack thereof. The 6'6" 3/4 wt. rod was only a hundred bucks, and IIRC, the
8'6" 4pc might have been around 80 bucks back then.


It has been long enough ago that I don't remember what I paid for the rod. when
I rediscovered how much I enjoyed casting it, I packaged up a few of the newer
rods and shipped them to Main for the fly fishing class in the middle school.
Thanks for reminding me of that. It might be time I shipped off a few more rods
that I don't use up there for the kids again. It puts a giggle in my heart when
I do that and they were just sitting in a corner and were doing no one any
good. It would not hurt some others to do the same. We all have extra stuff and
we need more kids involved in fly fishing.

Big Dale

Big Dale

Timothy wrote:snipThe action of the Cortland fits much better with my casting
style, or
lack thereof. The 6'6" 3/4 wt. rod was only a hundred bucks, and IIRC, the
8'6" 4pc might have been around 80 bucks back then.


It has been long enough ago that I don't remember what I paid for the rod. when
I rediscovered how much I enjoyed casting it, I packaged up a few of the newer
rods and shipped them to Main for the fly fishing class in the middle school.
Thanks for reminding me of that. It might be time I shipped off a few more rods
that I don't use up there for the kids again. It puts a giggle in my heart when
I do that and they were just sitting in a corner and were doing no one any
good. It would not hurt some others to do the same. We all have extra stuff and
we need more kids involved in fly fishing.

Big Dale

Big Dale