Rod Socks?

Tim J. wrote:
Jeff Taylor wrote:

"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message
...

Greetings,
I'm looking to purchase a rod sock for a 9' 4pc rod.
Any contacts would be much appreciated.

A possible option...

If your wife/girlfriend or someone you know has a sewing machine,
they are pretty easy to make.


Uh, for $7 +/- a few bucks, I'm not going to *even* pop that question.
Maybe I just value my marriage more than most, but "Honey, will you make
me a rod sock?" isn't worth the alternative. ;-)


Or you could use the machine yourself.

Willi

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:23:54 -0700, Willi wrote:

Tim J. wrote:
Jeff Taylor wrote:

"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message
...

Greetings,
I'm looking to purchase a rod sock for a 9' 4pc rod.
Any contacts would be much appreciated.

A possible option...

If your wife/girlfriend or someone you know has a sewing machine,
they are pretty easy to make.


Uh, for $7 +/- a few bucks, I'm not going to *even* pop that question.
Maybe I just value my marriage more than most, but "Honey, will you make
me a rod sock?" isn't worth the alternative. ;-)


Or you could use the machine yourself.

The _machine_?! Oh, wait..._I_ misunderstood the
question...nevermind...

Willi

Willi wrote:
Tim J. wrote:
Jeff Taylor wrote:

"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message
...

Greetings,
I'm looking to purchase a rod sock for a 9' 4pc rod.
Any contacts would be much appreciated.

A possible option...

If your wife/girlfriend or someone you know has a sewing machine,
they are pretty easy to make.


Uh, for $7 +/- a few bucks, I'm not going to *even* pop that
question. Maybe I just value my marriage more than most, but "Honey,
will you make me a rod sock?" isn't worth the alternative. ;-)

Or you could use the machine yourself.

Why? I haven't used one before, and don't plan to learn any time soon.
--
TL,
Tim
....and there's the fact that it's *fun* to buy fishing stuff.
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Jeff Taylor wrote:
"Tom Nakashima" wrote in message
...

Greetings,
I'm looking to purchase a rod sock for a 9' 4pc rod.
Any contacts would be much appreciated.


A possible option...

If your wife/girlfriend or someone you know has a sewing machine, they are
pretty easy to make.

JT

I was the one that brought a sewing machine to my partnership. We have
since upgraded, but on my input the replacement has heavy material
capabilities. I make my own rod socks--preferred material is fiberglass
window screen sewn with sailmaking dacron. It makes a really light rod
sock, doesn't absorb water, and any moisture introduced dries out
easily. The semi-rigidity of it as sewn up makes a reasonable shock
absorber.

Mike

In article ,
lid says...
Uh, for $7 +/- a few bucks, I'm not going to *even* pop that question.
Maybe I just value my marriage more than most, but "Honey, will you make
me a rod sock?" isn't worth the alternative. ;-)


It's been my experience that people (trying not to be sexist here,
but they are nearly all women) who know how to sew LOVE it when
you ask them to make something for you. They usually put way more
effort into it than is really needed, like decorative trim around
the borders, and embroidered monograms and stuff.

Kevin

"Tim J." wrote in message
Why? I haven't used one before, and don't plan to learn any time soon.

I don't know what it is about sewing machines. I'm probably well above
average as a user and fixer of mechanical things; but like you, I've had
virtually no experience with Mr. Singer's device. Methinks it's that the
things are either disposable or indestructable, depending on quality. I
have no doubt I could master the use of said machine after a few projects,
but at my present rate of need, that would take a decade or two, so what's
the use, I figger.

Joe F.

rb608 wrote:
"Tim J." wrote in message

Why? I haven't used one before, and don't plan to learn any time soon.


I don't know what it is about sewing machines. I'm probably well above
average as a user and fixer of mechanical things; but like you, I've had
virtually no experience with Mr. Singer's device. Methinks it's that the
things are either disposable or indestructable, depending on quality. I
have no doubt I could master the use of said machine after a few projects,
but at my present rate of need, that would take a decade or two, so what's
the use, I figger.

Joe F.




I'd say learning how to sew a simple rod sock on a sewing machine is
about as hard to learn as tying a wooly worm. Easy to make a serviceable
one.


Willi

In article , Willi
wrote:


I'd say learning how to sew a simple rod sock on a sewing machine is
about as hard to learn as tying a wooly worm. Easy to make a serviceable
one.

Doh!

*Men* do fishing things, like tying flies, just the way they tinker
with cars and machinery. Domestic tasks, like cooking, cleaning and
sewing, are done by *women*.

Didn't they teach you anything at school biology?

Lazarus

"Willi" wrote in message
...
rb608 wrote:
"Tim J." wrote in message

Why? I haven't used one before, and don't plan to learn any time soon.


I don't know what it is about sewing machines. I'm probably well above
average as a user and fixer of mechanical things; but like you, I've had
virtually no experience with Mr. Singer's device. Methinks it's that the
things are either disposable or indestructable, depending on quality. I
have no doubt I could master the use of said machine after a few
projects, but at my present rate of need, that would take a decade or
two, so what's the use, I figger.

Joe F.


I'd say learning how to sew a simple rod sock on a sewing machine is
about as hard to learn as tying a wooly worm. Easy to make a serviceable
one.


Willi

Absolutely. The skill set required is small and easily acquired. Anyone
with average manual skills and accustomed to working carefully will turn out
a better first rod sock than first woolly worm. It's no accident that even
in this day of off the rack disposable clothing there are tens of thousands
more sewing machines than fly tying vises sold in America each year and that
there are many thousands more fabric stores than fly shops.

Wolfgang

"BJ Conner" ...


That's the way I got mine. The cost is higher than buying them.

Yup, who ever heard of dinner and a movie for the cashier at a fly
shop......or scotch...

john