Long rambling post about travel rods.

I don't travel a great deal but bought the Cabella's Stowaway for that purpose.
I think it is a very good rod for the price, and has worked wonderfully.

"Dan" lose wrote in message
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....I must have read 2000 ROFF posts.....Is there
currently any consensus on which are the best cheap but serviceable travel
rods?....

2000 posts should be enough to realize that consensus on any issue is
virtually impossible, and when you insert that nasty little qualifier
"best", the matter becomes utterly hopeless. That said, the chances of
getting a truly BAD recommendation for what you've got in mind are pretty
slim and you can rest assured that if you do get one of those, someone WILL
let you know about it.

I've got 3 two-piece rods and 1 three-piece, so I can't really help you with
the question of good mutli-piece selections for backpacking. However, I
have done a good bit of packing with what I have. Long rod tubes can be
awkward at times but they're workable. Rw's suggestion of making a tube out
of PVC has the merit of being cheap and easy. I've got a couple of tubes I
made out of 1 1/2" schedule 40 water pipe. Practically speaking, they are
indestructible, and they CAN serve as walking sticks, but at about 2" O.D. I
find them too thick for comfort as a walking stick and they are also very
heavy. I've tried it and didn't like it....always ended up lashing them to
the pack and using something more traditional as a walking stick. In short,
it can be done, but I don't think I know anyone who's stated that it was a
satisfactory permanent solution.

Wolfgang

In article ,
"Dan" lose wrote:

I have spent the last week or so reading everything I could find on the net
about cheap travel rods (I must have read 2000 ROFF posts; I almost feel
like I know some of you guys).

Here's why: I recently started a long thread here about how I wanted to take
up trout fishing and whether or not I could use my old fibreglass Fenwick
rod from when I was a kid in England. The consensus opinion was that I
should get a matching reel and go for it. I planned on doing this but then I
started to think about what kind of fishing I am likely to do and where I
will do it. I live (no doubt for sins committed in another life) in Los
Angeles, and don't have vast amounts of disposable income. This means that
the most likely places I will fish will be right here in CA, probably up in
the Sierras, since I understand that that is where the best fishing is and
also because it's near enough to drive to. Well, if I want my significant
other to join me (and I do), I am going to have to combine the fishing that
I hope to get into, with a lot of hiking, something that we both enjoy
already. This would have the ancillary benefit of perhaps allowing me to
fish less popular spots.

So, I started thinking that maybe what I should do, instead of using the
Fenwick 7 weight would be to buy a cheap travel rod that can be broken down
into short enough pieces to backpack with comfortably. Now, I have read
enough ROFF posts to realise that buying tackle is addictive and becomes a
pleasure for its own sake. Maybe I am doing that, but anyway, I can always
sell it if it doesn't work out.

Okay, I guess this post got sort of long, but here's my point: Is there
currently any consensus on which are the best cheap but serviceable travel
rods? So far, I have been looking at and have read good things about the
Cabela stowaway, the Cortland CL and the ST Croix Avid. Also, how do these
stack up against the Temple Fork travel rods which are around $139? Would
anyone care to comment on any of the above or suggest any others? The max
price would have to be about $120 to $140 and that has to include a rod
case. Finally, I would like to hear what you think of my idea that I should
look for an 8' 6" or maybe 9' 5-weight rod. I plan to fish for trout.
Nothing against any other sort of fishing, but for now that's just what I
have in mind.

Cheers, and have a good Holiday weekend.

Dan Hugh-Jones








Hi, I have a cortland pro crest travel rod in 6 weight that I would be
willing to sell for $50 I honestly have no idea how it fishes compared
to the other rods so you would have to research that. I would prefer a
local sale in chico california.

9' 5 wt. St Croix Avid. You'll be glad you did.

From: (Greg Pavlov)

Back about 40, 50, 60 years ago, chances are good that
Dan would be living in a small town. The local hardware
store would also be the local tackle shop, and each
Christmas it would display a fly rod for sale, and lots of
daydreams would be conjured by folks ogling it through
the plate glass. Someone would eventually buy it and
use it and catch fish with it, and not give a damn whether
it was fast or slow, was short or long, or built on a progressive
blank, or be otherwise imbued with some other characteristic
of technical prowess.

Been there, done that. 1953, Aubuchon Hardware in Ware, MA. 9' no name
fiberglass rod GBG line. Caught a ton of fish with it.......terrible rod by
today's standards.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

"George Adams" wrote in message
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....Caught a ton of fish with it.......terrible rod by
today's standards.

Ah! ROFF in thirteen words or less!

Wolfgang