Rod recommendations?

Heavy metal
Do you mean thrash?
Like Slayer?
How did you know? -This is my favorite music?

Its great music to accompany following some of the flaming threads on ROFF

Fred

jeff miller wrote:
wrote:



Money doesn't talk

If you think that a very expensive rod is better than some other less
expensive tool, then you must perforce buy the expensive one. One
thing is certain, it will not normally catch you any more fish than a
cheapie.

Quite excellent rods which cost ten dollars ex-factory in Korea, or
Taiwan, are regularly sold in Europe and America under various brand
names, for well in excess of two hundred dollars, and sometimes a very
great deal more. The final price has little to do with the cost of
actually producing the rods, and certainly not with the raw material
cost or the inherent "quality". Transport, advertising, several
middle-men taking their profits, etc etc, all jack the price up.

This is also why comparing rods based on their retail prices is
absolutely senseless, as you have no way of knowing how this price was
set. It may have absolutely nothing whatever to do with the quality of
the rod.


received the first of my usual abundance of holiday fly-fishing catalog
mailings today - feather-craft's christmas offerings. it's interesting
to see what this retailer charges for a blank, a blank + kit, and a
finished rod.

winston BII-MX 4 piece 4 weight: blank - $338; kit - 448; rod - 675


sage gen 5 tcx series, 4 pc, 4 wt: blank - 390; kit - 508; rod - 780


tfo lefty kreh ticr-x series, 4 pc, 4 wt: blank - 112.50; kit - 162.50;
rod - 249.95


jeff


Indeed, the final price of such manufactured goods in the West is often
very high indeed, most especially those in the luxury sectors.

Comparisons of quality/durability/suitability of various goods based on
retail price often make no sense at all. The actual "value" of many
goods is also a moot point, depending as it does on the pricing
structures of such goods and the number of people along the way taking
their cuts,plus advertising etc, and the size of such cuts. This of
course is now the "normal" state of affairs, but as a result, it is
often possible to obtain various things at prices far below their
"normal" prices, and in many cases obtain goods of equal or even much
better quality at extremely low prices.

There is no difference at all between a blank or a rod sold for twenty
dollars in Korea, and the same blank or rod sold for 200 dollars in the
West.

Given the same materials, specifications, and fittings, it often seems
very hard indeed to justify the price differences. Although many people
refuse to believe this, it is nevertheless the case.

The "status" concept which many have of various things also holds the
prices up on items which many people consider to be the best, but in
many cases only because these things are the most expensive.

In the meantime, the difference in performance of various modern rods is
marginal at best, and most people are in any case unable to make any
practical use of such marginal differences.

Just how it is....................

TL
MC

Tim J. wrote:
Wayne Harrison wrote:
"Fred" wrote

Spending time on ROFF will drive you nuts
so perhaps
I need to learn to play some fly fishing songs
Are there any?
um, well, there's "down by the river", one of my favorite neil
young songs.

wayno(i don't guess there really is a whole lot of fly fishing
relevance in play, however)

Tis the season. . .
We wish you would clean our fish, miss.
We wish you would clean our fish, miss.
We wish you would clean our fish, miss.
And bring us some beer.


http://www.thanksmuch.com/christmas/...stmas-mp3.html

On the first day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the second day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the third day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
Two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the sixth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Six Golden plover,
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.


On the seventh day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Seven squirrel bodies,
Six Golden plover,
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.


On the eighth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Eight hare´s ears,
Seven squirrel bodies,
Six Golden plover,
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.


On the ninth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Nine perfect moleskins,
Eight hare´s ears,
Seven squirrel bodies,
Six Golden plover,
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the tenth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Ten Brahma capes,
Nine perfect moleskins,
Eight hare´s ears,
Seven squirrel bodies,
Six Golden plover,
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the eleventh day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Eleven prepared pheasants,
Ten Brahma capes,
Nine pefect moleskins,
Eight hare´s ears,
Seven squirrel bodies,
Six Golden plover,
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.


On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Twelve Tawny owls,
Eleven prepared pheasants,
Ten Brahma capes,
Nine pefect moleskins,
Eight hare´s ears,
Seven squirrel bodies,
Six Golden plover,
Five lovely snipe,
Four Woodcock wings,
Three Dun hens,
two starling skins,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

Tight Lines! ~ Mike Connor

On 24-Nov-2008, "Tim J." wrote:

Tis the season. . .
We wish you would clean our fish, miss.
We wish you would clean our fish, miss.
We wish you would clean our fish, miss.
And bring us some beer.
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------

Women fly fishers throughout the world would be after my honkie ass - If I
sang or published those lyrics.
Rosie O'Donnell would follow me to Patagonia , Mongolia and beyond just to
kick my ass.

I have enough people on this list waiting to do that so I don't need to add
anymore.

Thanks anyway

Fred

"Fred" wrote Heavy metal
Do you mean thrash?
Like Slayer?


No, actually, in this context, I was thinking more along the lines of split
shot

Sure, here you go............

Oh, Inisfree, my island, I'm returning
From wasted years across the wintry sea.
And when I come back to my own dear Ireland,
I'll rest a while beside you, gradh mochroidhe.*


ORIGINAL LYRICS TO THE SONG:
(by Dick Farrelly)

I've met some folks who say that I'm a dreamer,
And I've no doubt there's truth in what they say,
But sure a body's bound to be a dreamer
When all the things he loves are far away.
And precious things are dreams unto an exile.
They take him o'er the land across the sea --
Especially when it happens he's an exile
From that dear lovely Isle of Inisfree.

And when the moonlight peeps across the rooftops
Of this great city, wondrous though it be,
I scarcely feel its wonder or its laughter.
I'm once again back home in Inisfree.

I wander o'er green hills through dreamy valleys
And find a peace no other land could know.
I hear the birds make music fit for angels
And watch the rivers laughing as they flow.
And then into a humble shack I wander --
My dear old home -- and tenderly behold
The folks I love around the turf fire gathered.
On bended knees ,their rosary is told.

But dreams don't last --
Though dreams are not forgotten --
And soon I'm back to stern reality.
But though they pave the footways here with gold dust,
I still would choose the Isle of Inisfree.

* Gaelic words meaning "love of my heart"

Indeed, but it´s Gaelic;

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=PJyozf...eature=related

My Gaelic is no longer very good apart from a few old songs which I
sometimes sing, I still love to hear it though. "Celtic Woman" is
probably my current favourite group, sexy ladies who can sing, a glass
of Jameson 15 Year Old Pot Still at my right hand when I pause on the
banjo or the guitar, and a lot of songs I like, who could ask for more!

Regards and tight lines!

Mike

Well, there are lots of good people on the Bodhran and Celtic Fiddle,
but they are certainly not better;

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=_imLJA...eature=related

It is not only the quality, but the breadth and depth of talent in the
group. There is nothing more haunting than a celtic harp. The ladies
also shine as a result of their musical talent, which enhances their
physical beauty enormously. I also love such pure Irish voices, although
I realise thant some do not.

To quote an old friend of my Irish uncle, "I´d rather have one of them
naked on my my bedcover, than you in your best suit!"


Regards and tight lines!

Mike

Hmmm........don´t know about "fan-clubs" and the like, I like the music
and the ladies look good too. However, the fiddler is Mairead Nesbit;

http://www.maireadnesbitt.com/12801024.html

All of the ladies are exceptional singers and musicians.

Regards and tight lines!

Mike

Probably the most well known is the "Duelling Violins" form "Lord of the
Dance";

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=ywMPtw...eature=related

Regards and tight lines!

Mike