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Fillin' the gap
I have the hankerin' to build a new rod. Perhaps the "one" rod. A few
months ago while out for a bike ride, I came upon a fellow casting a flyrod on his front yard. I stopped to chat and he offered the rod to me to cast. It was a really sweet rod and turned out to be a Cabela's SLi 5wt. His was a two piece. So I am thinking about building this rod. I want to get a 4 piece blank and am leaning towards the 4wt. Have any of you any experience with this particular blank? Would the action of the 4 piece be much different than the 2 piece? I know a couple of you have SLi's. I would be interested in any feedback you have on this rod. Thanks, Russell SWMBO is never going to go for this. Maybe if I tell her that if I buy three blanks I get 25 dollars off of each blank. No woman can pass up a bargin. Right? |
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oops I take it back, it's far less than $250 I looked at the wrong items
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From: Russell Durtschi
So I am thinking about building this rod. I want to get a 4 piece blank and am leaning towards the 4wt. Not 100% sure, but I don't think Cabela's sells Sli blanks anymore. Why not just buy the rod? You likely wouldn't save much money by rolling your own, and you'd get the 25 year warranty with the finished rod. 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 |
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Larry L wrote:
oops I take it back, it's far less than $250 I looked at the wrong items Yeah, but you're still working for about $.50/hour. :-) Building a rod is fun and it's pretty easy. It's something that everyone who is serious about flyfishing should consider, just for the entertainment value, if nothing else. I needed a 7wt, and I'm cheap by nature, so I built one. It was a cool way to burn some of those long, lonely winter hours, and the rod is just fine. Then I thought, "What rod will I build next?" And then I realized that I have all the rods I need for the foreseeable future. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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