12-14-2005, 09:52 PM
the combo is not my go to rod, but it still gets used, mostly because it gets all the unplanned trips and some usualy some one always comes up short a rod and needs something to use,
I not a bogart,, but I feal real uncomfortable handing a hundred dollar rod to some one that I havent fished with for 10 years.... yet I do want to be accomidating....
and yes it is a chalange to shoot 30 feet let alone 70...
My combo rod cost me $2.95 thirty years ago.... I will have a hard time replacing it...LOL
I too have fished tight places where even a roll cast is out of the question with the longer fly rods. and the only way to get to the fish is to float the line down the river. I have to admit the river that I fish like that I could lay my regular fly rod right across the river from one side to the other.
I have another spot that is out of the question for my regular fly rod and that is fishing under 3 foot colverts. the long action just winds up running my fly line against the sharp edges. with the shorter rod I can drift my line right though the colvert and pull out the shady fishes from thier hiding places.
I am not going to toss my six foot combo any time soon... they do have their place, and one is in the glove box of my car....[
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I not a bogart,, but I feal real uncomfortable handing a hundred dollar rod to some one that I havent fished with for 10 years.... yet I do want to be accomidating....
and yes it is a chalange to shoot 30 feet let alone 70...
My combo rod cost me $2.95 thirty years ago.... I will have a hard time replacing it...LOL
I too have fished tight places where even a roll cast is out of the question with the longer fly rods. and the only way to get to the fish is to float the line down the river. I have to admit the river that I fish like that I could lay my regular fly rod right across the river from one side to the other.
I have another spot that is out of the question for my regular fly rod and that is fishing under 3 foot colverts. the long action just winds up running my fly line against the sharp edges. with the shorter rod I can drift my line right though the colvert and pull out the shady fishes from thier hiding places.
I am not going to toss my six foot combo any time soon... they do have their place, and one is in the glove box of my car....[
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