How many rods?

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[cool][font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3]How many fly rods do you need? Well take a look at my shop tools. I have several hammers. Basically they all do the same thing. They hammer / drive objects into other o[/size][/green][/font][font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3]bjects. But on closer inspection one finds that my ball peen hammer is not really designed to drive nails but more so to form/shape a soft piece of metal. My first hammer was a carpenter’s hammer for generally purpose use. So a similar scenario can be told about fly rods. Each rods weight, length & flex has a particular purpose. A two or three weight rod works well casting smaller flies and generally used for catching smaller fish. A 7/7½’ rod is an ideal length to use on small streams, pocket water etc. Other considerations include flex and composition. I.e. slow, medium & fast. Graphite, fiberglass & bamboo for the most part. If you are purchasing your first rod I would suggest that you go to a dedicated fly shop where the people are professionals. You might save a few bucks at Wally’s world but those people don’t know Jack. In fact they might have assigned the girl from the cosmetic department to fill in while the mentally challenged sporting good guy when on a break. I would venture to say that a fly shop would recommend a 5 or 6 wt. rod at 8½ to 9’ long. Plus there are many different lines to consider. Again like the fly rod each has it's particular purpose. Your fly shop pro will no doubt ask you several questions about the type of fish that you will be targeting, kinds of waters to be fished etc. BTW I only have 5 rods. A 9’ 3 wt., 9’ 4 wt., 2 6wt. rods [8½, 9’] and an 8½’ boo.[/size][/green][/font] [font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3]Unlike Flygoddess who has so many rods that when Orvis runs low on inventory they call her to fill OOS conditions. Just kidding my lady but then again that might be closer to the truth than not. Since this is an open forum democracy I’m sure our others will add to my comments so that the less informed can make a more informed purchasing decision.[/size][/green][/font]
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