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A Forecast rod?
Hook and Hackle has what they call a "Forecast" rod. Multi pieced, really inexpensive, blanks. Anyone have any experience with them...no not H&H...they're great! I mean the rod blank! Looks like it may make a good grandchild rod?
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Trouts don't live in ugly places
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I have built a few rods using forcast and rain shadow blanks. They are a decent rod for what you are paying.
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I got one of the Forecast 7 1/2' 4-weight multi-piece blanks from H&H last year. I just couldn't pass up the price, what with their online discount, etc. I was pretty impressed with the quality. I built it for a back up rod and to take on plane trips. It turned out real nice.
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Betty , watch out for this blank. You just may want to keep it for yourself.
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I built a 5wt 5 piece and two 9wt's. I have not had much time to try out the nines yet but the 5 wt is one of the nicest rods I ever owned and I never leave home without it. There is no better way to enter into the rod building hobby than with a H&H Forecast kit... FB.
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Betty,
Several years ago I built 8 of them. Gave one to my son (9' 5wt 2pc), one to a friend (7-1/2' 4wt, 4pc) and I have the remaining 6. Very happy with all of them and use them all the time. I had an excellent caster cast my 9' 5wt. From the tip top, he was able to cast 105 feet of line plus leader. He dubbed the rod a 'line eater' because he kept feeding it line until he reached that maximum distance. Oh, I'd have to say the action is moderately fast.
Allan
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I thought you were an excellent caster allan ;-]
mgj
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I got a forecast rod...every time I try and use it, it begins to thunder and lightning blasts from the sky. Even the wind blows like the dickens....nice rod, I figured I'd try and sell it to some corn farmer in Iowa that is goin' though a drought, or a sailor with a new sail boat that needs wind. All they gottta do is take it outside and say, "I'm goin' fishin' now!"
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Don't want to highjack the post, but does anyone have experience of their 5'0" 2 weight rod??
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Born to fish, forced to work.
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Garic,
Not trying to be funny. I wonder what you'd get if you use the top 2 sections of a 9' 4 piece in the lightest weight Baston manufactures? That'd be about 4-1/2 feet of something in a 2 piece.
Anyone have an idea about the end result?
Oh, in answer to your specific question - No.
Allan