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Light Weight Switch Rod
I found a 10ft , 2wt fly rod blank and was thinking of making maybe a 3/4 weight switch rod. I've never built a switch rod before but really like light weight rod's and it just sounds like a cool idea. Has anyone out there tried such a project? Any recommendation's on do's and don't's?
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I've only seen a couple 10 ft rods in the light weight range...one was bamboo and blew up on a long cast. (It was owned and built by Vince Marinaro) I'm not convinced there is any advantage in a 10 ft rod. The longer the rod the harder they are to 'stop' as the extra length falls under the "a body in motion tends to stay in motion" rule.
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I fished a Cortland 10ft and liked it very well for nymphs and s/h's. Now I fish a 13 1/2ft Tenkara. Many folks in GB and Europe fish 10 ft rods.
You know that switch rods take heavier lines than regular rods.
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I'm thinking of extending the forward grip and adding a rear grip , like a regular two handed spey rod but just shorter , which would really make the casting lenght shorter than 10ft with the handle higher up on the blank than it normally would be. As for the line weight , 3/4 is just a guess from what I've found on other two handed rod's and how they seem to be overlined lighter rod's. None of this is at all proven but I thought it might be worth a try just for fun.