How are you intending to use this rod? Highstick nymphing? Just curious....
How are you intending to use this rod? Highstick nymphing? Just curious....
Mercado,
I have been using 10ft. rods since 1985 when the Scott Rod Co. made up a 10', 5wt., G series for me ( yes, they USED to do that). I use them primarily for nymph fishing and for lake fishing from a tube or boat. I like them in a 6wt. for fishing big rivers and big flies like the Madison in Montana. I like the way they mend line and Davy Wotton, no slouch, swears by 'em. The guy who got me into Scott Rods and longer rods was a guy named George Odier... George worked with Chuck Fothergill in Aspen, CO..Chuck developed " high stick nymphing" although, he ( Lefty coined this) called it the "out-trigger technique"...
http://www.angelfire.com/co2/fothergill/crfbio.html
More on Chuck and George and a fly pattern that has taken MORE than it's fair share of fish for me...
http://www.flyfishohio.com/Renegade.htm
The guys in Europe use them to a much larger extent than we do here. Gatti also makes longer rods and has a US distributor in Montana...they - are nice rods too!!!
http://www.gattiflyfishing.it/
PT/TB
Last edited by planettrout; 05-14-2009 at 10:45 PM.
Heinrich,
Global Dorber will sell their blanks as blanks or as finished rods.
Hey Uncle Barry....speaking of spey rods for trout....I HAVE a Global Dorbger 10' 3wt blank. They only sell them in full flex by the way. Perhaps I could get some advise from you on how to build it.
Gemrod
New company just came out, Guideline!!!
One of the local FF clubs had a casting clinic last week and we had a riot playing with the Beulah switch rods. While they don't make a 3 wt the 4/5 wt 10' 6" switch rod would make a wonderful light trout rod and the price is not prohibitive for a quality rod: http://www.beulahflyrods.com/switchrods.html
OK, I can see the uses for highsticking. I was once with a guide who talked about his love for highstick nymphing and was going to have a couple 11' rods made just for that. Very interesting thread....
swinging wets, my new hobbyOriginally Posted by rmercado
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