Originally Posted by
Longs for Cutts
This is for people who go out and buy the "experts only super mega-fast high performance over-hyped fly rod of awesomeness" and find out they can't cast it because either A.) They aren't very good casters, B.) They are fine casters but have a relaxed stroke, C.) They are using some rod designed for casting the whole line in saltwater on some creek full of 8" brookies and can't get the rod to load at 15 feet instead of 75.
I see all three cases ALL THE TIME and it drives me nuts. Rather than buying one of these lines, I wish people would just get a plain-old medium or medium-fast rod they can actually cast at normal fishing ranges and get a normal-weight line for it.