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Recently i acquired this rod on ebay(brand new) it is 7'6", 3pc, 4/5 wt. this carp was fighting for more than 30 minutes. one of my all time great fly rod purchases.
Bill
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Recently i acquired this rod on ebay(brand new) it is 7'6", 3pc, 4/5 wt. this carp was fighting for more than 30 minutes. one of my all time great fly rod purchases.
Bill
Nice Catch - both the rod and the fish.
Jeff
I saw this rod listed on EBay. The description of the rod matched that of those bright lime green rod blanks offered by the same seller. I suspect your rod is made on the same blank only a different color. If so I do believe you had one heck of a good time with that carp as my lime green rod is fun with small fish.
Way to Go!
Tim
Good deal on the rod and the fish as well. Looks like a nice big fish. I landed a 30" fish once on my 3 wt with 6X tippet. It took 52 and I said that I would never do that again. It wore me out and while the fish was released he probably died from the prolonged battle. Now my choice of a carp stick is a 7 wt. Sometimes I do fish for them with lighter equipment but now lighter means 5 or 6 wt.
Tell us a little about the fly and the circumstances. Was the fish feeding on the surface or the bottom? Congrats on a good catch again.
Hi Bill,
Great job on the fish and the rod! Only one thought, I wonder if the carp would have been twice as large if you had bought a $30 rod?
Regards,
Gandolf
Last edited by Gandolf; 08-09-2010 at 02:33 AM.
Probably not, Gandolf. But if there'd have been a six-year-old along with a snoopy rod, his fish would have been twice as big. At least it seems to always work that way when I fish with kids along.
If it swims and eats, it'll eat a fly.
the carp was caught at the end of the day. carp were feeding on the surface & i used a dry fly which resembled a brown piece of cotton on a #8 hook. It took 30 minutes to put a boca grip in his mouth. the rod has a nice slow flex which i think helped my 3X tippet. this carp used a lot of head shakes and even went into the BACKING.
Bill