old f--ts with flyrods

[rgfixit]

Stick to your story!

Never handled one myself. Is it glass?

I'm sidelined with tendinitis in my right shoulder. My Doc wanted to know what kind of repetitive motion might have caused a flare up. I laughed  and he said, " Oh yeah....fly fishing."  Couldn't raise my arm to shoulder height yesterday. Somewhat better today.

Rg

[WANNAKETCHUM]

Stick to your story!

Never handled one myself. Is it glass?

I'm sidelined with tendinitis in my right shoulder. My Doc wanted to know what kind of repetitive motion might have caused a flare up. I laughed  and he said, " Oh yeah....fly fishing."  Couldn't raise my arm to shoulder height yesterday. Somewhat better today.

Rg

No Rg... it's a graphite rod. I placed the absolute min bid on it and figured if I get it I do and if I don't, oh well. Hope things get better with your shoulder, at least it's not your rotator cuff. I damaged mine years ago from the repetitive type of work I did and had to go through a bunch of PT. When it was at it's worse, I couldn't even pick a pencil off a table unless I held my arm tight to my side and lifted from the elbow only. I know guys who had to go under the knife with theirs so I guess I got lucky and only needed to do PT and go on light duty for awhile.

WK

[rp dog]

Rg all I can say is WOW .
What a beautiful fly rod without doubt the finest in my arsenal.
Many thanks
Rp

[rgfixit]

You're welcome RP. Remember, it's just a fish pole......enjoy it!

Some times you get lucky on eBay. I got my Fenwick FenGlas 6 wt .using Auction Sniper. They were averaging $250 in new condition. Mine was half that and never had a reel on it.

Shoulder feels better this morning. No pain last night. It woke me up the night before. They'll have to hog tie me to get me under the knife. Seen too many of those operations botched, no effect or worse. I spent some time as a facility director at a big tennis club. I've seen people go through every kind of joint operation there is. There was a PT clinic in the building.

Rg

[oatkasut]

I had the same shoulder problem and worked it out with exercise. NO KNIFE! good luck with it.

[rgfixit]

Well I went to the creek this morning.....pure mud. So I'm sitting here with a slush bag on my shoulder, the air conditioning is on, there's a cold one in a frosty mug by my side and the Yankees are playing.

Could be worse.

Rg

[trapper2000]

rest it for a few days  RG ....  we got hit but  the river is  clean and super low I went down but  the bugs were  really really hungry 

[rgfixit]

Bugs have been crazy this year. I have to spray down before o go run in the morning. At least the bats are well fed.

I'm resting it Trapper. Been working on my rod lathe. Changed the controls around and made it 2' longer so I can do 10' rods a lot easier. A friend just ordered a 5 wt from me so I'll be building again in a few days. The basement shop stays nice and cool

Rg

[WANNAKETCHUM]

Bugs have been crazy this year. I have to spray down before o go run in the morning. At least the bats are well fed.

I'm resting it Trapper. Been working on my rod lathe. Changed the controls around and made it 2' longer so I can do 10' rods a lot easier. A friend just ordered a 5 wt from me so I'll be building again in a few days. The basement shop stays nice and cool

Rg

What few bats there are left. We don't have them around here anywhere near what we used to.

Rg... have you ever checked out this guy's site? He has some nice looking glass blanks.

http://www.mtnbrookrods.com/fiberglassinfo.html

WK

[rgfixit]

They look good from the pictures.  I'd have to handle one. Wonder where he's buying them? He doesn't say they're US made.

Rg

[WANNAKETCHUM]

They look good from the pictures.  I'd have to handle one. Wonder where he's buying them? He doesn't say they're US made.

Rg

Well... I kinda wondered that myself. But, he's a Pennsy boy with his roots planted deep according to his write-up. I hope he still uses materials that are home grown... aside from Bamboo obviously. I'm sure an email to him would answer that.

WK

[Gump]

Rg... have you ever checked out this guy's site? He has some nice looking glass blanks.

http://www.mtnbrookrods.com/fiberglassinfo.html

I love the little 'Native' blank I bought from him.  It's the 6' 6" 2/3 wt.  More of a #2 in my opinion and nice and slow....a 10" fish will sometimes bend you to the cork !  I've landed several 14-16" trout on it and it is a blast.  As far as the origin of the blanks, at that price I would bet money CHINA.  A nice rolled American glass blank will set you back 100.00-200.00 or so unless you find some vintage ones on e-bay....then maybe 70-100.00.  Big resurgence in glass right now.   Many manufacturers are now including glass in their line-ups (Orvis, Reddington, etc.)

[WANNAKETCHUM]

I love the little 'Native' blank I bought from him.  It's the 6' 6" 2/3 wt.  More of a #2 in my opinion and nice and slow....a 10" fish will sometimes bend you to the cork !  I've landed several 14-16" trout on it and it is a blast.

By God and Sonny Jesus Gump!... Now I remember where I've seen info on him before!! This guy's only about an hour west of me so I may just take a ride out and visit him sometime. I would love to have a classic "old style" rod built for the little creeks!! I've been considering purchasing a Redington "Butter Stick" for some time now...

WK

[Gump]

Yeah I would check him out.  Nice guy when I spoke to him over the phone.

If you want an American blank and custom glass rod and a more serious blank I have a friend who builds rods on a custom 7'4" #2wt. taper by James Green....won't find another #2 in that length in glass.  He also offers other sizes and weights in other Green blanks as well as McFarlands and Steffens.   He goes by 'Deep Bend Rodworks' on Facebook.  For what you will pay for a butterstick, I would look into one of these custom builders.

[WANNAKETCHUM]

Yeah I would check him out.  Nice guy when I spoke to him over the phone.

If you want an American blank and custom glass rod and a more serious blank I have a friend who builds rods on a custom 7'4" #2wt. taper by James Green....won't find another #2 in that length in glass.  He also offers other sizes and weights in other Green blanks as well as McFarlands and Steffens.   He goes by 'Deep Bend Rodworks' on Facebook.  For what you will pay for a butterstick, I would look into one of these custom builders.

Thanks Gump, I may just do that sometime.

I'm only about a half hour or so from Don Lesh's custom shop and I've walked or driven by his place many times over the years while fishing but I never stop because all I'd be able to do is drool... I can't afford one of his rods. Well, I probably could but... I could buy a lot of other toys with the same $$$  

http://leshrods.com/