http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/topic/9521/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:20:28 GMT Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:24:50 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/topic/9521/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/72028/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-72028 I really can't add any more to the good comments and recommendations already stated by others in your quest for a rod .....but, A DANG GREAT AVATAR YOU HAVE !!!!! ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Vix) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/72028 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:24:50 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/72023/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-72023 I hear you, and yes, I do count myself a lucky man!

My 8' 3-4wt Steffen is built on a 3pc blank, while my 8' 4-5wt is 4pc. I would say the 8' 3-4 is a little lighter and smoother/sweeter than the 8' 4-5, but not by a whole lot. I used a heavier reel seat and beefier grip on the 8' 4-5, but it's still pretty sweet.

The 8' 3-4 I have mainly fished with 4wt lines, but it will definitely handle 3wt lines just fine, and it seems that many... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (LeoCreek) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/72023 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:08:36 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/72019/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-72019
That's a great report, and I would greatly appreciate any thoughts you have on the difference between your 4/5 four-piece and the 8' 3/4. Even down here in the South, that length strikes me as being terribly useful (although the 7'9" could be a bit easier to thread through the rhody at times), but while the 8' 3/4 really has become a "modern classic," the three-piece version would have to stay on the outside of my pack (which is always a recipe... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (CreationBear) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/72019 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:40:46 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/72018/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-72018
Anyway, the fishing....I hit a small northern Rockies cutthroat river that was a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (LeoCreek) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/72018 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:08:53 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71974/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71974
Ha....yes, I've been in the process of sweet-talking my wife into abetting my long distance trips here in the GSMNP as well, though we're lucky that most of our crime seems to be a "local" affair. One chopshop close to one of my favorite trailheads is such a "family affair" that we monitor parole board hearings like we do the weather forecasts.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (CreationBear) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71974 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:29:09 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71972/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71972 Well to be honest sense its purely a walk in affair from the Johnsondale Bridge to the Golden Trout Wilderness, its an easy solution. Live here, get the wife to drive you up (26 miles) and drop you off and come back a few days later.
Today after the snow gates have opened there are often alot of nice people up in motor homes parked in the old/new parking area, I would trust them for day parking watch and tell me backup, however being a Cali boy, I would just never leave... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (flyfishing4goldentrout) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71972 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:07:34 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71971/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71971
I have to ask, what do you about the marmots? We've our share of meth-heads out here in Tennessee (fortunately, "needed killin'" remains a legitimate legal defense) but I've always been horrified with the prospect of dragging my hypoxic carcass out from the Golden Trout Wilderness Area only to find an antifreeze-coated rodent and long walk back home. My biggest worry would be... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (CreationBear) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71971 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:18:48 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71967/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71967 Sounds like you are the lucky ones. In my area of the East, it has been that way for fifteen years or so. No one that I know brings more than one rod with them - only the one in use. Everyone I know has been hit within the last several years. Last time with me, my car was one of five hit in a parking lot right before dusk when the sulphurs were on. They hit 5 quickly - when i called the local fly shop the next day to alert them. They disregarded the info and disputed with me... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (nativebrownie) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71967 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:51:10 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71966/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71966 feeds@yuku.com (flyfishing4goldentrout) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71966 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:24:26 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71792/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71792 feeds@yuku.com (Guadalupe Bass) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71792 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:53:11 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71760/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71760
I have a FF70-4 that fishes well with a DT5, and my FF756-4 will handle it as well, although I really think it's more a 6 wt. The FF70-4 could easily be considered a 5 wt. in... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Upstreeam) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71760 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:27:28 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71749/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71749





]]> feeds@yuku.com (Cameron) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71749 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:48:27 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71746/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71746 (The 7'6" for a five gets good reviews as well.) Other options that have been on my radar are the various Riffle Creek offerings that are mentioned quite often on the board.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (CreationBear) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71746 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:08:30 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71745/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71745
But if you've got the money to spend or skills to build from a blank, McFarland or Steffen is probably the way to go! ]]> feeds@yuku.com (docbluedevil) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71745 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:49:24 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71740/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71740 Russell
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Riffling Hitch) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71740 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:40:54 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71739/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71739 feeds@yuku.com (taniwha2) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71739 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:36:19 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71738/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71738 feeds@yuku.com (frogmorton) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71738 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:20:09 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71736/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71736
http://www.greatbayrods.com/ ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rockthief) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71736 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:46:07 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71734/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71734 feeds@yuku.com (Boo) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71734 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:46:39 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/reply/71733/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html#reply-71733 feeds@yuku.com (LeoCreek) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/sreply/71733 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:39:25 GMT http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/topic/9521/t/---really-good-7ft--7-5ft-5-wt-4-piece-fiberglass-rod-.html One that you can would keep under the seat of your truck or take on a hike.
I'm curious to know what others on this board think.

What is a 4 piece rod in this range that you would want to fish day-in and day-out?

Thanks in advance. Looking forward to your comments.....
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Guadalupe Bass) http://fiberglassflyrodders.yuku.com/topic/9521 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:20:28 GMT