fishinwrench

You're probably right. But if your gonna spend 3-600 putting together a fishing pole, you might as well at least attempt to make a finely tuned instrument out of it, right?

If anything can be made to work.... Then why do we buy specialized rods/reels/lines ?

Have never read that before, can you refer me to an article or page where that is described? I'm not sure that I've ever read it anywhere either. But give a tip heavy rod a good snap, then see how long it takes for the tip to stabilize and quit bouncing around. Try the same with a rig that is better balanced.....and report back. 😊 Everytime that tip bounces....your line does too.

Sorry to hear that. Buried 2 aquantances of my own, and one friend of my daughters due to traffic malarky. Maybe the rising fuel costs will reduce fatal accidents by keeping some away from the wrong place/wrong time. I take it that you'll not be at the Trout Park on opening day. Me either. 👍

[quote]And do you really need backing on an ultralight?[/quote] You only need backing to fill up the reel spool. Increases line intake per turn of the handle. And keeps your line from coiling up like an old school telephone cord.

A tip heavy rod will cause waves in the line during the cast, and those waves effect how much line you can shoot, and it negatively effects accuracy. Makes backcasting weird too.....and you can't make a good forward cast without first having a good backcast. A butt heavy rod negatively effects the sensitivity/feel of what's going on past the tip. Making it more difficult to do a good job mending line and feeling tension bites. Certainly the lighter the overall rig....the less the effects will be, but they are nonetheless there. So when buying a reel for a specific specialty rod.... you're better off at least trying to balance it as closely as possible (or feasable).

You got it! 😊. Guess I can cut it down if needed. I'll take the fresher of the two.....if you can wait a week or two for a check. All of my fun cash is tied up in everyone else's motor parts at the moment. If not, no offense taken....first one with the coin can steal it from me. 😊👍

Sorry, just tack-on 2.50.....or whatever your hourly wage is. 😅

Oh 🤔 What is the shaft length ?

Cabela's used to sell a graphite body reel, light as a feather.....ultra LOUD clicker (no drag), and a piece of junk.

I think I want the short shafted one. Will you take payments/trade....and will you throw in that sexy pair of Crocs ?

Yep,. Go to any "gathering", anywhere, and you'll immediately realize that the majority of people aren't buying into the Covid malarkey. Or maybe they've all had their shots and feel bulletproof once again. 😅

Noooo, it's going to be tip heavy if balanced there. Grab the rod like you are fishing/casting it. A flyline and backing alone is going to weigh 1/4-5/16oz.

I don't own one. I had a Rise on a little 6'6" 3wt. but I'm not a fan of flyrods under 4wt. So I sold it. Ultra-light reels are inherently flimsy and delicate, regardless.

I have no complaints at all, and I've been using high dollar equipment for many years. So far the only product of theirs that I can't tolerate is their flyline (it casts fine but is stretchy and doesn't float very high). There are a few things that need attention on Piscifun fly gear.....The rod ferrules need to be scuffed up with 600grit sandpaper (no big deal). And the reel drag wheel needs a little O-ring put under it so that it doesn't back off too easily (again, no big deal). But for the price you can't beat their stuff. Quality of cork on the rods is better than most high-end rods. I've even punished them a bit to see if they were going to break, and they passed my tests just fine.

How much weight does it take to balance the rod out? Thread some worm weights on a piece of mono to figure that out. This little Piscifun Sword 3/4 weighs in at 3.7oz with line and backing (according to my wife's food scale). Check out the Redington Zero if you need a super lightweight reel. Or Redington Rise

Well this sounds like a fun topic to argue about. 😅 #1- It would take a pretty heavy spinning reel to balance out a 9' glass rod. #2- I bet I can cast just as far, and twice as accurate, with a 6'6" spinning rig.

It's nice and quiet (at least around here) after 1:30am too. Phone doesn't ring, nobody is wheeling in the driveway with a boat, wife isn't hollering for me to do anything, and even the dog is asleep. 👍 Plus it's dark, so I can step outside to piss off the porch and stargaze.

In truth no. But family was saying I needed something Newer and more reliable Sounds like they want something new and shiney left in their hands after you croak. Let them buy their own dang truck !

Well with snake guides the line is going to drag across the rod blank. No getting around that, and that friction, as minute as it might be, just has to slow the line down some. No doubt that it will still work, I'm just curious why anyone would prefer it for that application.

I'd like to challenge that. Especially if it's a flyrod with snake guides. Line friction on the blank and additional guides just has to be a factor.

Wasn't it you that I sent all my itty-bittys to, years ago? I was sitting at the tying bench once, and my daughter was making cinnamon rolls. She's putting icing on them and LUCKILY notices that there's a size 28 hook on one of them. I had gotten up to pee, but otherwise hadn't even been within 15 feet of the oven or kitchen counter. So after deducting that the tiny things could become airborne and float around the house.....I quit tying on anything smaller than a 22.

There was a pair of guys on the Salt river tribs that liked to use glass flyrods to spinfish with. They threw little Flatfish and Lazy Ike crankbaits alot, and probably caught more smallies than I did on those rivers. I never understood why they preferred longer, more noodly rods, but when someone is catching more fish than you are.... it's kinda hard to tell them they are doing it wrong. 🤔

Why not just step out the door and pee? You know what you middleofthenight-pissers problem is? You go to bed too early. Nothing happens at 4:30-5:am so why are you waking up at that time? I don't wake up until someone is ringing my phone, or pounding on the door wanting me to do something. That way I can tell whoever it is, that if they want me to get up and do anything then they need to brew some coffee and make breakfast. 👍

That white 'deer hair & marabou bulkhead wannabe'.....will outfish all the rest. 👍