The 15 dollar fly outfit (the three weight chronicles)

[BilletHead]

Just now, tjm said:

At that rate you'll have a hundred species by the weekend.

                You got me too tjm. I did sleep a few days between getting the outfit and fishing. 

[BilletHead]

7 minutes ago, tjm said:

I thought the reel seat had a Fenwick look as well as the rod color, but to the best of my knowledge they only sold 2 & 4 piece in 7' rods. They did sell a lot of one piece blanks that builders cut and ferruled to suit themselves. As did most manufacturers back when the rods were all rolled as  one piece. But all the Fenwick one piece blanks that I've seen were yellow. The  superfine grip shape is reminiscent of many Phillipson rods, but I think he used a hosel on all those type grips. The brown blank is also close in color to Herter's rods which were made by multiple manufacturers. 

I imagine that with no markings on the rod it is safe to assume it a very well done custom build/kit rod. No winding check or hosel also points away from factory build, I think. I also imagine that when new it was listed as a five weight.

                   Thanks for the input tjm. I could only imagine throwing the 5wt line on it. I like it like this really well. 

[tjm]

I typically fish most of my 'glass rods with a line weight lighter than they were marked, but then as now the line ratings were just someone's opinion; there never has been an objective way to measure a rod's rating, all rods can handle multiple line weights, a every ~5; of line out the tip is another weight. As an example from ca 1965 my 6'6" 6wt is just as happy with a #4 as with a #6 although I usually use it with #5, and it will cast a #7 or #8 out to normal fishing distance. On the other hand I tend to overline the graphite rods and fished my #5 Orvis for years with a #7 Wulff TT line. What works best for  the user is the correct line.

[BilletHead]

   One more trip to add,

   Pat with me or maybe I was with her she was the driver. Up early and on the road to a place we like to go. Not often it's a ride there. Some stream born wild rainbows. beautiful little fish. I am glad this was the first to me trout on the rod. I am sure I will upgrade in size, but these fish are special. Un named stream is the location and this is all I will say about that. 

    Hot day it was nice to get back in the car for a drive towards home and we needed the long drive to cool off. We still had some time to fish for a bit so went to a very public place. The park at Capps creek at the mill dam. Water had been high into the park from last big rain. Water clear but not as much as I have seen it before. We went to right below the mill dam and fished below the falls. Both of us caught cardinal shiners. I sent pictures to the micro brain trust guys, and they told me that is what I had. More chubs were caught by me which were repeats. Pat was ready to go home. We were both tired from the long day. I'm really liking this rod, or have I said that already? 

 

[BilletHead]

17 minutes ago, tjm said:

I typically fish most of my 'glass rods with a line weight lighter than they were marked, but then as now the line ratings were just someone's opinion; there never has been an objective way to measure a rod's rating, all rods can handle multiple line weights, a every ~5; of line out the tip is another weight. As an example from ca 1965 my 6'6" 6wt is just as happy with a #4 as with a #6 although I usually use it with #5, and it will cast a #7 or #8 out to normal fishing distance. On the other hand I tend to overline the graphite rods and fished my #5 Orvis for years with a #7 Wulff TT line. What works best for  the user is the correct line.

        Thank you.

[FishnDave]

2 hours ago, BilletHead said:

 

[kjackson]

Those rainbows will be beautiful this fall when they develop the red belly band. It would be worth a trip to see 'em.  A river in Washington's Cascade Mountains has or had a related strain that we fished when I was a kid were incredible in the fall. 

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[Foghorn]

Pat has that look of " it's time to go home Marty".

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, Foghorn said:

Pat has that look of " it's time to go home Marty".

           HA, You know that look don't you. 

[Foghorn]

Yes, but it's usually me giving Susie that look!