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Fly rod help
Posted by:
Jon Meyers
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Date: September 11, 2015 08:57AM
Hey everyone,
I have a friend asking me info about fly rod blanks as he is thinking about buying a new one... However, I have never used a fly rod, everything I build is on a spinning or casting rod. He asked me the questions below, any help would be appreciated, "Our friend Gilbert is considering to buy a new fly rod made by St. Croix. He seemed to remember that you purchase St. Croix blanks, and has a question: The new rod he is considering is: Legend Elite LES 60 ULF2, UL Fast, 2 pcs, for $330. But he already owns a Premier 5’-6” L, and a 5’-6” UL. A third rod he has is Avid 6’ UL. The question is whether you know if there is anything to gain with the Legend Elite over the three he already has?" Thanks for the help all! Re: Fly rod help
Posted by:
Tom Kirkman
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Date: September 11, 2015 09:28AM
First off, the rods above don't seem to be fly rods, unless I'm not understanding the designations as listed. I can't claim to keep up with all of these days. Either way, the Legend Elite will be a lighter (for the same power) crisper blank. It will react and recover more quickly, although in these shorter lengths the difference may not astronomical. But yes, there is something to gain.
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Posted by:
Phil Ewanicki
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Date: September 11, 2015 11:27AM
Fly rod marketers have not yet got around to labeling some of their products "UL". However, in my opinion St. Croix Legend Elite fly rod blanks are absolute top quality blanks and over four or five dozen years I have found St. Croix customer service second to none. Re: Fly rod help
Posted by:
joseph arvay
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Date: September 18, 2015 02:38AM
Jon, ask Gilbert what kind of reel he is planning on using and it's weight. These short 2 wts are incredibly light and without a mini, featherweight reel tend to be overly butt heavy. It's kind of annoying for some folks and quite different from typical longer flyrods.
Anything to gain with Legend Elite? Not really. At that weight and dimensions along with typical 2 wt angling situations they all works about the same...wonderfully! I'm betting the Legend Elite is probably a bit more toward the 3 wt category, some of these claims about "fast 2's" measure decidedly 3-ish with the pennies. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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