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Re: 1 PC 7wt fly blank suggestion
Posted by:
Phil Erickson
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Date: April 15, 2020 06:35PM
David, perhaps I was not clear enough with my comment about performance. I should have said that 1 piece rods did not "outperform" multi -piece rods enough to deal with all the negatives of a 1 piece. The evolution of multi-piece blank ferrules is now to a point wher one would be very hard preesed find any benefits in a 1 piece. Re: 1 PC 7wt fly blank suggestion
Posted by:
Phil Ewanicki
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Date: April 17, 2020 09:49AM
Several years ago St. Croix. made two-piece surf rods; butt end 51" long, tip section 74" long. They were fine rods and easy to transport but apparently the uneven sections were not accepted by anglers - and fly fishers tend to be more set in their ways than surf casters. Re: 1 PC 7wt fly blank suggestion
Posted by:
David Miller
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Date: April 18, 2020 10:50AM
With all due respect Phil Ewanicki St Croix and Rod Geeks still makes 70:30 split surf rods and they are very popular and accepted by anglers. I do agree with you they are very fine rods. Many folks were used to 1 piece surf rods from Lamiglas and others so a 8 ft tip section on a 11’ is certainly easier to transport but still have a 1 piece feel. Do agree with you that fly fishers are set in their ways. Re: 1 PC 7wt fly blank suggestion
Posted by:
Phil Ewanicki
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Date: April 18, 2020 01:12PM
Glad to hear those rods are still being made! I still use them all the time for bait fishing in the surf. I haven't bought a new rod in some time. Re: 1 PC 7wt fly blank suggestion
Posted by:
Aleks Maslov
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Date: April 18, 2020 07:48PM
We (North Fork Composites) have one piece blanks in our fly section:
[northforkcomposites.com] 8, 9, 10, 12 All are 9 feet, and while we don’t have a 7, I downline the 8 and can still get “a lot” of distance with it. Let us know if we can help. Best, Alex Re: 1 PC 7wt fly blank suggestion
Posted by:
David Miller
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Date: April 18, 2020 10:09PM
I didn’t know that you guys make 1 piece fly rods Aleks. Transport and storage issues aside which rod performs/feels better on the water the 1 piece or the 4 piece?
If North Fork Composites made a 7’ to 7’9” max 6 to 7 wt fiberglass one piece I would be all over it. It would be perfect to use from a kayak. I noticed Fed EX Ground and Home Delivery takes tubes up to 9’ that would be much cheaper than USPS for blanks about 8’4” to 9’. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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