Lance, i am still monitoring this thread and i will in future. I am young, so there are many rods to build. I think for now i will go with the Affinity MX. I already have the Affinity X in line 6 and love that rod.So the chances i will be happy with that blank are good i guess. Having a line 6, 8 and soon 4, makes it not easy to find a gap to fill with future builds. But i am really curious to
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Thank,s for all the help. I am now in contact with Herb, Claus and Eric. Winston might be a good choice, but can´t find someone selling it in EU. If i order it in US i will end at about 550$ that is a bit expensive.
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Hello Herb, i have send you an e-mail. I was thinking a bit about glass blanks. If i choose a fairly fast rod now, i could justify buying a glass blank later. hmmm.....
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Hello, have heard some good stuff abut St Croix and MHX. Gonna have a look at those again. NFC sound really interesting for me. I could meet a guy to test cast a line 6 NFC, that makes it even more interesting. In my mind i allready saw me ordering one after a testcast. But NFC-Support does not answer German requests. Also i could find only a few dealer in the EU and they add 100 to 200% o
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Thank you all! I have just read you comments. It´s nighttime here in Germany, so i will enlarge on your comments tomorrow (if the term is bad or wrong it is google´s fault).
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Phil Ewanicki Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Can you give a ballpark number of what you mean by > "a longer cast"? I am not going to try to present my dry fly 30 meters away. I want to use the rod on middle sized stream. Maybe 10 to 30 meters wide. Most casts will be within around 15 meters. A light parabolic 4 WT that is from it´s powerle
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Hello everyone, i am looking for the ultimate dry fly Blank. The price is not a major factor. Important for me is quality, weight (it should be light, but does not have to be like extra extra light and thin) and maybe the warranty. Since i haven´t cast many different light rods it´s hard to tell what i am looking for. Also it´s almost impossible for me to test cast some Blanks. I will test cast
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