Got it, thanks Tom
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I apologize for opening "Pandora's Box". It is not quite as contentious of a topic as glass vs. bamboo vs. composite/graphite, but it seems close! It certainly warrants some experimentation so I can speak from personal experience in the future. Tom, please forgive my ignorance but when you refer to "reaction and recovery" are you referring to the moment just before the line
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Thanks for the responses! After reading some other forums and articles, and my personal experience, I am getting the impression everyone compares the difference in rod action between with or without under wraps by false casting with no line. I seldom fish with no fly line out, just shaking my rod at the water....although the fish seem to think so at times...yuk, yuk I am still curious about th
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OK, sorry to go back to this well discussed topic but I can't find anything related to the weight of the line vs. a couple grams of under wrap and finish on the guides. After a little thought it seems to me that once you have a few feet of line out past the tip it will far outweigh any guide under wraps that were done (assuming nothing ridiculously heavy was done). Won't the affect of a couple
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OK, sorry to go back to this well discussed topic but I can't find anything related to the weight of the line vs. a couple grams of under wrap and finish on the guides. After a little thought it seems to me that once you have a few feet of line out past the tip it will far outweigh any guide under wraps that were done (assuming nothing ridiculously heavy was done). Won't the affect of a couple
Forum: rodboard