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        <![CDATA[ My preference in rods has been evolving and, surprise, surprise! I am beginning to appreciate the tapers that those who have been fishing the same waters that
I do but for many more years prefer. In particular, PHY tapers. I search this board for threads/posts about the Para 14 but it seems that while there is a lot
of comments about PHY&#39;s Driggs, Perfectionist tapers, the conversation, for the most part, skips over the Para 14 and resumes with Para 15. I was wondering
what folks thought... ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: PHY&#39;s Para 14 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I made one a couple years ago, and I like it with a WF5.....Its comfortable at 25-50&#39; overhead, a good roll caster out to 35-40&#39; or so, but it&#39;s
not great in close. If I use a very aggressive double haul, I can hit 75&#39;-80&#39; pretty consistently........Not bad for a bamboo 5wt. Cheers. ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: PHY&#39;s Para 14 ]]></title>
			<link>http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/143738/t/PHY-39-s-Para-14.html#reply-143738</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A friend and I made para14 blanks on our MHM&#39;s using the taper in Hexrod with a 14 ferrule. We found them extremely tip heavy with a generally heavy feel.
My friend added lead  to the reelseat to attempt to balance the rod. He gave his away and I didn&#39;t complete mine. Fishing this rod all day would wear me
out. Perhaps if we had hollow built the blanks our results would have been more pleasing
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a heavy ree ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:49:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: PHY&#39;s Para 14 ]]></title>
			<link>http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/142980/t/PHY-39-s-Para-14.html#reply-142980</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ My experience was limited to one day of fishing the rod on a Southeastern tailwater and another day just lawn casting.  I met a fella fishing cane on one of my
local rivers, which doesn&#39;t happen that often, and we ended up swapping a couple rods, chatting cane, and fishing together for the day.  He and several of
his fishing buddies fish Gallas rods.  At the time I had only heard of Gallas in passing since he isn&#39;t a name that gets brought up that often, but since
then I realize he... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:10:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: PHY&#39;s Para 14 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ CWood . . . say more about your casting experience of Gallas&#39;  7&#39;9&quot; 5wt parabolic . . . . Please.
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Secondhandwolf ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: PHY&#39;s Para 14 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I have the Gallas 7&#39;9&quot; 2pce parabolic and it is indeed a very nice taper.
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Fishes small dries to medium sized buggers quite well - a very good all around rod. ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: PHY&#39;s Para 14 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ There&#39;s an interesting thread on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rodbuilding.com">www.rodbuilding.com</a> in which Chris Carlin discusses his modifications of the Para
14 taper published by George Maurer:  <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rodbuildingforum.com/index.php?showtopic=13796">http://www.rodbuildingforum.com/index.php?showtopic=13796</a> . And there&#39;s a another thread on
the same forum: <a target="_blank"... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I owned a Pickard 795 for a short bit and I never really liked the taper.  I cast a Thramer P14 once and remember thinking it was an awesome rod, thus my
pursuit of the Pickard rod when I saw one for sale.  Something was very different...... the Pickard was less parabolic and just didn&#39;t feel right for me
and my casting stroke.  I then had the opportunity to cast a John Gallas 7&#39;9&quot; 5 wt. parabolic rod, and WOW!  That was the nicest casting parabolic rod
I&#39;ve ever handled,... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>I have a Pickard 795.  I find it an easy, fluid caster, requiring less effort than my other rods.   Its really something with a fish on.</p>

<p>Rick</p> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: PHY&#39;s Para 14 ]]></title>
			<link>http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/142757/t/PHY-39-s-Para-14.html#reply-142757</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I have an 8&#39; PHY Ace with a 14 ferrule from the early 1950s--and it&#39;s an awesome taper, pretty much my go-to rod.  It&#39;s a true 5 weight--more
delicate than a para 15, and yet you can push it hard when you need to.
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I had for a while a Pickard 795.  Like most of John&#39;s rods, it was beautifully made, but the rod and I never quite got along, and I sold it.  I didn&#39;t
mic out the rods to compare the tapers, but somehow the 3&quot; seems to make a difference.  It could... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:13:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: PHY&#39;s Para 14 ]]></title>
			<link>http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/142753/t/PHY-39-s-Para-14.html#reply-142753</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I have Chris Carlin&#39;s modified Para 14 and love it. I would say it is probably my favorite rod. I am usually on the Kankakee about every Sunday if you want
to try it out.
<br>
John
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:26:26 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ And I have a hollow version made by Chris Carlin which I also use with a DT-5, although in a pinch I&#39;ve found a WF-5 works almost as well. To me, it&#39;s
very nearly the perfect all-around trout rod. No kidding.
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<br>
Last year at the First Annual Black Hills Cane Conclave, held in Spearfish City Park alongside BHB&#39;s fifth wheel and attended by three of The Faithful, I
found much to my delight that my Carlin is a virtual twin to BHB&#39;s Lancaster right down to the cosmetics.... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ David,
<br>
<br>
A few years ago I picked up a Bob Lancaster Parabolic 14 7&#39;9&quot; 5 wt
<br>
he was selling on ebay.  I got it at a very good price BIN, but haven&#39;t
<br>
seen it offered since, not even through Len Codella, who carries his
<br>
rods.  I was completely pleased with the rod (still am) and started a little
<br>
thread on it. I recall A. J. Thramer&#39;s saying it was his own favorite Young
<br>
taper, and at the time he was offering that taper as well.  Mine handles a... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:23:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Interestingly, I just checked Summers and Pickard&#39;s site, Summers does not offer a 7&#39;9&quot; 5 wt but Pickard does.
<br>
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- David ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:22:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: PHY&#39;s Para 14 ]]></title>
			<link>http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/reply/142715/t/PHY-39-s-Para-14.html#reply-142715</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ That&#39;s interesting. What caught my attention is that Chris Carlin offers a modified Para 14 and Sweet Waters rods offers a Para 14 taper modified by George
Mauer, both of which are 7&#39;9&quot; 5 wts. What really caught my attention is that Dennis H, troutwings, listed the Para 14 as one of his favorite PHY
tapers along with the Perfectionist.
<br>
<br>
I appreciate your comment about the MM, but this is more of a learning exercise than a quest to fill a gap in the quiver. Although, in... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:03:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I have found references to a total of four &quot;Para 14&quot; rods built by PHY, and listed these in the PHY database. One rod was 7&#39;3&quot;, one was
7&#39;6&quot;, and two were 8&#39;0&quot; in length. It seems almost certain that few Para 14s were made (which explains the lack of user comments) and that
the rod remained experimental and never became a truly standardized model. The only person who I ever knew to have cast one said there was a &quot;hitch&quot;
in the cast, and... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:48:34 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ My preference in rods has been evolving and, surprise, surprise! I am beginning to appreciate the tapers that those who have been fishing the same waters that
I do but for many more years prefer. In particular, PHY tapers. I search this board for threads/posts about the Para 14 but it seems that while there is a lot
of comments about PHY&#39;s Driggs, Perfectionist tapers, the conversation, for the most part, skips over the Para 14 and resumes with Para 15. I was wondering
what folks thought... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:03:30 GMT</pubDate>
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