What part of rod collecting, do you enjoy the most??

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bdcanefly	What part of rod collecting, do you enjoy the most??		Lead	[-]
Posts: 826 09/11/2008 21:53	Tags : None Some people love the buying of the rod. Some people love the looks of the rod. Some people love the feel of the rod. Some people love the owning the rod. Some people love selling the rod. Others love all the above, even the smell....... I won't sell but I am guilty of all of the above. BDC
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uniphasian		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1860 09/11/2008 22:11 Moderator	The fishing! - Uni
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WLYBGR		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 51 09/11/2008 22:24	I'm really new to bamboo collecting but here's my two canadian cents. I love to FISH my bamboo. As soon as I purchase a new(old) bamboo I can't wait to feel that 1st fish on. I think about who fished it before me. Where were they fishing and what did they catch on these beautiful old bamboo rods. OH I wish these old rods could talk! I try to give them the respect that the gentleman who purchased it new about 70-80 years ago must have given to these old Grangers for them to look like they do today. I can sit at the water and just stare at my old Granger Special that is balanced with an old Pflueger medalist reel from the same years and be completely taken back to a slower less complicated time. Makes me wish sometimes that I could have been the guy to buy them new. WLYBGR.
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bulldog1935		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6076 09/11/2008 22:46 Bulldog1935	uniphasian wrote: The fishing! what he said
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firehole		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3472 09/11/2008 23:02 Local user	I love the challenge of finding and purchasing rare & unique rods. Dennis Last Edited By: firehole 09/11/2008 23:06. Edited 1 time.
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cebfishing		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 451 09/11/2008 23:29	The different looks and different feel when fishing with them. Chuck
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teter		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1059 09/11/2008 23:49	I love the looks and the feel and the smell. But all of those are subordinate to the rod's primary purpose. I can't wait to get a newly acquired rod out on the stream and hook a fish with it. I have a number of rods that I return to again and again, but except for a handful of rods that are either too frail or too rare to fish, I try to fish every rod in my collection, regardless of how much I paid for them. Which, honey, if you happen to read this, isn't all that much.
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lstshkr		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 191 09/12/2008 00:11	I like the history of the rod or the rod maker/company. Whenever I buy a rod, I immediately try to find as much information about it as possible. And then I like to fish that rod as much as possible - for some reason, it gives me a sense of being connected with the workmanship, stories, and materials of the past. I am able to thrash through the woods with a $600 modern-day graphite rod with little concern for its well-being, but if I take one of my refinished Grangers (which cost much less), I am constantly fearful of something happening to them. The other thing I like is restoring an old rod to fishable condition - I think that also gives me some sort of link to the past. From what many of you have described, it sounds like there are a bunch of romantics here on the forum - I know I'm one of them! Dean "I used to be clueless, but I've turned that situation around 360 degrees."
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Serendipity		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1229 09/12/2008 00:15	I love the fact makers give you two tips so you can toast marshmallows after a long day on the stream. richard
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quashnet		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2157 09/12/2008 00:28 Moderatus Muscae	I enjoy researching detailed histories of rods and their rodmakers, which is no surprise to anyone who looks at the PHY database page or reads posts like the history of my Para 15. I fully enjoy fishing the rods that I collect, because I do not see my experiences as standing separate or apart from that history. Quashnet's Paul H. Young Rod Database has photos and descriptions of over 330 PHY Co. rods, plus catalogs, accessories, etc. Thank you to all who continue to send me PHY rod photos and info.
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Seabowisha Salmo T	me, too!	#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 93 09/12/2008 01:18	everything for which i am a steward on this earth must have a utilitarian purpose; the great pyrenees are fishing buddies, the colts, h&h's. and the howitzers are for shooting, the '46 pickup is for beer runs, the antiques are for enjoying, the books are for information and entertainment, and the reels and rods are for fishing. i love obtaining a broken down and ostensibly worthless thing to others and reserructing it to it's former usefulness. it is worth repeating; bamboo fly rods are for fishing. regards, j winfree
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rlnunleycom		#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 312 09/12/2008 01:20	I love to fish them, but just as much, I enjoy holding in my hands a rod that past makers like Payne, Gillum, Edwards, Maxwell, etc., etc., etc., put their blood and sweat into... and present well known makers that have a history in the craft like Bob Taylor, Ron Kusse, Mark Aroner, Bob Summers and countless others, toiled over for 30 or 40 hours, or new makers (so many names) worked on for countless nights and weekends. I enjoy holding and fishing these rods, knowing the kind of work and dedication it took to make them. You know, sometimes it doesn't even have to be a beautiful or near perfect rod. Sometimes, I look at how "excited" a maker is about his work and that kind of makes me excited about his work... and mine. That excitement reminds me of why I do this, why I started this 20 odd years ago, and why I still do this when, some days, I'd really rather just retire and fish my a$$ off every day... but I won't. I love the smell of the varnish, old and new... I love that nasty taste in the back of my throat when I neglect the latex gloves and get some of those nasty chemicals on my hands... I just love the rods and everything about them, and that gives me a deep appreciation of those who make them... the old hands, the great makers and the new guys and all of their rods. Bob R.L. Nunley Rodmaker
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pvansch1		#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3926 09/12/2008 07:10 Moderator	Casting, fishing, sniffing the tubes and the history of the rod. Pete Fishing in the rain!
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Berry Point	What Part?	#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 361 09/12/2008 07:23	The having 9 rods and still calling myself a non-collector part............
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cwood		#14	[url]	[-]
Posts: 439 09/12/2008 08:11	The search for the ultimate small-medium stream rod, regardless of looks or maker. CWood Last Edited By: cwood 09/12/2008 08:38. Edited 1 time.
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Flyman615	Rod collecting enjoyment	#15	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2892 09/12/2008 10:35	I enjoy finding original rods, carefully cleaning and polishing, or in some cases restoring them; then matching them with an interesting classic reel and going fishing. Best, Flyman Last Edited By: Flyman615 09/12/2008 12:10. Edited 1 time.
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recane1	Collecting	#16	[url]	[-]
Posts: 115 09/12/2008 10:45	One of my first and favorite bamboo rods got gone several years ago. To this day, I am still trying to find a rod that feels that good in my hands. I also enjoy coming across a collectible rod at an incredible price. That always makes me feel pretty good and not just because I am Jewish. Aaron
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appgap		#17	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1100 10/26/2008 09:54	I love the history. Reading about the individual builders then actually fishing a rod that was built by hand and fished by who knows how many people before me. I also have to admit I love the smell of a rod and rod bag when they come out of the tube.
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seattlesetters		#18	[url]	[-]
Posts: 408 10/26/2008 10:43	I love talking about bamboo rods with those who have vastly more experience with them than I. I like talking to these people and identifying current makers who are considered at the top of the game or who are up-and-comers, and identifying which two or three tapers are their very best efforts. Then I like talking about bamboo rods with the actual builders to determine which of these best tapers might suit my needs and my style. I like talking about bamboo rods with these fine builders through the entire ordering and building process and learning about how they build the rod and why they select the components they do and what they use the rod for when they get a chance to take it to the stream. I especially love that moment a new rod arrives, when I get to open the tube, smell the fresh varnish and see the rod for the first time. Seeing everything I've been talking about for the last year or more is really a culmination of the excitement and learning process of buying a new rod. But what I love most is my habit of taking that new rod and, for a while, forgetting I own others. I take the rod fishing and find reasons to take it fishing again and again and to use it exclusively for a time so I may get to know it and understand its life. The conversations I've had about the rod with other bamboo aficionados and the rod's maker remain in the forefront of my mind while I'm fishing, and I'm always on the lookout for the nuances and impressions I've gained from others. I love it when I "get it" and something I've heard comes into play and is unmistakable. I enjoy when I glean my own impressions, as well, and secretly harbor the selfish notion that somehow I may add to the rod and its builder's lore through some future conversation... And there is nothing quite like taking that first, nice trout on a new rod. A trout that makes the Hardy or the Godfrey or the Bellinger sing and puts a heavy bend in the cane. Last Edited By: seattlesetters 10/26/2008 10:48. Edited 1 time.
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SnooKen		#19	[url]	[-]
Posts: 733 10/26/2008 11:18	I love that both in its entirety and the details cane flyrods are so totally absorbing that, for a while, the rest of the world goes away. Ken
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bdcanefly		#20	[url]	[-]
Posts: 832 10/27/2008 10:32	I still enjoy the find, whether it is at a garage sale,swapmeet or flea-bay. It is the find that gets me excited. For once the rod is owned by me it has 3 places to possibly go. 1.resoration/rebuild desk. 2.straight into rod bags with the others waiting to be fished. 3.stripping pile, yes, sometimes I buy rods just for parts. I have built a few nice rods out of the sripping pile as they were complete rods, just thought they were to far gone for anything else.... BDC
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