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firehole		#81	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3923 05/26/2009 10:34 Local user	My graphites consist of a Winston LT 8'9" 5wt. 5pc. and for windy days a Sage TCR 9' 6wt. 4pc. On my Alaska trips I take Winston BL5 9' 8wt. 5pc. Dennis
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alpom		#82	[url]	[-]
Posts: 321 05/26/2009 11:01	I kept Winston IM6 8 3pc #3, 8'6'' 3pc #5 and LT5 8'3'' #4 but already forgot when i used them last time. Anyway will hold to this 3
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Mainiac		#83	[url]	[-]
Posts: 732 05/26/2009 13:25	PYochim, Funny you should ask... as awful as the rod is, it is the best thing I got out of that relationship.
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seattlesetters		#84	[url]	[-]
Posts: 658 05/26/2009 14:46	I recently bought a Scott A2 9' 6wt 4-piece rod to use strictly as a drift boat rod. It's the only graphite rod I own. "You know how much I *love* a nice rack!"
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flysupplies		#85	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1264 05/26/2009 15:05	I keep some with the spigot ferrule. Winston, Hardy, Scott, East Branch, older T&T, Fisher, Diamondback, older Green River. Bob Last Edited By: flysupplies 05/26/2009 15:10. Edited 1 time.
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pvansch1		#86	[url]	[-]
Posts: 4629 05/27/2009 07:35 Moderator	I traded in my TFO 9' 10wt 2 piece for a TFO 9' 10wt 4 piece (for portability). Used it twice because I had Dennis Stone build me a blank 8.5' 8wt 3/2 for saltwater fishing and have been using that. Stripers on bamboo = Blast!! Pete
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hopkintoncane		#87	[url]	[-]
Posts: 422 05/27/2009 08:04	I've kept all my graphite rods that are in excellent to mint condition, I keep thinking that history will repeat itself, and the early, more traditional action of these rods will become sought after with time, and when introducing a newbie to fishing, a much safer option, Orvis Superfine 7.5' One Weight Orvis Superfine 7.5' Tippet 3 wt Orvis Superfine 7'11" Seven Eleven 4 wt Orvis Superfine 8' Tight Loop 4 wt Orvis Superfine 8.5' Henry's Fork 5 wt Orvis Superfine 7.9' Far and Fine 5 wt Orvis Superfine 8' Trout 6 wt Orvis Superfine 8'3" All Rounder 7 wt Orvis Superfine 8'3" All Rounder 7 wt (4 piece) and I keep these because I perfer plastic in salt, Orvis T-3 9' 7 wt (4 piece) Orvis Boron Powerflex 9' 8 wt Orvis Silver Label 9' 8 wt Orvis Silver Label 9' 9 wt (4 piece) See a pattern here? Todd
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pvansch1		#88	[url]	[-]
Posts: 4631 05/27/2009 08:44 Moderator	"See a pattern here? Todd " You own an Orvis Shop? Pete
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corlay.fiberglassflyro...		#89	[url]	[-]
Posts: 42 05/27/2009 09:18	hopkintoncane wrote: See a pattern here? Todd yeah, but I'm wondering why are you missing the Orvis Superfine Limestone 8.5' 6 wt.? PS Thanks for the catalog listing! I've been searching-out these old Orvis graphites, and wasn't sure what models were even out there. Now I have a pretty good idea. (I own the Orvis Superfine Henry's Fork 8.5' 5wt.; and really like it.) "From my observations I think that most of us spend too much time worrying about our tackle and too little time learning the intimate characteristics of the fish and streams we fish most." - Ray Bergman Trout, New York: Knopf 1938
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hdrmd		#90	[url]	[-]
Posts: 10 05/27/2009 10:20	Me too: Orvis All Rounder 4 piece 7wt. for backpacking. DR
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crcaddis		#91	[url]	[-]
Posts: 319 05/27/2009 10:40	I dont have any graphite under a 5wt anymore, but I fish these quite a bit.. Sage SLT 9' 5wt St. Croix Ultra Legend 9' 6wt Winston BXII 9' 7wt Custom by Tom Hargrove 9' 7wt Sage XP Sage RPLXi 9' 8wt 9' 8wt Built by a friend of mine 9.5' Thomas & Thomas 8wt Sage RPLXi 9' 9wt Custom by Tom Hargrove Sage RPL+ 9' 9wt My wife likes the 5wt a lot so I think I'll be adding another..Probably a 9' 5wt Z-Axis or TCR
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Ponsonby Britt	I am soooooo old, that I never owned graphite.	#92	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5 05/27/2009 15:17	When I learned to fly fish (the late '60's), the only daily working choice was fiberglass. I first saw bamboo in an Orvis catalog. I could not comprehend what made it worth the asking prices. No one I knew had a bamboo fly rod. My father told me that it was bamboo casting rods that he grew up using (Heddons I have since acquired from my grandfather's estate). I consoled myself by thinking bamboo rods were for the same kind of eccentric that enjoyed things like Civil War re-enactment battles and carried a mashie-niblick. Then, on a trip through Montana, I got to visit Dan Bailey's shop in Livingston. He had Orvis Battenkills out on the racks. As we were leaving I noticed them and went over to see these rods. I still remember the feeling or sense of electricity in the first rod I touched, even when I just went to get it between two fingers to pick up. It was a mind altering experience - the next one like it in my life was when I got to start "car dating" and kissed the teenage girl I liked so much. I worked a part-time job and saved to get an Orvis as soon as I could for our next trip to the Rockies. That is a sweet Rocky Mountain Pack Rod that I still carry and love to cast on mountain creeks. So, I always got bamboo after that and it was before graphite or boron (remember that stiff material?) was even on the racks at the fly shops.
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bluno		#93	[url]	[-]
Posts: 156 05/28/2009 11:54	seattlesetters wrote: I recently bought a Scott A2 9' 6wt 4-piece rod to use strictly as a drift boat rod. It's the only graphite rod I own. If you are the "seattlersetters" who posts frequently on the Winston Forum, I believe you are have more than one graphite rod.....Otherwise you would be not able to comment on the subtle differences of the latest Winston rods :-))
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DrakeBob		#94	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1336 05/28/2009 19:07 Formerly Drake	I guess I'm pretty much with Mr. Britt. For those of us who came of age on glass and bamboo (when they'd let me use it), that new-fangled graphite stuff was an interesting experiment. So, it was never really "kept." I have really gotten into it though, and my preference is for the early Orvis Superfines (not the stuff they're peddling now) with the unsanded blanks and cork reel seats. I've owned and then traded or sold all of them at one point including the Western Series which followed a bit later. IMHO, of any of the graphite rods, they most closely emulate bamboo. For posterity, I've kept: Far and Fine (7'9" 5wt 2/1), which is perhaps the best all-around trout rod ever made in graphite... again, IMHO. Along with the Orvis Superfines, I really liked the pre-IM6 and early IM6 Winstons and I've got: 8 1/2' 5wt 3/1 9' 6wt 3/1 9' 7wt 3/1 And for saltwater the Winston BL5 which I overload by one line weight: 9' 7wt 5/1 9 1/2' 9wt 5/1 So, I've voted in favor of graphite for longer, heavier rods. There's no reason to use graphite (in fact, I think it's a disadvantage) for shorter, lighter rods when compared to bamboo. Bob Piscator Non Solum Piscatur
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kermit	I kept them all............	#95	[url]	[-]
Posts: 109 05/28/2009 21:56	I use to live in Northern California in places like Orleans, Willow Creek, Weaverville and Redding so I fished the Klamath, Trinity, Smith, Eel, Mad, Sacramento and all the other big to moderate rivers around. I fished most of the big lakes too like Shasta, Trinity, Lewiston, Eagle Lake etc., and lets not forget the fine trout fishing streams and creeks like the McCloud, Pit, Hat, on and on. This was paradise...................... Powell SS 9678, 9' 6" 7-8 wt. - moderate river, steelhead rod Powell DF-2H, 9' 6-7 wt.- moderate river, trout rod Powell SS 9056, 9' 5-6 wt.- lake/stream/float tube, trout rod Powell DF 90, 9' 3-4 wt.- small stream, trout rod Thomas & Thomas Horizon, 9' 6 wt. - moderate stream, trout rod Winston IM6, 9' 6 wt. - moderate stream/moderate river, trout rod Sage GFL 990DS, 9' 9 wt. - large/moderate river, salmon/steelhead rod Finwick HMG GFF, 9' 6 wt.- moderate river/stream, trout rod Berkley Series One 540-1, 9' 5 wt. - stream, trout rod St.Croix Legend, 9' 6-7 wt. - moderate river/lake, trout/bass rod St Croix Legend, 9' 6" 7-8 wt. - large river, steelhead rod St Croix Imperial, 8' 4-5 wt. - small lake, trout rod Echo 690-4X 9' 6 wt. - 4 piece lake and kayak rod Pflueger IM6 Summit, 8' 6" 7 wt. - boat, bass/trout rod Cabelas Stowaway 7' 6" 4wt., - 5 piece back packing rod The fiberglass rods are another matter............................KERMIT
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kinzua		#96	[url]	[-]
Posts: 56 06/03/2009 19:40	Two big water trout favorites are the Loop Greylines, 9' 4wt and 5wt. For lake runs, I use a 15 yr old Loomis GLX 9' 6wt and a CND 9'8" Speytracker. When SAGE was closing out the XPs, I could not pass up the little XP 476-2 that is such fun to cast and fish.
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OldCanerods		#97	[url]	[-]
Posts: 37 06/03/2009 20:09	9' 5 wt (2/1) Fisher IM6 that I won at the Sierra Pacific Fly Fishers meeting - rod donated by our monthly speaker - Mr Kennedy, the owner of Fisher 7'6" Winston IM6 (2/1) 4 wt that I found in the close out bin at Marriott's 9' Del Clemens 5 wt (Loomis blank?) that built up - bought at their store for $9.00 (buck per foot) while visiting the in-laws just before they closed up shop 7' Del Clemens 3 wt blank ($7) that I bought and built same time as other Clemens blank. Rod was one of two new rods broke at the same hole, same time while fishing Piru Creek. Other rod was my friend's new Cabela rod. (Hole was thereafter called "2 rod hole" until the floods changed the creek) Rod was repaired with a piece of a Walmart special POS el-cheapie rod 9' Orvis 8wt that I got while signing up as life member of Trout Unlimited Plus a Cabela's rod that I've never pulled out of its tube and so have forgotten what it is.(7'6" 3 wt?)
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john channer		#98	[url]	[-]
Posts: 768 06/03/2009 23:31	I feel like I missed a whole era. When I firststarted flyfishing I had a Phillipson made fiberglass J.C. Higgins 7 wt that was in with my dad's stuff when he died, that's it, just the rod, no reel, line or flies. i know Dad wouldn't have known what to do with it, he was lost without a pushbutton on the reel. That was it for about 10 years as I mostly used a spinning rod for bass and pike, tho once or twice a year i would take the fly rod and catch some bass on it, I had bought a reel, line and flies and taught myself to cast it with the help of a few books. iIbought a Cortland 7 wt graphite, then a year later was bitten by the bamboo bug and never looked back. i finally loaned the Cortland to a guy I hardly knew and never saw it(or missed it) again. Still have the Higgins tho, I keep telling myself someday I'll use it for pike , but it never happens. john
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wefishcane		#99	[url]	[-]
Posts: 762 06/05/2009 17:19	Scott G885/3
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BlackHillsBill		#100	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2784 06/05/2009 19:09	I keep waiting for someone to show up and offer absolution here. And here I am only a backslid Lutheran. But even a stick-in-the-mud, stick-with-the-cane codger like me once sinned with graphite. It was with a special-purpose, special-river rod, which I used several years ago for fishing the big pool and flat stretch of the Yellowstone just below the Mud Volcano drive out in the Park. It was meant to hurl a #14 beadhead Prince halfway across the river during mid-July when the cutthroat season opened and a little stonefly nymph the Prince resembled was active. The rod was a 10-1/2' Orvis belly-boat rod. But I owned no belly-boat. The main idea was not to slip on the slick streambed rocks and drown, so therefore to wade as little as possible and no farther out than an easy dog-paddle to shore. The rod was admirably suited to this purpose. Far but not fine, it would shoot that beadhead Prince a country mile. However, with the invasion of lake trout onto the cutthroat spawning beds and the diminishment of these wonderful cutts, in the throes of melancholia, I gave up fishing them altogether and consigned the long, long Orvis to Dick Spurr. I never looked back and can't say I miss the graphite Big Bertha much except whenever it occurs to me I no longer need to uncork the rubbing balm bottle in mid-July.
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