Fished my Dave Collyer 7'6" Hollow Trouter tonight on ___ ____ Creek near Lake Tahoe. I hadn't fished it yet this year but with the snow melting
and stumbling on a good creek near home with some long slow runs, endless bends with cut banks I needed a rod to do it all. We all have out favorite rods,
and ever since I got this rod a few years ago, it has always been mine. I have a bunch of rods from a variety of makers, both classic and modern, but
Dave's just stand out as my favorite. This is no offense to any other maker, and I denfinetly haven't cast rods from all of them; but it's just
that Dave's rods just suit my personality and casting style. This particular rod's got enough length to skim a dry to tease trout out of the cuts, it
pick up line and roll cast with ease, when I need to fish tight bends I can make short five foot casts at finicky fish and most importantly when there is a
nice slow straightaway, the rod can accuratly rocket line a county mile. While it's great to have a rod that just can fish anywhere, I especially like the
ones that can also put some distance between you and the fly....even when your not casting to fish. Anyway, my buddy was fishing a few hundred yards ahead of
me so no pics today, but I did manage a few nice cutthroats and a few pretty brookies. Lost a couple at dark that I swear were monsters, but in the dark they
all seem big. I'm gonna head up to fish this new little creek once more tommorrow on my way to Yosemite so I'll be sure to post pics of my fish....
with my Collyer.
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Posts: 838 06/06/2008 05:02 |
This is my pick for a trout rod. 8'-0" Payne 201 by Mike Brooks 3/2 # 5/6 line. This rod allows me to fish and do all the cast without thinking about
it. It is a great fit for me and my style of fishing. It's a smooth caster and the fly goes where its aimed. The rod reacts to me as if intuitively knowing
what I want. I require a rod that will roll cast with ease and this rod dose the job. It will also throw a nice curve. If I could have only one rod to fish
this is it. It's a great length and will take a WF6F line which I like on the bigger water. Its a medium speed with a parabolic action. I still haven't
fished a lot of rods yet, I suspect I would like, but as of today this is my pick
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Posts: 50 06/06/2008 11:25 |
For sentlemental reasons, it would have to be my Walton Powell hollowbuilt 8'4" 7 wt.
I've fished this rods since the mid-seventies. It been to Alaska twice and to Alberta and to British Columbia and all over the Western United States. It's not as cosmetically beautiful as some of my rods, but it's a great rod and it's a lot better looking than I. I guess I'm just an old sentimental fool, which IMHO is a nice thing to be.
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Posts: 526 06/06/2008 11:41 |
Hardy Marvel.
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Posts: 410 06/07/2008 16:12 |
Heddon #10, 8ft, 1 3/4f. Just handles great with a CFO III and WF-5-F line.
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Posts: 281 06/09/2008 06:41 |
My favorite would be a Heddon also,Black Beauty 7 1/2' 3/2 1 1/2F that I like with a Heddon 310 reel and a DT4 line.
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Posts: 67 06/09/2008 20:24 |
Chris Carlin Para14M it casts its self
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Posts: 828 06/10/2008 06:49 |
tough one as I have lots of favourites of course.
If it had to be only one it'd be my Bjarne Fries 7,5ft #4 Katana. Can do everything a Perfectionist can but is more sensitive and even lighter in weight (wouldnt cast a 5 weight as well as the original Perfectionist I have tried so is a true 4 weight). For the fishing I do and for its unique understated appearance and taper my No.1 rod. glass rods: Vince Cummings Superlite 8ft #4/5 |
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Posts: 1059 06/10/2008 07:00 |
One and only one is tough, Heddon # 20. 8' 1 3/4f.
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Posts: 235 06/10/2008 09:22 |
Granger 8642.
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The two for this season;
Phillipson 8' 3/2 5wt copy that Dennis Stone made the blank for. Phillipson 8.5" Pacemaker 5wt. Pete |
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Posts: 96 06/10/2008 09:33 |
Can't choose between these three: Ids Schukken 2-3wt, Lew Parks 7612 4wt and Hardy Phantom 5-6wt.
Wilfred de Bruijn
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Posts: 237 06/10/2008 09:47 |
FWdB wrote: I'm sorry, but you'll have to choose. It's the rules.
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Posts: 1021 06/10/2008 10:10 |
John Bradford Legacy III 7'-6" DT-4/WF-5 3.5 oz
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Posts: 111 06/10/2008 12:01 |
I caught my first trout on my Granger 8642 on Sunday. This thing is a cannon with a fresh new wf 6. I have had the rod for a while but have never used it.
By the way that was the second cast on the South Holston River in East Tennessee.
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Posts: 945 06/11/2008 19:35 |
4 weight - Perfectionist taper
5 weight - Walt Carpenter 8 footer
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Posts: 135 06/12/2008 00:30 |
8' Philipson Pacemaker, I didn't realize what a light caster or how delicate the tip was until I got back from fishing the salt with a big stick. Next
time I fish my 8' watchyamacallit rod I got off this board (very granger like) then that will be my favorite again
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Posts: 581 06/13/2008 12:01 |
Favorite Rod = Granger 8040
The trout takes the fly, the line tightens and it's like I was blind, but now I
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Posts: 276 06/13/2008 13:06 |
Winston 7'6'' 3/2 #4
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Posts: 231 06/13/2008 13:27 |
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Posts: 279 06/13/2008 15:48 |
Winston Brackett era
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