For me, it is a link to the past with all of the advantages of the research of our modern builders. And it gives the buyer the chance to put his/her own
touches while working with builder. Try to get a custom grip on a Sage or Scott.
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Why do you fish a bamboo rod?
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They are just much better suited to the way I cast, and fish. Also as a added bonus I am using something that someone has put several hours of their life into in order to make a very useable piece of art. Plus they are just plain COOL!!!!! |
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Posts: 144 12/05/2008 22:48 |
Because I cast one and I really liked it and I can fish what ever I like.
 I also like the history. Same with Parker, Fox and LC Smith.
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Posts: 1275 12/06/2008 00:47 |
Graphite is a trumpet. It's hard-edged, bright and sharp . Cane is a violin. It's warm and full and it has an almost human voice. Both instruments
can make beautiful music, but I prefer the violin.
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Posts: 2308 12/06/2008 02:07 Moderatus Muscae |
I fish my cane rods because it's fun. Sure, I like that they are functional and beautiful, and personally I really enjoy learning about their histories,
but the key is the enjoyment. If it's not fun, it's not fishing. I would fish cane if everyone else was doing it, and I would fish cane if no one else
was doing it. And to anyone who likes fishing graphite, I say, "The trout don't care what they're caught on." Graphite, fiberglass, bamboo -
it makes no difference to the fish. It only makes a difference to the fisherman, and if he or she is happy, then life is good.
Quashnet's Paul H. Young Rod Database has photos and descriptions of over
390 PHY Co. rods, plus catalogs, accessories, etc. Thank you to all
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Posts: 158 12/06/2008 02:17 |
"Cuz', I like the way it doubles over when I catch somethin'
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Why do I fish with bamboo?
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Posts: 104 12/06/2008 19:10 |
fishing lets me slow down and relax. cane as opposed to graphite lets me do it better.
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Posts: 3786 12/06/2008 19:19 Moderator |
Gentlemen use cane.... barbarians use plastic.
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Posts: 2157 12/06/2008 19:32 |
what rod are you fishing in your avatar? Always been curious.
Bob Go Heels!!! |
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Posts: 1819 12/06/2008 21:02 Orvis Database Founder |
For their beauty, grace and soul...
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Posts: 530 12/06/2008 21:53 |
I like to flip out a new guide.
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Posts: 771 12/07/2008 08:56 |
Plastic lives too fast
and dies young; Bamboo ages with graceful beauty.
I'm more successful at keeping my mind open than my mouth shut.
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Posts: 108 12/07/2008 09:12 |
I love the way they look, feel, and I appreciate the craftsmenship that went into building them. Also, I think more was thought/experiment was put into their
tapers that had more to do with fishing rather that just making the rod cast as far as possible.
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Posts: 325 12/08/2008 11:03 |
I´d like to turn the question the other way around, asking the graphite guys: Why don´t you fish a bamboo rod?....
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Posts: 25 12/08/2008 12:05 |
Bamboo hold's magic within it's composition. Graphite is cold, sterile and lifeless, much like mars....
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Posts: 2163 12/08/2008 15:06 |
Maybe you should do that Mats...................with your own Topic.
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Posts: 326 12/08/2008 17:23 |
Well Bob, you asked:
My question is this, how do you respond to this question of "why do you fish bamboo"? My post tells what I mostly say, as the question often is confrontational. Not always, but very often. If it´s not, they get to try my rod instead. If they don´t like it, I´m perfectly fine with that. // Mats |
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Posts: 2702 12/08/2008 17:55 Immoderatus Britannicus |
Nothing really has changed for me - but Skues probably said it with more finesse than I can muster ;
"I think the chief part of the ecstasy of fishing with the fly is to be found in the qualities of the fly rod, and if I am right in this, the more exquisite the rod the keener and more perfect the pleasure to be derived from the sport, a strong argument in favour of perfection in one's weapon for the particular game in hand. It may be, indeed it is, better to fish with any old rod than not to fish, but to fish with the most perfect of gear raises the satisfaction to the sublime - a thing of which those who have never handled a really perfect weapon can have no conception." |
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Posts: 376 12/08/2008 18:16 Reclusive! Like J D Salinger |
Another quote which speaks better than I do, . . . :-
"How can one find adequate words to describe the sweet feel of a rod that makes casting an esthetic delight, yet which adds little to one's ability to catch fish?" from "The Philosophical Fisherman" by Harold Blaisdell |
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