There's a lot to be said about moderate action fly rods -- they have great feel, they provide more of a sense of loading and unloading without turning your head to look, they are less fatiguing (to me) since the rod does more of the work with less input, and they are excellent for fighting fish. I've hear it said that the additional "flex" effectively shortens the lever when a fish is on, and thus is less tiring for the angler to fight and land. It sure seems true, but I don't know enough to prove it.
The only situations that seems to offer a clear advantage to fast graphite (to me) are mostly in SW fishing, and I don't fish SW much at all. Also, for situations where you really want more length you are probably better off with graphite due to swing weight.
Gene
On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 8:30:51 AM UTC-5, namfos wrote:
On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 8:30:51 AM UTC-5, namfos wrote:
I guess I'm Gene's accelerant in this slow rod discussion, Carl.Speaking of slow, over the years I've come into 3 cane rods which I don't use often enough. At January's NCC-TU meeting I heard about some bamboo rod gathering in MD that I might go to just for the hell of it and to see what bamboo aficionados say about the rods I've acquired.
Mark
On Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 1:26:32 PM UTC-5, Carl wrote:Mark,Don't get me started with slow rods.
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