fly rod length

[CreationBear]

I think you'll love that Steffen--his 8-foot 3/4 is a modern classic, though I might call it more of a "dryfly" taper than what I think of as a dedicated "swinging" rod. (Though no doubt it would work great with SH and wets as well.) Fred Paddock is also making some great rods these days as well.

Otherwise, I had an early FF-70 that to me was just the perfect short trout rod--unfortunately, getting a two-piece rod into the country I fish proved to be an almost literally life-threatening proposition, so I passed it on. Just great, great rods, though I might be the only person in America who didn't like the FF806.

[skunkaroo]

Aaron,

I just checked my 490 LLB and it has Graphite III stamped on the blank.

Sorry, they originally released it as Type II. I didn't realize they'd produced it in a Type III after. Mmmm... this opens new possibilities.

Aaron

[skunkaroo]

Cool site Aaron .......but trying to click on any of the recommended sites up on the right there (including this one), did me no good. Server could not find anything.

I just checked all the links. Two didn't work... The Nemes interview and the link to this site. I deleted the Nemes link (it's dead) and corrected the one for this site (which was pointing to the old version).

Aaron