08-12-2010, 08:36 PM
Peter,
Sorry to hear about the rod. Guess that means I can't borrow it next weekend.[
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I've broken 3 rods this year. 2 simply while casting and one with a fish on. The two broken while casting were probably nicked like FG said. We call them "clousered" since it's normally surf casting with clousers where this commonly happens here in SCAL. The other one I was holding the rod too vertical while a guide was landing the fish. I had let the loop get inside the tip and I think that caused additional stress when the fish flopped around.
BTW, if the bass aren't hitting my flies, I do throw some soft plastic worms with the fly rod. I'm also experimenting with small spinner baits and jigs. You can read all about it in "Bassin with a Fly Rod" if you want to borrow it.
[url "http://books.google.com/books?id=MB5a-eYRfPMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=bassin+with+a+fly+rod&hl=en&ei=6FpkTJwU0-OcB-HErJcN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false"]http://books.google.com/books?id=MB5a-eYRfPMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=bassin+with+a+fly+rod&hl=en&ei=6FpkTJwU0-OcB-HErJcN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false[/url]
Jim
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Sorry to hear about the rod. Guess that means I can't borrow it next weekend.[
]I've broken 3 rods this year. 2 simply while casting and one with a fish on. The two broken while casting were probably nicked like FG said. We call them "clousered" since it's normally surf casting with clousers where this commonly happens here in SCAL. The other one I was holding the rod too vertical while a guide was landing the fish. I had let the loop get inside the tip and I think that caused additional stress when the fish flopped around.
BTW, if the bass aren't hitting my flies, I do throw some soft plastic worms with the fly rod. I'm also experimenting with small spinner baits and jigs. You can read all about it in "Bassin with a Fly Rod" if you want to borrow it.
[url "http://books.google.com/books?id=MB5a-eYRfPMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=bassin+with+a+fly+rod&hl=en&ei=6FpkTJwU0-OcB-HErJcN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false"]http://books.google.com/books?id=MB5a-eYRfPMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=bassin+with+a+fly+rod&hl=en&ei=6FpkTJwU0-OcB-HErJcN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false[/url]
Jim
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