Post by zephead on May 28, 2007 22:41:30 GMT
Pecheurs et pecheuse,
in these days of us all going daft to buy the next new "wonder" rod is it really not line technology that is leading the way in improving distance and ease of line control ahead of rod development.
I suggest this as,by way of an experiment-ette,after supper last week and in a moment of nostalgic weakness I put an old Hardy 15'4" DL up to work off the Potarch Inn cod and chips and pleasantly surprised myself that without too much "hoof it" over- ride and"shoulder barging" I pushed out with a fair degree of ease a full Lee Wulff 10/11 TT Floater through the rod top when messing around at the end of the shift.
Again,on Friday at Lower Birmingham,I gave the Fuhrer my Powerlite and had a slash with his fathers B&W Walker for an hour or two to bullwork off the effects of a Cornhill Deli chilli pie.Again,the old rod which has lost a lot of its original spunk over the years due to a great deal of use,chucked the whole LW TT into a stiff breeze with considerable aplomb given its age and apparent decrepitude in the face of more modern rods.
Whilst this was possible with a DT in capable hands,the advent of Spey taper lines has,IMHO,surely been a bigger contributor to increased distance and improved presentation for "Mr Average" in the traditional Speycasting shere (Viking-bred shooting head casts etc excepted from this debate) than rod design itself.
Should we therefore not be trying more lines with our rods to achieve better distances and presentability (and no better place then here given the Line Pool??) rather than be too keen to discard last years model of rod for this years in the search for a rod that lives up to our idea of salmon rod and Speycasting utopia?
Alternatively,has much more publicity/education/de-mystifying re Speycasting meant folks are getting more from their rods and that it wouldn't matter if they were using older lines and rod technology anyway?
Also noted,before being brought up on it,that the line in question ain't the most modern in light of a Carron/Jocky M/Guideline Spear taper etc and having got used to relatively lightweight modern rods myself the likelihood of such "Heritage"sessions are likely to be few and far between.
Over to you,panellists for your learned views and opinions................
ZH
in these days of us all going daft to buy the next new "wonder" rod is it really not line technology that is leading the way in improving distance and ease of line control ahead of rod development.
I suggest this as,by way of an experiment-ette,after supper last week and in a moment of nostalgic weakness I put an old Hardy 15'4" DL up to work off the Potarch Inn cod and chips and pleasantly surprised myself that without too much "hoof it" over- ride and"shoulder barging" I pushed out with a fair degree of ease a full Lee Wulff 10/11 TT Floater through the rod top when messing around at the end of the shift.
Again,on Friday at Lower Birmingham,I gave the Fuhrer my Powerlite and had a slash with his fathers B&W Walker for an hour or two to bullwork off the effects of a Cornhill Deli chilli pie.Again,the old rod which has lost a lot of its original spunk over the years due to a great deal of use,chucked the whole LW TT into a stiff breeze with considerable aplomb given its age and apparent decrepitude in the face of more modern rods.
Whilst this was possible with a DT in capable hands,the advent of Spey taper lines has,IMHO,surely been a bigger contributor to increased distance and improved presentation for "Mr Average" in the traditional Speycasting shere (Viking-bred shooting head casts etc excepted from this debate) than rod design itself.
Should we therefore not be trying more lines with our rods to achieve better distances and presentability (and no better place then here given the Line Pool??) rather than be too keen to discard last years model of rod for this years in the search for a rod that lives up to our idea of salmon rod and Speycasting utopia?
Alternatively,has much more publicity/education/de-mystifying re Speycasting meant folks are getting more from their rods and that it wouldn't matter if they were using older lines and rod technology anyway?
Also noted,before being brought up on it,that the line in question ain't the most modern in light of a Carron/Jocky M/Guideline Spear taper etc and having got used to relatively lightweight modern rods myself the likelihood of such "Heritage"sessions are likely to be few and far between.
Over to you,panellists for your learned views and opinions................
ZH