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Congrats Zach!
It was indeed the combination of fly fishing and photography that triggered me.
What I like here is the relaxed atmosphere.Jay
The new Bass rods from Sage casts like a canon, but that’s another high price tagged rod.
Not sure the other options are. How about getting an old Sage RPL, which is considered medium rather than fast. Put a #9 line on a #8 rod and try out the short casts?
Any other options? This is interesting.
Jay –
They aren’t. Did you get a waxed one? I had a little, um, help packing these and the quality control by “the other party” may not have been perfect. :
Yup!
I ordered 2 low hat unwaxed hats and got the waxed ones instead.
Can I send them back for exchange?Jay
Zach,
got mine in today!
Thanks.Just a question:
I thought that the low profile hats were NOT waxed? Or am I mistaken?Jay
Cortland lines seems to be typically thicker in diameter than SA. Don’t know about Rio.
The thickness of the line really makes a rod cast different (wind resistance of the line while casting), yet this issue is never really discussed.Jay
By the way Jay nice fly. What is that?
Rick,
It’s a Dahlberg Diver. A floating bass bug for large mouth bass. Larry Dahlberg developed this style of bass bugs which floats (deer hair) but due to the shape of the head and the collar it dives when you give it a pull / retrieve. A bit like a plug when lure fishing.
Here’s some back ground info on my blog:
http://bassbug.blogspot.com/2006/02/dahlberg-divers.htmlJay
1) Getting a nice collar
* Get good quality deer hair. Elk is useable but it’s much tougher to spin. Good quality deer hair for spinning is spongy when pinched, straight(ish).
* For getting a nice even collar you need hair that ends rather short & pointy rather than one with tips that are wavy and long. The shorter tipped hair makes the darker band on the collar more even.
* Use a hair stacker to make the tips even.
* Use enough hair.
* Tie/spin the bundle of hair UNeven: the tip zone and the remaining hair uneven makes sorting out which hair is where easier. This comes in handy when you start cutting he hair with the scissors.
2) Getting hair to stay put
* Use good strong thread. I use Danville Flymaster Plus for my bassbugs. Hair that isn’t tied tight will come loose. If your thread breaks because you pull it tight, is bound to cause problems.
* Explore how hard you can pull with the thread. You will need this to know how hard you can pull the thread when your hair is tied on the hook.
* After the initial spinning, add a TIGHT wrap or 2 before going to the front of the bundle to tie in the next bundle of hair.
* Before spinning in the next bundle, wrap 2 wraps in front of the previous bundle. Then using your finger nails shove the hair back hard. This will compress the bundle.
* Drop a drop of head cement just in front of the hook shank of the previous bundle.
* Keep the hair compact by pushing the last bundle tight next to the previous bundle.
Good luck!
Just for reference, you can make hair REALLY compact like this head on the dalhberg diver I made a long time ago:
Well, you could discuss about whether the 6-weight rod is specially nice or the Helios series as a whole is great?
Jay
Will these be “Made in U.S.A.” hats??
dan
These days are over.
My last Imperial hat with ‘Made in USA’ is about 8 yeas old.Jay
Mike,
is it a Scott rod you want to buy, or a rod that meets your requirement? S4 and E2 are different rods in price range.
I also own a Scott (G2 905) and I love it. Yet I also have Sage (Z-Axis 691) and a whole bunch of other rods. If you don’t want to pay a mortgage style of price, take a look at Vision rods (hmm… no dealer in the USA yet) or brands like TFO. What I mean to say is look how ‘important’ a rod is to you and get the best rod for the budget you set yourself.
Jay
Ps. Vision: http://www.visionflyfishing.com/gtfour_catapult_seatrout.html
Update Feb 15:
Vision now has a USA dealer: http://www.deschutesangler.com
They don’t have the Vision rods up at the site yet though.Well, 8PM your time is way after bed time for me…
But just 3 folks chatting? Man this bar needs more folks hanging out!
Jay
