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Maybe you should commision a young and driven local bamboo builder to make a half a dozen rods in the most common lengths & weights (7ft – 7.6ft – 8ft – 8.5ft) rods. These new makers will probably charge somewhere between $600-800 a rod. Get them prominently showed in a nice wooden rod stand behind glass. This always adds some extra magic to it.
Maybe you can get a better deal if you guys are his showroom.
Jay
Sorry Scott, but T&T bamboo was never ‘affordable’… Not then, not now.
The waiting time is generally 4 years+.$1800 for a one tip Classic bamboo rod can’t hardly be called affordable? For JR Ewing it is…
But they are darn fine looking rods. Haven’t cast a lot of T&T’s but the ones I’ve cast so far weren’t ‘heaven splitting’.
Jay
Most bamboo fishermen don’t just buy a rod off the shelf of a fly shop. Bamboo and production as in graphite rods don’t go together in the of view of these prople. Unlike in the 1950-1970’s when factory bamboo was common (Orvis, Philipson, WM).
Today bamboo rods are ordered at indiviual makers. The problem here is the waiting time. The well known makers have a waiting cue of 1 year and more. I think not acceptable for a fly shop?
The only ‘production rods’ that might still get accepted by these folks are Winston & Scott. You might consider Sweetgrass rods too, but again long waiting time (2 years?).
Jay
Me too. My exams were taken under Mel Krieger.
But how one casts fiffers. So if anyone wants to go further than the basic casting fundaments, one should stick to one instructor since the instructor is instructing how HE casts.Jay
How about if we buy an item together and getting huge amount of discount?
We’ll probably need several hundred people to achieve this!If you look around, you can usually find perfectly suitable substitutes for most of the high end stuff. I built my own stripping basket for pennies compared to the $50+ for a “real” one. I use a very nice waist pack I purchased for $15 from Sports Authority, that is just as good as the $75 “technical” fly fishing waist pack. Most of my fishing clothes consist of Columbia fishing shirts I can usually find on sale for $25 or less, and Columbia Snake River Shorts, for about $20. The only two “high end” items I own are a pair of Simms Flats Sneakers I’m about to wear out and a pair of Patagonia Marl Walkers that are so uncomfortable, I’ll probably never wear them out.
As for shirts, I used to wear just regular cotton shirts. During comfortable weather, no problem. If temps get real hot, these quick drying shirts are a lot more comfortble.
Why did you buy the Marl Walkers if you find it to be very uncomfortable?
I get really picky about wading shoes too. That’s because my feet can’t handle narrow toe area. I also want thick padded ankle areas too. So far only Simms Freestones match my needs. These shoes are very durable too so that’s great.I would like to see ideas about replacing expensive gear by much more affordable items. Or where we can get the original with amazing sale prices
Jay
Coming from Europe my best fair is flying to Calgary, renting a car & drive down to MT.
Getting a flight from Calgary to MT sucks. The tickets are impossibly expensive…Maybe an interesting idea to measure the belly and tip diameter of the line brands as well as their models using a micrometer?
I’m very curious how the lines (let’s say a #4 and a #5) differ in diameter. My guess is that it will be pretty different!
Jay
These asian reels are contracted. That means it can be made by ‘anyone’.
Reels that are made in asia by asian companies CAN be items that are valued more. Like reels made by Shimano etc. But again, the fly fishing industry is dominated by American companies so US made items will be the standard which others are measured.But if we are talking about Hi-fi, camera’s, etc. the asian made items are preferred.
Jay
I think before you get one you should try a rotary style vise as well as a regular vise. Rotary vises has a very nice feature (ribbing, etc. using the rotating motion) you might not use as often as one might have thought.
I use a Dyna-King Professional BTW
Jay
