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I think any decent caster will be able to cast a line with any rod.
It’s just the personal preference for a real fast, fast, medium/fast, medium or slow rod.On the faster range every rod brand will have one or more models that will fit the bill.
But obviously that’s not all. We also want a rod(brand) that we can identify our self to. This is where Scott seems to come in: people who use/like Scott are not the average fly fisherman. They seem to be really picky about fly fishing. 🙂
Jay, If you liked the LL’s try the ZXL’s or get your hands on an SLT.
I own a 490-4 LL. I got this rod at Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone. Craig Mathews let me have a go outside. Really impressing if you just entered the shop 10 minutes ago…
Such a nice rod which can be fished very relaxing yet when needed it can punch out a hopper rig.
The newer SLT’s and the recent ZXL are nice rods as such but they don’t seem to have this ‘soul’ is see and feel in my LL 😀
In terms of ‘fashionable’ Sage is mainstream while Scott is a lot more ‘doing it differently’.
I also like a slightly more softer rods. The older Sage LL model is a nice rod. I also love Scott’s G2. The fast-faster-fastest race game is something I don’t like. It also makes the whole fishing experience on a fast lane it seems and that’s not what I want when fishing.
Brand loyalty is something every rod company has to keep up. Just being different won’t pay the mortgage. So also Scott needs to offer rods that is in the racing game. It will be interesting how Scott as a company will stay ‘different’ yet still be in the race for customer loyalty.
Ive long since gotten sick of windows. Hemmed and hawwed over going mac for a long time. Don’t know why I waited so long.
This is true to many people using Windows. They just don’t know what there are missing, yet they still hang on to Windows with judgments based on ‘hear say’ which are crap.
High price (which is VERY relative) is probably the single most used argument yet they have no problem fetching out a $600 rod or reel?… ::)
Equally amazing too!
Have you tried the ‘tap to focus’ on the video too? This way you can blur the background. All this on a smart phone!
I usually bring along a separate camera when fishing but I think I can take my iPhone instead in the future.I’ll give you a choice:
You can send me the iPhone or the nice tarpon flies!I own the Creative Vado pocket video camera.
It’s great ‘above’ the water: extremely light, small and very affordable. Very wide angle lens so you can get a lot of the horizon in the picture. Under good light conditions the quality is pretty amazing.
Built-in 8Gb of memory allows you to shoot 2 hours of 720P HD movies.I bought a waterproof bag for the Vado to make shots of the fish released etc. The shots are okay but the noise of the bag is really annoying.
So I guess the best pocket camera for now is the Kodak Playsport. Just waterproof on its own.
Well, I’ll keep my Vado for now. The underwater shots aren’t that appealing after all.
Thanks Shane, but I prefer to have the DVD.
I’m kinda reluctant to paid memberships on internet. I’m a bit afraid I’ll be stuck to them forever and they will charge my CC whenever they likeMan, that’s one worn out fella Zach! 🙂
Did you have any fishing in mind when you bought it or just out of curiosity?
I’m sure there are guys who can revise the reel into very good condition, but there are just too much Medalists, also very mint, out there to make it worth the money and effort.I find Hardy reels too noisy. The sound of that ratchet is like a chainsaw.
That’s part of the charm. Letting the whole neighborhood know that you’ve got fish on! 😀
Let’s stop the chance of misunderstanding.
The new Hardy Perfects are made in England:
http://fly.hardyfishing.com/en-gb/products/reels/heritage-reels/perfect-trout-reels/Allen, I don’t think we disagree. In fact we agree!
In those days of Lee Wulff fishermen battled salmon, steelhead, bonefish and tarpon on simple click and pawl reels by hand palming. In fact, fighting fish became too easy with all those corked tefloned sealed drags. It’s just like ABS on cars. Some folks don’t know how to use the brakes simply because they rely on the ABS when situations get tricky.
