nope no connection but i hope to make one...
Details? Rod one 12 1/2' (380cm) 3 peice with 1 extra tip, never fished, made in late 1976 out of split bamboo. It is a Hardy "The Wye" "Palakona" rod. Cork is pristine. Varnish looks to be new.
It is the crown jewel of the collection and i would like to turn it into a nice LIGHT and STIFF cross frame.
So if ya wondering the vague attempt at soliciting interest the other day hasn't really amounted to much more than MIF saying "bamboo rod" in his best beavis voice...
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Gotta make some of those Greg style backpack PVC barriers. Got a killer little loop with a run up and space for a double barrier - just long enough between both that it is a great work out when done over and over and over again. Would be nice to have some barriers to quickly set up that can be portable. And early lunch time cross practice worked out well today. Lots of fun. Hit the Chinese Food Truck after a many month hiatus. His prices went up a quarter. Still a good deal. I think next time we do the cross practice i'll have some video there and we can do some post practice analysis.
Can't wait to get up to Sucker Brook! WHOOOOO yeah!!!
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121/2 foot bamboo rod? Jokes aside, that's one long mofo! Spey rod perhaps? Dang. Ebay, brother...
Salmon... atlantic or alaska...
i'm hoping not to go ebay... we'll see
and oh yeah that Orvis one (one of th others) is 13 1/2 feet... Big Mofo'n fly rod!
Nice. The way I understand it, guy spends his whole life waving those long rods at salmon. One day, when he's 78, he manages to hook one for bout 15 seconds before it breaks off. Then he dies...
My grandfather said (and he did it alot, fish that is):
catching salmon on a fly rod is a 1000:1
for every 1000 casts you have a chance to catch a fish. Hooking and landing it are two different things though. I've never had the opportunity to go stand in the famous rivers in Canada or Norway to try and catch the elusive Native wild atlantic salmon... sounds wicked fun though...
Kinda like bike racing when it is shitty out. 3 hours of misery before your race, 45-60 minutes of joy followed by another 3 hours of misery...
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