Which other vintage Glass rods would be considered Light Duty or even UL? I looked into a South FOrk Glass Rod, and though they are beautiful, they are beyond my budget this summer.
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David Gale |
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Which Fenwick Feralite Fiberglass fly rod would be considered "UL" or close to it. I've been wanting a good vintage Fenwick Feralite fly rod for
months now. It seems I always get into a new hobby too slow. Nice Fenwicks are going up in price on E Bay. Now I have enough med sized rods that seldom get
fished now. With my new intrest in UL rods, I'm wanting a good Feralite that might fall into the "UL" range or close to it. I've seen a few
7.5' Feralites for a #5 line that might fill the niche, but I am wondering it they amde even a lighter duty rod?
Which other vintage Glass rods would be considered Light Duty or even UL? I looked into a South FOrk Glass Rod, and though they are beautiful, they are beyond my budget this summer. |
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keebranch |
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If you were to string up 3DT and pull out 45 feet of line you can make it work, but that's not really fun in my opinion. I would be looking for an HI Queen
Elizabeth or a Scientific anglers 7'7" and throw 3 or 4 DT on it. It's reall y gamble for modern lines.
Consider this that for the times 50's and 60's 5wt weight was UL. and with the short rods -under 7 feet it was treated as such. As far a modern glass goes I have a 6'6" 3wt Lami that qualifies as UL and there are others too. This is an interesting topic-let's get some other opinions. |
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jkurtz7 |
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David, I have a Fenwick FF535, and I actually fished it yesterday, and used a WF2f. This combo works just fine. It also casts and fishes 3wt and 4wt lines
well.
I've tested the rod using the Common Cents System, and it actually specs out in the 2wt range. This rod was in it's time probably the lightest "UL" rod you could get. J.
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borumas.fiberglassflyro... |
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I have a Fenwick rod that looks to have been made from a blank, an F7 7' 5wt rod and it cast a #4DT line very nicely and good sized red ears and other
perch can put a nice bend in it. Those Fenwicks made from a blank can usually be had for a fair amount less than the regular Fenwicks. That H&I rod
Keebranch mentioned sounds interesting, I recently acquired a H&I #6 rod that really has made a good impression with me.
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armyflyfisher |
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David,
I've got a Fenwick FF755 - 7'6" 5wt and I like to OVER-line it to make it work....yup - I routinely use a DT6 line on it. I think it's a fast rod for glass and IMHO decidedly NOT a UL rod. David |
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borumas.fiberglassflyro... |
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I guess it depends on what Fenwick you get, after looking at the fiberglass flyrodders wiki (http://fiberglass-fly-rods.pbworks.com/Fenwick) it does appear that the 2nd generation feralites were
faster than the first ones.
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GheenoeFly |
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What is the "Common Cents System" of measuring a rod's wt rating? Is there a good topic on this board that talkes about rating a rod?
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TNSmallieman.fiberglassflyro... |
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I have a Fenwick Feralite 7ft 5wt. I could underline it down to a 3wt and cast reasonalbly well with more line out the tip but still prefer the 5wt line on it.
If you really want a nice UL in glass, have someone build you a lami honey 3wt in the 6.5 or 7ft length. They are very inexpensive and are big fish tough. |
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