Wow! That's a long article and so it needed a really big glass of Scotch. What was it about again?
An Article About Bamboo Fly Rods And Graphite Together. Symbiosis And Grace.
http://classicangler.blogspot.com/2016/10/symbiosis-and-grace-tale-of-two-fly-rods.html
Enjoy! I hope! With a scotch or a glass of claret!
Enjoy! I hope! With a scotch or a glass of claret!
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Interesting, thanks for sharing.
Good article despite the overwrought romanticism. However, I do agree with his opinions and conclusions.
TC
TC
Yes, the romanticism... I include this and write in this style since nobody else does and it is in my nature. So much a diversion and romantic love that I feel for these rods. so much of the past articles. Overwrought? You would have to cast them with me. But I expect you would love these rods! Have a scotch. Romanticism is missing these days my friend. I revel in the romanticism and the casting ability. That has been forgotten....Good article despite the overwrought romanticism. However, I do agree with his opinions and conclusions.
TC
Drinking scotch and casting an enigma of a rod.......wonderful! A casting lesson without the lesson, and a read which will require a little of thought. a comparison of long lines and rods!Wow! That's a long article and so it needed a really big glass of Scotch. What was it about again?
You wrote this? Well then I am going back to re-read the article, pay attention this time, and maybe drink a little less Scotch!Yes, the romanticism... I include this and write in this style since nobody else does and it is in my nature. So much a diversion and romantic love that I feel for these rods. so much of the past articles. Overwrought? You would have to cast them with me. But I expect you would love these rods! Have a scotch. Romanticism is missing these days my friend. I revel in the romanticism and the casting ability. That has been forgotten....
I share your love of para type rods. I have a good selection of them and have cast many others both classic and contemporary. I think the Redwing site is a veritable gold mine for the para enthusiast. Personally I like the Para 14 in a 4wt more than the 15 but the 15 reduced to a 5wt is an intriguing idea. Cliff Constable's Wallop Brook tapers, Jerry Foster's double para Sinusoidal taper. All great rods.Yes, the romanticism... I include this and write in this style since nobody else does and it is in my nature. So much a diversion and romantic love that I feel for these rods. so much of the past articles. Overwrought? You would have to cast them with me. But I expect you would love these rods! Have a scotch. Romanticism is missing these days my friend. I revel in the romanticism and the casting ability. That has been forgotten....
I also agree that true para tapers keep you honest as a caster and improve your ability by doing so. These are some of the reasons I said I agreed with your opinions and conclusions.
I do believe that a life without romance is a life much reduced. I just don't relate a great rod to art, be it writing, painting or music. That does not mean I am less appreciative of it than those things I just don't think of it in the same context. I think a rod is an instrument, a tool. Like a paint brush, a musical instrument, a pen and paper. The art if indeed there is any comes from the person using that instrument not the instrument itself.
TC
Often, when during the course of fishing everything seems to come easy and I fool myself into thinking I'm some kind of master-caster, I tend to ruin it by contemplating whether it is the line making it happen, or the rod.
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