Cork is too clean!
Well, Catching Was Deplorable . . .
. . . but playing with a delightful 1 weight was a blast! I made-up a twisted leader for it - turns-over nice. It was a refreshing break playing with a 2-1/8 oz. rod sporting a tiny CFO I reel for a change. I was even able to cast into a light breeze & I managed to boom-out a couple 30-footers. 'Gills were non-existent, but a carp grabbed a micro leech - that was exciting for the few seconds it took me to point the rod at it, clamp the spool & pop the tippet. Sacrificing a fly made better sense than sacrificing my Superfine. It was a glorious, cool morning in my old Wood River float tube (I packed it in to a small backwater that I haven't visited in years - used to be able to drive close to it before the Feds regulated & fenced-off things to the point that folks can't hardly access public land along the Columbia anymore.).
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Feel free to keep it nice and clean, Jim - as long as you leave it in the closet of my (future) house!
It will be in the vault of the fishing room, Sue. And ALL of my toys are clean, even the hard-used ones - although the Superfine does need some seasoning, lol. I'll quit wearing white gloves when I use it
.A couple more weeks & your creek should be in good shape, Jim.
I use money from cartoon sales to buy flyfishing paraphernalia but that isn't very much!
So, as long as I'm using money from freelance to buy my stuff, she doesn't care.
Hey, my favorite 7' 6" still has the shrink wrap on it after 7 years.Yep, need a little fish slime on that cork. It's kind of embarrassing to have one that clean
Well honestly, I kept forgetting to take it off the first few times. Now I its just an ongoing "conversation piece".
It doest affect my grip at all. It's not like I'm fighting 6 lb fish on a regular basis with that 7'er.
I saw a newb doing it once because he liked how it kept the cork bright. I'd rather hold cork than plastic personally but that's just me. Takes all kindsa people to make up a world.Well honestly, I kept forgetting to take it off the first few times. Now I its just an ongoing "conversation piece".
It doest affect my grip at all. It's not like I'm fighting 6 lb fish on a regular basis with that 7'er.
If I wasn't going to the range shortly, I'd take all of my rods outside and get them dirty, or not, lol. I tend to take care of my stuff - fly & spinning rods/reels, guns, other fishing equipment, my dog, hunting gear, my house & yard, my truck & a 17-year-old cherry Wrangler (we play, it gets dirty, it gets cleaned & goes back in the garage), tools, et al. I built this glass rod over 40 years ago & it saw heavy (as in almost daily) use in the 70's & sees limited use now. To each her/his own. I guess this is the result of my Dad's influence; as he advised me one time when I was working on my car - "Clean tools are happy tools and mine are always smiling." That advice has stayed front & center all these years.
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Matt, I have 11 rods, only one with the plastic on the cork still.
It's just something that's meant to be "funny".
If I'm the only one that gets it, I'm okay with that.
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