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So I have a beautiful custom made 7/8 weight 10' rod that I traded an OFF member for. I had it professionally re-wrapped, and now want to use it to chuck flies for Bass and some Steelhead.
I understand the value of a good fly rod, but the expensive reels don't seem as important. I'm looking at a nice Okuma integrity that has a large arbor, disc drag and the ability to change spools. The more expensive reels seem to have these same features, then a bunch of ornaments, titanium bits and blah blah that don't seem to do anything but shave a few ounces off of the reel. I'm not a small guy, and fatigue from a reel weighing an extra ounce means nothing to me.
Is there anything that I'm missing as a beginner that would justify spending hundreds of dollars on what basically is a line holder? The Okuma goes for about $60...
The important things being; Line capacity correct for the size of line and rod, does it come with an extra spool(nice for sinking line). One thing that I hate about my spendy reel is that you can't turn the clicker off and it drives me nuts when stripping line to cast. Large arbors seem to be nice for retrieving since they can strip faster. I liked my fleuger but it seemed to freeze eazily in really cold stuff.
I would have given you a nice classic sage sfl 686 for that!!! same age too!Speaking of Jamison's.... Two years ago I was in California to clean out my Grandfather's storage unit and guess what I found? Well obviously it was a bottle of Jamison's. The kicker?
It was over 20 years old and unopened! You might think a person would conserve and savor a find like that.
Well that person sure as hell isn't me!!!!!! It was a good couple nights I can assure you! It was like water.... :yay::yay:
no, you honoured it, thats the best a good wiskey can hope for, A good warrior prays for a good death... but a great warrior go searching for his!Don't tell me it was worth something, I drank it right out of the bottle!
Yep, almost full blooded lowland Scots over here... Drunks, and dryfly fishermen!! Man I love mcdonalds shamrock shakes!!:lol:
no, you honoured it, thats the best a good wiskey can hope for, A good warrior prays for a good death... but a great warrior go searching for his!
( did you share it with good company? )
I should also add that those were the good ol' days. Since passed.