So the wife ditched out on me to go drink wine with the girls. WTF. No way to get to the upcoming fling so I decided to fish the Cortland 444 Ltd bamboo rod, and post some pre-fling porn from Walla Walla.
Picked these 2 pieces up about 2009 within a few weeks of each other from the ebay. I had recently given up bike racing and was getting back into fishing, mostly wet flies. I like Cortland stuff, and these seemed unique. Plus, I am a bit of an anglophile.
The reel is a multiplier, 2 2/3:1 .
The action is different. When power is applied you can feel it load lower down near the butt, and when the cast is stopped the bamboo power "unsprings" flowing up the rod to propel the line forward. Works really well when fished with a 6wt Sylk and a cast of flies.
Perfect water to fish softhackles on the swing. Such a pleasant and relaxing way to fish.
Something about fish on bamboo that other materials can't match, although my Steffen is really close. It's probably more fun to cast.
Fun morning, too bad I had to find something else to do.
Picked these 2 pieces up about 2009 within a few weeks of each other from the ebay. I had recently given up bike racing and was getting back into fishing, mostly wet flies. I like Cortland stuff, and these seemed unique. Plus, I am a bit of an anglophile.
The reel is a multiplier, 2 2/3:1 .
The action is different. When power is applied you can feel it load lower down near the butt, and when the cast is stopped the bamboo power "unsprings" flowing up the rod to propel the line forward. Works really well when fished with a 6wt Sylk and a cast of flies.
Perfect water to fish softhackles on the swing. Such a pleasant and relaxing way to fish.
Something about fish on bamboo that other materials can't match, although my Steffen is really close. It's probably more fun to cast.
Fun morning, too bad I had to find something else to do.
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