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A pile of fly rods for folks on a budget

March 6th, 2009 | 9 comments

Much as we’d all like to be casting $1,800 varnished masterpieces, there are a whole lot of rods people can get a hold of without taking out a third mortgage loan. Some are perfectly suitable for delicate trout fishing, while others would feel more comfortable in an urban industrial park, or in the deep blue [...]

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Budget brownlining

February 8th, 2009 | 5 comments

Who says you can’t fly fish on the cheap? I made the call, wanting a rod I could kick around. A master carper convinced me that an 8-weight would work dutifully (as long as it wasn’t a rocket launcher like I previously deployed), and then cut me a sweetheart deal to boot. I walked out [...]

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