Carrying 2 rods of different weights
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gfenlikestolosepasswords
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I'll have you know there was at least 4 different flies in that box. Possibly five. ALso, I haven't fished a phesant tail since I re-started sometime a year or two ago because I ran out and I'm too lazy to make more. 🙂
gfenlikestolosepasswords
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Your kids are teenagers now. You know they don't leave the house.
dudemanspecial
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We went from this
To this:
Who you fishin with? Im going with A.K. any day.
To this:
Who you fishin with? Im going with A.K. any day.
gfenlikestolosepasswords
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Example 2 only has a single rod and I don't feel his net is nearly big enough to show me the distinctive Fishpond graphics, so how do I even know he's serious about this?
And a Lamson? At least AK was slumming with a Hardy, nary a Grateful Dead Abel to be seen in either of those.
Nymph-wristed
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I blame the same engineers who turned pick up trucks into souped up hotrods.
Neither one of these fishermen would fish for stripers at the Philly Art Museum falls in the dark, so they can try to look as macho or devil-may-care as they want, but they are both mitches 😉
Streammagic237
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Not sure many valid points not to , I think will mostly stay in truck but I could see a day I take both on a longer hike in stream ( but one in my Pack) that's not a rodo tunnel .
Sooo bad ...There is a reason Orvis isn't making wading wedges
Bamboozle
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If you could get over being on the dark side...
I have a Tenkara rod that is just under 10" collapsed that you could carry in a back pocket. It can be fished as a 9'0"a 9'8" or a 10'5" rod.
All you need is a level Tenkara line which takes up about the same amount of room as a tippet spool, you don't need a reel and already you have already have flies....
It would take you less time to set up the Tenkara rod than it would take you put away the conventional rig and you can high stick/tight line/Euro fish to your hearts delight...
There really is barely any difference between the two methods except Euro rods cost way more $$$ and you need a reel.
Just sayin'...
Kms
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So it’s time to break out the vintage spin/fly rod, lol
Forestfishin
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The dude in the bottom pic is the same guy that always high holes me.
Bamboozle
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At one time had so much $#!+ in my vest that in jest I bought a dollhouse kitchen sink that I carried around in the back pocket as a joke...
When I ditched the vest, I ditched the tendency to carry as much, especially all of the EXTRA, EXTRA stuff. These days I'm pretty much a minimalist because it works for me, but I get the folks that aren't sure or have the Boy Scout motto tattooed on their forearm.
However, I'll never forget a couple of blokes I saw fishing one day in Southcentral, PA. They both had stuffed backpacks with at least two rod tubes attached and a rod in their hand, chest waders, nets, wading staffs and bulging chest packs out in front.
And they were fishing the Run in Boiling Springs... 😳
Where I used to fish from the bank with a fly box in my back pocket...
Now, I get that they COULD have been fishing the Yellow Breeches before, but IF they were they were, they were most likely on the Allenberry stretch which is only about a mile long...
To each his or her own, but all that kit for that beat; really???
This John Troy cartoon says it all:
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SBecker
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lol you are correct
SBecker
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I got lucky. One is old enough to be out of the house because of work/college/girls and the other can't sit still and wants to fish or work everyday to save money for a car.
gfenlikestolosepasswords
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Tom Rosenbauer doesn't have pretty enough toes to wear open toes like that.
Bamboozle
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However, I hear he wears bare midriff waders....
I have no desire in carrying two rods while on the stream. I'll take a spare to leave in the vehicle sometimes just in case though.
wildtrout2
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I think it just makes more sense to take the one rod that you believe will cover the conditions you expect to encounter on your chosen stream/river. I'm a big believer in KISS.
nd1001
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I’ve brought 2 rods on an outing in a particular circumstance.
It was a long hike in, so returning to the car wasn’t an option. And I was solo, so no option to “trade off” rods with a buddy.
The section of water was a series of pools which I wanted to work thoroughly. I would start with a dry dropper on my 4wt with fly line, standing at the base of the pool and casting further and further towards the head. Then, I’d grab my 2wt euro rod with a mono rig and wade up the seam nymphing.
I caught fish on both rods, many of which I believe I could not have caught on the other rod.
I have a strong preference to fish dry flies, but I also didn’t want to hike miles to get on the prime habitat, just to realize that the fish were playing hard to get and requiring a perfect deep drift with a small nymph.
It was a long hike in, so returning to the car wasn’t an option. And I was solo, so no option to “trade off” rods with a buddy.
The section of water was a series of pools which I wanted to work thoroughly. I would start with a dry dropper on my 4wt with fly line, standing at the base of the pool and casting further and further towards the head. Then, I’d grab my 2wt euro rod with a mono rig and wade up the seam nymphing.
I caught fish on both rods, many of which I believe I could not have caught on the other rod.
I have a strong preference to fish dry flies, but I also didn’t want to hike miles to get on the prime habitat, just to realize that the fish were playing hard to get and requiring a perfect deep drift with a small nymph.
sandflyx
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After 60 years of fly fishing why would I. Never needed more than one on a stream. In my jeep yes always have an extra rod.
