Paul Arden wrote:Which last sentence?

In the link to the Orvis myths Vince posted

I very rarely see people who only have one "stroke" moat people just need a reminder that they can shuffle, walk, run and sprint, if they have been doing just one of them for a period of time.... And those with just one "stroke" tend to come from a certain school of thought withi...

Exactly, you where the culprit... But It's so much easier to say it's the gear

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Lasse

Honestly, I doubt competition casting has had any impact what so ever on rod design for the last 30 years, way to much a niche part of flyfishing, a tiny tiny niche...

And Vince, that last sentence is riddled with Bollocks

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Lasse

Best and worst advance seems to be plastic. It's in almost everything we use for fishing, and it's in all the water and fish....

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Lasse

Walter wrote:

Lasse Karlsson wrote: And yet, the taper seems to be same length on that diagram

I think one is metric.

Which one, and does that mean one is in cm's for the wannabees

Yes. Something is going to have to happen pretty quickly because Estonia is only around the corner. At least this didn't happen in June :p Well if it's 15 feet longer, I have to start working out and practicing, and see where I can get a line... Bummer, was counting on using the same line I have be...

That's going to be interesting

Playing devil's advocate here...

Even mammals living in one of the harshest environments on the planet try to flee from pain, the harpuned whale doesn't try to go towards the pull, but rather dive and swim away.....

Still don't believe that fish feel pain though!

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Lasse

I think the difference is that they needed extra room to write "COMPETITION" in big white letters on the orange line. :p http://www.scientificanglers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Mastery-Expert-Distance-Comp-together.jpg And yet, the taper seems to be same length on that diagram :p