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by Graeme H
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: Fly casting paradox (number 1)
Replies: 4
Views: 114

Re: Fly casting paradox (number 1)

I reject the premise.

I don’t think fly lines can fly. You’ve provided the evidence of their inability to fly in the question.

But I’m more than willing to be entertained by the answers of others. 😁

Cheers, Graeme
by Graeme H
Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:40 pm
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: glass vs graphite
Replies: 50
Views: 856

Re: glass vs graphite

VGB wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:42 am Overlining is putting “ +1 or +2 higher lines on the same rod”. The reason I don’t like it for fishing purposes is that the heavier line spooks the fish.
You can always under-rod then. You won’t spook any fish that way.

:cool:
by Graeme H
Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:20 am
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: glass vs graphite
Replies: 50
Views: 856

Re: glass vs graphite

Does an 8 wt carbon fiber rod bend less than a modern fiberglass rod cast the same distance with the same line, fly and loop? So, I'll try to answer this one from my own experience and from watching my students casting my glass rods (or their own.) My short answer is "it depends" ... :) S...
by Graeme H
Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:52 am
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: glass vs graphite
Replies: 50
Views: 856

Re: glass vs graphite

Can you share with me the FG blanks you like? The CTS I just bought was a custom build. Thank you Phil My favourites are the custom blanks I had made at CTS. I've made a few 8' single piece rods that were designed to be 10wt rods ("a few" because I made three for myself and several others...
by Graeme H
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:51 pm
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: glass vs graphite
Replies: 50
Views: 856

Re: glass vs graphite

Hi Phil, I think a glass rod with an 8 label will often bend more than a CF rod with an 8 label, but some of that is the expectation of the buyers being met by the makers. For some reason, many of the commercial rod makers like to make very bendy ‘glass rods because we want the “traditional ‘glass f...
by Graeme H
Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:40 am
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: glass vs graphite
Replies: 50
Views: 856

Re: glass vs graphite

VGB wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:11 am. I just checked on Tik Tok and it said don’t tell a geologist that rocks are dumb :D :D
😁

Is that the Mensa Tik Tok? 😜
by Graeme H
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:51 am
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: glass vs graphite
Replies: 50
Views: 856

Re: glass vs graphite

I love my (many) glass rods but I’m not going to give up the carbon fibre ones. Horses for courses. PS - as a geologist, I strongly object to the implication that graphite has any place in a fly rod. It’s a truly amazing mineral, but it’s not noted for its tensile strength. Carbon fibre, on the othe...
by Graeme H
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:01 am
Forum: Flycasting
Topic: 170
Replies: 13
Views: 376

Re: 170

Hi Vinny,

I think the problem is related to this statement:
It happens more often when I’m tracking directly overhead.
Cant your rod to the side a little so you're not standing in the path the line must take.

Cheers,
Graeme
by Graeme H
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:00 am
Forum: New to the Board, Introductions
Topic: Hello from Serbia :)
Replies: 4
Views: 89

Re: Hello from Serbia :)

Welcome to the forum Nikola.

Cheers,
Graeme
by Graeme H
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:12 am
Forum: Teaching
Topic: Tracking and Loop planes
Replies: 176
Views: 5463

Re: Tracking and Loop planes

I can't remember anyone to have disagreed with that not being a problem. The double negative in this statement is confusing, but I am saying it's not a problem to do it if it's intentional and the reasons for doing it are appropriate. Again, what is the intent of the action? If the end result is de...

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