How Is Your Memory

[creekside]

Ok all here’s one for all you old veterans.

How many different rod brands have you owned since day 1.

Since 1976

1. Fenwick fibreglass ,

2. Fenwick Graphite (first generation)

3. Or vis All Rounder

4. Mike Maxwell Tiger Eye (I think that’s what it was called)

5. Sage RP2

6. Loomis ( brown blank late 80’s)

7. Lamiglass

8. Scott

9. Gatti

10. Talon

11. Loomis IMX

12. Thomas + Thomas

13. AJ Thramer (cane)

14. Scott S3

15. Loomis Metolius

TFO IM8 and the newer model

16. Loomis GLX streamdance

17. Winston Ibis

18. Redington 14’ Spey.

Rods #4 threw 11 were in my rod building days. Reels are few, Berkley graphite, Hardy Marquis #6 (still have and using), Tioga, Lamson light speed, Lamson Guru and a Greys for bonefishing, Hardy Marquis salmon #2 for spey rod. After looking at this list I think my favourite out of these rods are all of them same goes for the reels.

[bigbowtrout]

Crappy Tire rod

 

Thomas & Thomas x2

 

Sage x2

 

Loop

 

TFO x2

 

 

[mnm]

Mike Maxwell 's Tiger eye were in a class all by themselves, just like man himself . God Bless, my friend and mentor.

[126barnes]

Crappy tire Glass

Berkley

Sage Launch (4-off)

Scott V2

TFO (2-off)

Sage Z-Axis

 

 

[Taco]

NWAF but standing in the corner, roughly, 1 wonderrod, 2 Silaflexes, 1 Browning, 7 or 8 Phillipsons or derivatives thereof, 3 RPL+s, 2 LLs, 2 Lamiglass, 2 Gattis, 2 HMGs

[Highlander]

Aww man, hope I haven't forgotten any

 

2 unknown 6-weights (fiberglass)

9-wt Shakespeare (fiberglass)

4-wt dragonfly

5-wt St. Croix Imperial

8-wt St Croix Imperial

3-wt St Croix Imperial

6-wt Blank of unknown origin

4-wt St Croix Avid

5-wt Sage XP

7-wt Sage XP

0-wt Sage SLT

9-wt St Croix Legend Ultra

3-wt Bamboo of questionable parentage

000-wt Sage TXL

2-wt St Croix Legend Ultra

5-wt Sage Z-Axis

3/4-wt Amundson Midge

 

But I lust after many many more.

[DonAndersen]

Not very complete list:

 

 

Major Rod Company solid glass rod

Unknown bamboo 9'er for a HCH line

Edgar Sealy glass

Fenwick Golden Eagle glass 7' 6" 5 wt. built from blank in 1968

Fenwick Glass

Winston 8' 6" 5 wt. glass

Winston Little Fella 7' 3 wt glass

Fenwick Graphite from mid 70's c/w sleeve ferrule

J. Kennedy Fisher 9' 6 wt.

Orvis 9' 8 wt.

Original green painted Sage - dumped it for parts cost

Sharpes Greenheart 7'6" 5 wt

Winston 7'6" 4 wt glass

Jim Payne 9' 8 wt cane

Phillipson 7' 6" 4 wt cane

St. Croix something or other

Temple Fork $50 rod

+ about 25 cane rods that I built for myself that go from 6'0" 2 wts.> 8'9" 7 wts. with the bulk of them from 7>8'

 

Trying to cut down.

 

Don

[Badger]

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[zed]

some of you guys must be really old...

 

crappy tire special

martin 9' 7wt

sage 9' 6wt

7.5' 4wt built by ray (creekside)

greywolf 9' 5wt

tfo 9' 5wt

 

the sage is STILL my main rod after 10 years but i'm finally going to buy something new. a 4wt but what kind? any suggestions? $500 range.

[proflytyer]

hey taco,

what is the weight and leangth of that browning rod. i have one too that i got from my grandpa, was my first rod, 5 wt 7 feet.

 

Kyle

[Taco]

it's an early 70's Browning Silaflex 7 1/2' 6wt

 

your's got a 322*** number on it? If so, it's a light crisp progressive rod, about the best that Browning offered.

[rhuseby]

Let's see, 35 years with a long rod.

 

Berkley 6 wt (broke in screen door)

Berkley 6 wt (stepped on while releasing a fish)

Fenwick 5 wt (gave to a friend when I got the next rod)

Golden West (Mike Maxwell) 10' 7wt (My only rod for 18 years)

4 wt Loomis

7 wt TFO (bought when the Golden West finally delaminated from being clousered)

5 wt TFO

8 wi TFO

8 wt Loomis CC GLX

10 wt Loomis CC GLX

10 wt Sage Xi2

 

The last four rods have been aquired for saltwater in the last 3 years. I'm obviously not a rod rat compared to some of the folks on the site.

[Rufus28]

Rods

 

1. Fenwick Kit Special - 9' 6WT 2 Piece

2. Sage Launch - 9' 5 WT 4 Piece

3. ADG Titan - 7'6" 5/6 WT 3 Piece

4. Orvis Helios - 9'6" 6 WT 4 Piece

5. Sage ZXL - 8'6" 4 WT 4 Piece

 

Reels

 

1. Fenwick Kit Special 6 WT

2. Okuma Helios 5/6WT

3. Orvis Battenkill III Large Arbor 5-7 WT

4. Ross Evolution 1.5 (3-5WT)

[darrinhurst]

Pretty short list for me.

 

TFO x3 - 905 2pc, 763 4 pc, 865 4 pc.

 

I do believe I have a new one under the tree, but I don't want to jinx it by talking about it too soon.....

[trailhead]

I don't remember a lot of them, my first one was a Shakespeare, then I had a yellow one, then a Berkeley three piece. Then a black one. Then I got a Daiwa 8 wt, which I still have. Temple fork 6 wt, Redington 4 wt (my favorite rod), Redington Wayfarer 5 wt, Sage 5 wt (which is a the bottom of the Bow River now) Redington 5 wt, Lefty Kreh 2 wt, and a Wright & McGill 10 wt. I know I missing some too.

[jack]

1. A J.S. Sharpes that my grandfather had ordered from Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1924.

2. A Wright-McGill fibreglass that my father had

3. After a brief hiatus(of 17 years) from any fishing, bought a custom bamboo from Harkley & Haywood, Vancouver.

4. First graphite rod was Fenwick HM

5. Next came an 8' 6wt Orvis

6. Daiwa 9' 5wt

7. Dragonfly 10' 5wt

8. St. Croix Ultra 10'5wt

9. Sage RP

10. Sage RPL

11. Maxwell Single-hand by Fisher

12. Then came a half-dozen self-built of various configurations on now defunct Forecast blanks

13. Lamiglas Mike Maxwell Spey

14. Gatti 905 (possibly still my favourite rod designed by someone else)

15. Various Amundson rods of personal design over the past 2+ years, from 10' "Stillwater", 2-905, 10'4wt prototype, 11'3/4 Trout Spey, 4-8 3/4wt Midge, etc, etc.

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[brownonbow]

Okay here's my list:

 

 

Martin 6 wt

TFO 6 wt

TFO 3 wt

G-Loomis GL3 6 wt

Scott S3 4 wt

Hill country rods 3wt

Sage vps 6wt

Sage z-axiz 5 wt

 

 

Seems that just when you think you've bought the last rod- you know the "this is the one" rod! It its then that the marketing guys come up with some more hype, and men being what they are, make another trip to the flyshop! Whatcha gonna do? Buy another rod!!!

 

 

My wife said just the other day when she saw the invoice from e-bay "another rod?" I didn't understand her disapproval at the time, but now seeing it written down...wow. I haven't received the last one yet, here's to hoping the z-axis doesn't disappoint. Anyone who has experience with it, love/hate, I'd be interested to hear your feedback.

 

Tight lines

 

 

 

[Bowcane]

In no order;

 

no name fibreglass

Hardy Hollakona (cane)

Hardy Wye (cane)

Fenwick HMG

Fenwick Iron feather

Powell Spey

Powell ? model 5wt

Hardy favourites, deluxes, sovereigns (4, maybe 5 in total)

Fibatube

Sage SP, XP, LL, SPL, VT2 (a good ten or so)

Lamiglas, various models/blanks (about a half dozen)

St Croix, various models (ditto)

TFO'S

Redingtons

Scott

Payne (reproduction)

[duanec]

60's vintage 5wt glass rod [inherited, name escapes me]

70's vintage 6wt glass rod [inherited, name escapes me]

90's el-cheep-o graphite korean 6wt

90's sage 6wt vps

tfo 4pc 6wt [p.o.s.]

sage 6wt fli

sage 4pc 8wt fli

 

a little embarrased to post such a meagre & limited list.

i'm accepting donations...

 

 

[Flyfisher]

OK, here goes. In order from first to most recent:

 

Martin 9’ 6wt. Factory built (It all began with this rod).

 

G Loomis 9 ¾’ GL3 6 wt. Custom built by a friend.

 

G Loomis 10’ GLX 6 wt. Home build (favorite stillwater rod for chironomiding). I love playing big fish on this rod. Small fish put a nice bend in it to. A wonderful stick!

 

G Loomis 8 ½’ GL4 4 wt. Home build (small stream rod). I discovered cutty fishing in the Rockies with this rod. Always a favorite until it met with stupidity on my part.

 

G Loomis GL3 9’ 9 wt. Home build (primarily use it for bonefish). A good tough travel rod that doesn't break the bank.

 

St Croix 14’ Spey Imperial blank. Home build. I hardly ever use it. Who knows, that may change.

 

Gatti 9’ FRTA 6wt. Home build. (Couldn’t afford an Italian sports car so I got the Gatti instead). Nice action but not really suitable for tossing full sink lines way out there for those long stillwater retrieves, it just ain’t got the power in the butt section. Lots of fun though with a dry line when the traveler sedges are out, though.

 

G Loomis GLX ‘StreamDance’ 8 ½’ 4 wt. factory built (blanks not available). This was a replacement rod. I did a real idiot move and broke the GL4 I built many moons ago. Loomis discontinued the GL4 sometime ago, so I made a deal with them for the StreamDance. BTW a real nice stick! Lots of fun for cutts.

 

A pair of TFO TiCR 9’ 11wts. I use these heavy weights for tarpon (you don't want to go tarpon fishing with only one stick).

 

Sage XP 9’ 6wt. A home build. I got the blank cheap after Sage discontinued the XP. I wanted a light weight stillwater rod primarily for tossing full sink lines in a 9’ length. The longer rods are hard on the arm (too much leverage) when casting full sink lines way out there. I don’t really like the XP for anything else, it’s too stiff and you really have to watch out for your tippet. Not a whole lot of fun playing fish on it, kind of like a broom handle with a soft tip.

 

CTS 9 ¾’ Affinity One 6 wt. A home build (blank made in New Zealand). This is my favorite all round stillwater rod. If I had to have one rod for still water fishing this would be it!

 

 

Best Fishes

 

Oh ya, whatever you do, don’t let the wife see the list!

 

 

 

 

[Christofficer]

1st was a crappy tire special.

 

second was an old bamboo rod I found at a garage sale, still have it.

 

next was a berkley

 

then daiwa

 

hardy

 

gray's, still use it.

 

now another hardy.

[BBBrownie]

Well, my list isn't overly impressive from a numbers perspective, but it feels nice to think about my rods on a cool snowy day with little work to do...

-Browning Backpacker (early '80's 6 or 7 foot 5 weight)

-Browning Boron 5 weight 8'6"

-Martin 6# 8'6"

-Sage LE 586

-Sage XP 690

-Echo 2 9# 9'

-G Loomis GLX 8# 10'

-Sage Z-Axis 8129

 

Reels?

3 or 4 old (early to mid 80's) reels ranging from 3-5# -can't recall the brands of any of them.

-Okuma Integrity

-Ross Rhythm

-3 Ross CLA's

-Loop Evotech HD

 

 

 

[bhurt]

Here is my list (hopefully I do not forget anything)

 

Crappy Tire 6wt 9foot

Aother no name brand 5wt 8.5foot

TFO 6wt 9foot Signature Series

TFO 6wt 10Foot Signature Series

TFO 7wt 9foot Signature Series

TFO 6wt 9foot TCRIX

Loop 3wt 9foot Multi

Loop 5wt 9foot Trout Bum

Loop 6wt 9.6foot Multi

TFO 6wt 12 Foot Professional series (Black)

TFO 7/8 wt 13 Foot Professional Series (Green)

Beulah 6/7wt 11.6foot Spey

Loop 7/8wt 12.6foot Blueline

Loop 7wt 12foot Multi

Loop 6wt 12 Goran Anderson Signature Series

Loop 9wt 12.6 Boran Anderson Signature Series

[headscan]

Orvis Rocky Mountain 9' 6wt - this was my only rod from 1991 until a few years ago. Then I got the sickness...

TFO TiCR 9' 6wt

Sage FLi 9' 5wt

Sage FLi 9' 8wt

Beulah 11'6" 6/7

Beulah 10'6" 5/6

Snowbee 13' 8/9

Loop Goran Andersson 12'6" 9wt

Loop Opti Stream 9' 4wt

Loop Opti Coast 9'6" 7wt

Echo Dec Hogan 12'2" 5wt

Echo Dec Hogan 11'9" 4wt

Loop Opti Creek 8'2" 2wt

Loop Goran Andersson 12' 6wt

Greys StreamFlex 10' 3wt

Loop AEG 9' 5wt

Sage Z-Axis 9' 5wt

Sage Z-Axis 12'6" 5wt

Sage Xi2 9' 11wt

Sage 99 6wt

 

[jordo]

Seems a lot of us started at Crappy tire; here's my list

 

1. Crappy Tire Shakespeare special...glass fiber, foam handle, cheap plastic reel (I think it was a 6 weight), I was ten and it seemed pretty awesome back then

2. Berkley something or other, it was a 9' 6 weight when I bought it but an unfortunate car door accident turned it into a 8'6" soon after.

3. Some rod I don't remember, all I remember is it was my first cork handle rod.

4. Dragonfly 9' 6wt

5. TFO Ti 9' 4 wt

6. TFO Ti 9' 6 wt

7. TFO Axiom 9' 5 wt

8. TFO Signature Series 7' 6" 3 wt

9. TFO Axiom 9' 8 wt

10. Currently under the Christmas Tree Hardy Demon 9' 6" 6 wt