Re: That old question, one more time
- From: "Mike Connor" <mike-connor@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:40:43 +0100
"Jarmo Hurri" <jarmo.hurrigarbage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Mike> I would go for two really good rods which suited the majority of
> Mike> my conditions, for instance a fast #3 wt, about an 8'6" or
> Mike> possibly shorter, and a fast 9' or 9'6" #7. By using the
> Mike> appropriate lines, heads etc, this would cover about 90% of my
> Mike> fishing.
>
> Hi Mike!
>
> I thought you'd be old school. Why a fast 3wt? Is it because you want
> to use those small-stream shooting heads with it?
>
> --
> Jarmo Hurri
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There are a number of reasons.
It is very pleasant for me nowadays to use light gear. I am getting older,
and I can not do the same things I did twenty years ago, or even ten!
Nowadays I would not spend 14-16 hours, or even longer, on the water.
Although at one time this was my "norm". My winter fishing is curtailed, as
are some other things, because my slipped discs simply wont allow it. Using
heavy rods, or long rods, ( same difference!), for long periods of time is
no longer a viable option for the same reason. Although to be honest, I no
longer have the same drive to go fishing anyway, in inclement weather or
otherwise.
There was a time when I could cast a 14´ foot double hander single handed
overhead, but those times are now long gone.
Standing up to my nether regions in the Baltic in winter is also no longer a
sensible thing to do. It costs too much in terms of back pain etc etc. I can
no longer handle the cold as well as I once could either. I went out on my
bike today, ( It was -8°C), and I had to give up after half an hour or so,
and had some difficulty pedalling home against the freezing easterly wind.
Something I would merely have laughed at once.
It is not "because" I want to use heads. I like the rod, and I have found
ways of using it for all sorts of things. That is why I use the heads.
I can no longer cast with my left hand, even with a light rod, as I also
have a slipped disc in my neck which badly affects my ability to control my
left arm and shoulder. This is severely limiting, and very annoying, as I
went to considerable lengths to become equally proficient with both hands.
This has also done me no good at all with regard to double handed casting,
which I was never very good at anyway. I just gave away several double
handers, they are no use to me any more.
I like to use a silk line, and the fast three weight with half a #4 Silk DT
has proven extremely effective for me. Silk gives better presentation, and
is easier to cast and control, for what I like to do, but not in the heavier
weights. I see no point in using a #6 weight silk line for instance. (
Unless going for pure distance, which I also no longer do).
My attitude to many things has changed over the years, quite radically in
some cases. Whereas angling was once a burning passion, it has now subsided
into more or less a pleasant pastime, and my appetite for extremes has long
since been sated. I am slowly turning into more of an armchair angler.
My longing for ever more knowledge and skill has also decreased.
Ahhhh... Lots of things, probably far more than you wanted to know!
TL
MC
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