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My god..I only have 15 minuites before work and thats no where near enough time to list ALL my rods. Got two closets full and they are all hanging up. No wife and no kids make for lots of time for fishing! My answer is " I have lots!"
 
davethetrout said:
My god..I only have 15 minuites before work and thats no where near enough time to list ALL my rods. Got two closets full and they are all hanging up. No wife and no kids make for lots of time for fishing! My answer is " I have lots!"
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LOL. That's awesome. I JUST got into fly fishing and I can already see how collecting rods can become a kind of obsession :p I have a heavily modified car so I know how buying things can get out of hand lol.

For some reason, I'm obsessed with short (7'6" or lower) light weight (2-4wt) rods and I can't seem stop wanting them! I already have 3 rods (2 were given to me) and I know I want 2 more already!
 
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The last time I took inventory, there were fourteen.

I'd have to take another inventory to list them all and their uses.
It would take over an hour to dig them out and list uses. There'd be a lot of duplication on "uses" because, over the years, there were upgrades, (a lot of the fiberglass models were replaced by graphite and/or cane).

The most frequently used:

Streams & rivers:
  • 8', 6 wt general purpose, nymph, streamer, large drys (also used on lakes/ponds for drys).

    7-1/2', 5 wt for drys

    7', 4 wt for small drys
Lakes & Ponds:
  • 8-1/2', 7 wt for streamers & small bugs

    9', 9 wt for large bugs and (with a Hi-D sinking line) deep water streamers.
A lot of guys would question my use of a 6 weight for NJ "general Purpose" as being a little heavy. However, 90% of my stream fishing is with weighted nymphs and streamers (usually with droppers). I find a 6 wt can handle two or more weighted flys more easily than a 5 weight.
 
Pete said:
A lot of guys would question my use of a 6 weight for NJ "general Purpose" as being a little heavy. However, 90% of my stream fishing is with weighted nymphs and streamers (usually with droppers). I find a 6 wt can handle two or more weighted flys more easily than a 5 weight.
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I was actually thinking about this the other day. I may eventually look into getting a 6 wt per your "recommendation".

As far as my rods, I only have four:

Sage FLi 5wt/8'6"/4pc for NJ
Winston Ibis 5wt/9'/4pc for bigger water
TFO LK Pro 3wt/7'6"/4 pc for tight WTS, spring creeks
Redington 8wt/9'6"/2pc for salmon

Then again, I only started fly fishing this time last year.
 
As of right now I own 3 rods:

TFO LK Pro 4wt/8' that I use for everywhere in NJ

Orvis Clearwater 6wt/8'6" that I love using in the winter with big streamers and multiple nymphs

Redington Crosswater 4wt/7'6" that was replaced by the TFO after I broke the tip(got it replaced by Redington though)

I'm going to try to build my next rod which will be a 6'6" 2wt
 
I have recently been pruning down my flyrod inventory but here is what I have now:

8ft 4inch 5pc 4wt Winston w/zebra wood reel seat
7 1/2ft 4wt swelled but Orvis Peens Creek Batten Kill
9ft. 5wt. 3pc Winston IM6 w/Zebra Reel seat
9 1/2 ft 5wt. 4pc Winston BiiX w/ graphite reelseat
9ft. 6wt. Orvis Clear Water
9ft 8wt. 2pc Orvis TLS
9ft. 9wt 2pc SAGE RPLXI
9 1/2ft 9wt Winston BL5
9ft 10wt. 4pc Orvis PM10

Most of my trout rods have down locking reel seats... I am not a big fan of uplocking reelseats.
 
Once you build, ya just can't stop...

two 2wts, three 3wts, five 4wts, one 5wt, one 6wt, one 7wt, one 8wt
In progress, 5 rods
Anticipated new for this year, 3 rods
Sold four since the fall last year

Dave
 
My rods & other stuff

TFO 7'6" 3wt, 4pc, Professional - med fast - for small streams.
paired with a Sage 3200 click & pawl, and Rio Selective Trout WF3F in camo green.

ORVIS 7'11" 4wt, 2pc, 6.0 flex - Silver Label - slow side of med - general purpose - 35% use
This is one of my go-to rods for NJ, Eastern PA.
paired with Orvis Battenkill 3/4 disc, Orvis Wonderline WF4F in Chartreuse

GARCIA CONOLON Fiberglass 8' 5wt, 2pc, - slow - general purpose - slings weight, & delicate
Full Wells, downlocking. It's 40 years old this year. - 35% use. Another Go-to rod.
Paired with an Orvis Rocky Mountain LA disc, and Sci Anglers Trout WF5F in Dark Willow

Sage XP 9' 5wt, 4pc. - fast - for big water.
Paired with a Lamson Litespeed 2 cone drag, and Rio Grand WF5F in Pale Green
 
st. croix avid 6' 3 wt 2 pc for small streams

bass pro "white river" 9' 5wt

wright & mcgill 8'6" 7wt fiberglass

st. croix 9' 9wt. "pro graphite"

tfo 9' 10wt "series 1 model"
 
7.5 4wt cheap LL Bean rod for small streams with heavy brush that is going to mess up rods.
8'3" 3wt Sage SPL for midges (soft rod)
9' 4wt Gatti for all but big rivers
9' 5wt Thomas & Thomas LPS for larger rivers
9' 6 wt Thomas & Thomas Emerger with 7 wt line for wind,big flys,big nymphs,distance.

various 2 piece 4 and 5 wts as spares in case of breakage of above.
 
flyin said:
st. croix avid 6' 3 wt 2 pc for small streams

bass pro "white river" 9' 5wt

wright & mcgill 8'6" 7wt fiberglass

st. croix 9' 9wt. "pro graphite"

tfo 9' 10wt "series 1 model"
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Flyin what is your take on the tfo 9' 10wt?
I am looking to replace my Orvis PM10 10wt.
 
I hope I can remember these correctly.

9' 6wt Orvis Zero Gravity
9' 4wt Sage VT2
8 1/2' 5wt Orvis Trident
10' 6wt Orvis
8' 6wt Fenwick
9' 8wt Fenwick
9' 9wt cheapo salmon rod bought in Pulaski after a salmon blew up the one I brought.

I have built 3 rods on custom builder blanks.

7 1/2' 4 wt
8 1/2' 3 wt
9' 6wt
 
thewylie said:
Flyin what is your take on the tfo 9' 10wt?
I am looking to replace my Orvis PM10 10wt.
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I have the low end rod (hope I got the series 1 right... ) and they've
changed the naming I believe... so the one I got last year was the
$100 rod, ok? :D

that said, it's great for the money, a medium flex. the higher end
rods (I believe the TiCR series??) are fast action.

I'm not a discerning rod reviewer but hope that helps !
 
rods

8'6 5wt Sage SLT- Trout and Bass Small Rivers and Ponds
7'9 3wt Sage VPS- Trout- Small Creeks
10 ft 6wt Orvis Trident- Steelhead
10ft 7 wt Orvis Trident- King Salmon
 
Right now I have over 20 rods. Most of them are bass fishing stuff, mostly casting rods. But hey, this isn't about stuff to chuck hardware.

I used to have a lot of fly rods, but I've been paring that collection down a little.

2wt 7'6" 2pc St. Croix Legend Ultra
3wt 7'9" 3pc St. Croix Legend Ultra
5wt 9'0" 4pc St. Croix Legend Elite
6wt 9'0" 4pc St. Croix Legend Ultra

I had another 5wt and a 2wt 6'6" Native Custom which gave to my brother. I sold a Sage 3wt a while back. I'm not going to count the others I had many, many, moons ago.

I might get rid of the 6wt. It's the only flyrod I have now I didn't build myself, it's factory stock. I kind of like making them myself.
 
Scott said:
Right now I have over 20 rods. Most of them are bass fishing stuff, mostly casting rods. But hey, this isn't about stuff to chuck hardware.

I used to have a lot of fly rods, but I've been paring that collection down a little.

2wt 7'6" 2pc St. Croix Legend Ultra
3wt 7'9" 3pc St. Croix Legend Ultra
5wt 9'0" 4pc St. Croix Legend Elite
6wt 9'0" 4pc St. Croix Legend Ultra

I had another 5wt and a 2wt 6'6" Native Custom which gave to my brother. I sold a Sage 3wt a while back. I'm not going to count the others I had many, many, moons ago.

I might get rid of the 6wt. It's the only flyrod I have now I didn't build myself, it's factory stock. I kind of like making them myself.
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Cool collection Scott. I like the theme :) I'm actually looking at a 6wt. st. croix rod and a few other rods (SP/SLT) for my "big/wind" rod since my next rod down from that would be a Winston Ibis 8'6" 4wt a friend gave to me recently as a gift. If it doesn't go through, I may want to see how much you'd want for your 6wt.
 
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Fenwick 6.5 ft 4wt 2pc (glass) (take to the local park pond for sunnies with the kids)

St Croix 8.5 ft 4wt 2pc (go-to trout rod for nymph dunkin' in NJ streams)

Orvis (Spring Creek?) 9 ft 4wt 2 pc (my old go-to trout rod for nymph dunkin' in NJ streams)

Loomis 9 ft 5wt 4 pc GLX (trout for bigger rivers)

Loomis 9 ft 7wt 4 pc GL3 (smallmouth and light salt)

T&T 9 ft 8wt 4 pc Horizon (go-to Bonefish rod and bay/estuary fishing)

Loomis 9 ft 9wt 4pc Crosscurrent GLX (go-to Striper and all-around salt rod)

T&T 9 ft 10wt 2pc Horizon (Big-wind ocean salt rod)

Casted a 9ft 7wt 4pc Loomis Crosscurrent GLX yesterday at Tightlines.............hmmmmmmm :)
 
Rod Inventories

New to the area, we are all proud of our rod inventories....

8' 4wt Built my self on XT51 Blank - Ti single foot guides - Ti and rosewood seat - Small Rivers
9' 5wt GLoomis GLX 4 piece - Trout Travel Rod Dry Fly
9' 6wt GLoomis GLX 4 piece - Trout Travel Rod Nymphs
9' 6wt Orvis Clearwater 2 Piece - Backup (First Rod)
9' 8wt GLoomis GLX 3 piece - Salt Travel Rod (Bonefish)
9' 10wt Built my self on Diamond Back Blank - Salt Travel Rod (Permit)
9' 12wt Gloomis GLX 3 piece - Salt Travel Rod - Tarpon
9' 14wt Cam Sigler Blue Water 3 Piece - Salt Travel Rod - Sailfish
9' 16wt Cam Sigler Blue Water 3 Piece - Salt Travel Rod - Marlin
 
Nice collections Steve and mbolla...looks like you're a fan of 9 ft rods :p
 
I have collected a few my self.

3wt 7'6" 2pc St. Croix Legend Ultra
4wt 8' 2pc St. Croix Legend Ultra
4 wt 8'6" 2 pc JP Ross 43t
4 wt 8'6' 4 pc Scott S3
5wt 9'0" 4 pc St. Croix Legend Ultra
5 wt' 4 pc 7'6' Winton Ibis
6" ft one piece Garcia Conolon "Little Beaverkill"

:beer: :beer: :bigfish: :bigfish: :beer: :beer:
 
hondo said:
I have collected a few my self.

3wt 7'6" 2pc St. Croix Legend Ultra
4wt 8' 2pc St. Croix Legend Ultra
4 wt 8'6" 2 pc JP Ross 43t
4 wt 8'6' 4 pc Scott S3
5wt 9'0" 4 pc St. Croix Legend Ultra
5 wt' 4 pc 7'6' Winton Ibis
6" ft one piece Garcia Conolon "Little Beaverkill"

:beer: :beer: :bigfish: :bigfish: :beer: :beer:
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Hey hondo how do you like your JP Ross rod? I was looking into buying one of their rods but am not wild about their NEW warranty. With their new warranty if your 43t breaks and it is out of their one year grace period it will end up costing you a minimum of $200 to repair it.
 
Wylie

i really love the JP Ross, the rod has some backbone to it, I have caught quite few fish in the 18- 24 range on and had no trouble. It roll casts nice and I find for dry fly fishing because of it medium action it is a pleasure to cast.

Regarding the warranty, not as good as some of the others out there because as I read it they give a 50% breakage credit after year one toward a new rod. Looking at the workmanship, the quality of materials and the fact it is US made I think it is worth
more that its $280-300 price it sell for.
 
7'9" Sage lightline 2 weight- Homemade (me)
9' Sage GFL 6-7 weight- Dave Mc Neese made
8' Winston 4 weight- Homemade (me)
9' Scott 4 weight- factory G series
9' Scott 5 weight- Homemade (me) G series
9' Scott 6 weight- factory S3 series
9' Winston 6 weight- factory IM6
9' Scott HP 9 weight- Homemade (me) Stripers!
9' Scott HP 10 weight-Factory- Big stripers

I want to add one more rod to my arsenal: a 9 ft 4 weight 4 piece for travelling.
 
hondo said:
I have collected a few my self.

3wt 7'6" 2pc St. Croix Legend Ultra
4wt 8' 2pc St. Croix Legend Ultra
4 wt 8'6" 2 pc JP Ross 43t
4 wt 8'6' 4 pc Scott S3
5wt 9'0" 4 pc St. Croix Legend Ultra
5 wt' 4 pc 7'6' Winton Ibis
6" ft one piece Garcia Conolon "Little Beaverkill"

:beer: :beer: :bigfish: :bigfish: :beer: :beer:
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Sweet collection Hondo. I see you're another lover of St. Croix LU rods. One of the rods I want to pick up soon is a JP Ross Beaver Meadow! What weight is your "Little Beaverkill?" Do you still use all 3 of your 4 wt rods or do you just concentrate on one or two of them?

Brian

Another 9ft lover Cingras :D nice rods.
 
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upyun said:
Cool collection Scott. I like the theme :) I'm actually looking at a 6wt. st. croix rod and a few other rods (SP/SLT) for my "big/wind" rod since my next rod down from that would be a Winston Ibis 8'6" 4wt a friend gave to me recently as a gift. If it doesn't go through, I may want to see how much you'd want for your 6wt.
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I've noticed when people like a particular brand of rod, they keep buying them.

If I make up my mind to sell the 6wt.. well, we'll see. It's a good rod... :)
 
rod inventory

THOMAS & THOMAS VECTOR, 9' 10 WGT
READINGTON CPS 9' 7WGT.
WINSTON IIX 9' 6WGT.
WINSTON IIX 9' 5WGT.
THOMAS & THOMAS LPS 8' 4WGT.
L.PARKS HOLLOW BUILT PARABOLIC 7 1/2 4WGT. MY FAVORITE.
CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE CHANGED MY INVENTORY. I'M HOPELESSLY ADDICTED TO BUY ,USE AND SELL THEM.
I HAVE A 7' 3WGT. BEING MADE BY WYATT DIETRICK OF DREAM CATCHER RODS IN CARLISE PA. AND SHOULD HAVE IT BY OCTOBER.
:beer:
 
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