The insanity of compulsion..what's in your quiver?

[gimmeumpqua]

I have more rods than I can use, but I love every one of them. And I just bought another, and pine for a few more. They all get used, but some way more than others. I suspect I'm preaching to the choir, but am interested in what fly anglers collect...here's mine...

Winston 8 ft 3wt WT
Scott fibertouch 7 ft 3wt
Winston 7ft 4wt IM6
Winston BIIx 8ft 4wt
Winston DL4 8ft 4wt
Winston BIIx 81/2 ft 5wt
WinstonBIIx 9ft 5wt
Winston JWF 5wt IM6
Winston 81/2 ft 6wt LTX
Winston 9ft 6wt LT
Winston 91/2 ft 7wt LTX
Winston 13ft 7/8 BIIx spey
Scott 9ft 8wt SES
Powell 10 ft 8wt
Winston 9ft 8wt JWF BIIx
Scott 8ft 9wt

It's hard to look at it in list form...

Kurt

[Stew]

Hoffman bamboo 7' 6" 3 weight
Hoffman bamboo 7' 6" 4 weight
Hoffman bamboo 8' 5 weight
Sage Custom 9' 3 weight
Thomas & Thomas 12' 8 weight Spey
R Meiser 14' 8 weight Spey
Burkheimer 9'5" 8 weight
Lamiglas Custom 9'3" 8 weight

I am seriously jealous of your list Kurt :grin:

[gimmeumpqua]

...and me of you Stew...in fact, I'm afraid to fish a bamboo rod in order that I don't feel the need to start looking at those too.

Kurt

[Steelie28]

Sage 386 LL
Sage 590-3 LL
Sage 590-4 XP
Scott 958/4 ARC
Scott 956/4 ARC

Not a huge collection, but gets the job done. Seems I've spent most of my $ on quality reels for the few rods I have.

Gimmeumpqua, those Fibertouch rods are awesome. Fished one on some high mountain beaver ponds in Colorado for golden trout once, great small trout rod.

Steelie28

[Siwash]

Back when I got into rod building, I started branching out from my bread & butter spinning rods to try a few casting rods, and then to fly rods... never mind the fact that up to that point i'd never even fly-fished before. Now that I've actually gotten into throwing flies, I only have 4 fly rods out of probably at least 20 total (afraid to do an honest count), but then I also have a couple blanks/kits on hand waiting to be commissioned.

My next addition ought to be a light (3 or 4 wt) pack rod. Winstons and bamboo remain a little out of my price range, however. Got a friend whose collection looks more like yours, for which I like to tease him since he doesn't even fish that much. Of course he teases me in return for squandering my potential fishing toy funds on getting married and having kids.

[mandinga]

2 sage rplxi's 8&9wt
3 echo's 3,5,6wt
2 custom rods from a guy in bend 2 and 4wt
2 temple forks 6 & 7wt


up until a year ago i also had
scott s3 5wt
winston lt 4wt
and
another sage rplxi

GimmeUmpqua....its a good thing your a physician, otherwise youd be like me with temple fork and echo rods.(jealous)

[gimmeumpqua]

You know Isaac, that may only partially true. I don't get to fish as much as you...so whats better? Lots of rods and less time to fish? Or less rods and more time to fish. Frankly I think you probably have the advantage...

Kurt

[mandinga]

lol, you're probably right....

except, when is the last time you sold your plasma to afford gas money for a road trip to Montana?! LOL.

[N.U.Angler]

sage 8100XP 4 pc.
sage 8100RPL 2pc.
sage 7100RPL 2pc.
sage 690DS 2pc.
Fenwick 686HMG 2pc. a real sweetheart
Cascade 9100 IM6 2pc. a real brute
G Loomis 476 IMX another sweetheart
and all the reels to go with them

Howard

[Ryan Pultz]

lol, you're probably right....

except, when is the last time you sold your plasma to afford gas money for a road trip to Montana?! LOL.



Ohh man that is bad! rp

[frankenfish]

Kurt,

It has become painfully obvious after looking over your list that I do not have enough fly rods. I will try to remedy that ASAP.

1. TF 6' 2 wt.
2. Winston 8' 3 wt.
3. Sage DS II 9' 5 wt.
4. Sage DS II 9' 8 wt.
5. Sage TCR 9' 8 wt.
6. Lamiglass 9' 9 wt.
7. Temple Fork 10' 9 wt.
8. Powell Tiboron 9' 10 wt.
9. Cortland 14' 9 wt Spey.














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[drbfish]

I am sick! I need help! I have about 24 rods! Everything is for sale!

BOO

Montaque Rapidian
South Bend 359-9
WM Granger Deluxe 9050
Orvis Madison
Heddon 125
Montaque Lake Pleasant
Phillipson Paragon
H-I Tonkin Queen
Granger Champion
Granger Champion

Steel

Heddon Pal model #2030

Glass

Heddon Pal Pro Weight model #8381
Heddon Pal Pro 5 wt

Graphite

Burkie 3wt, 8 ½’
Orvis Trident TSL 5 wt. 6.5 flex, 9’
Rodblank.com 7wt, 9’
Numb-butt Ninja, 7wt, 9’
Mieser Spey 6/7, 13’
St. Croix, Spey, 7/8wt, 13’
Gloomis 9/10 wt 12.5'
Redington 9wt, 9’
Meiser Spey 8/9, 14'
TFO Spey 1510 10wt, 15’

Most of the bamboo I bought to refinish and just have not done much with them. The only ones I couldn't live with out are the two Meisers.

[slinger]

frankenfish, you're right. People like Dave and Kurt remind me that I really need more gear. Bless you guys.

The quiver:

St Croix SCIII 8' 3wt
Fenwick HMG 8' 5wt
South Bend 359 Bamboo 8'6" 5wt
Redington RS2 9' 5wt
Custom Lamiglas 9' 6wt
Custom Hook&Hackle 9' 8wt
TFO TICR 9'8wt
Winston BIIx 10' 8wt
Fenwick Nighthawk 12'6" 8wt Spey
Sage Euro 6126 12'6" 6wt Spey
About to be ordered: Sage VT2 8139 Spey

-Nate

[blazerman]

TFO 6' 2wt
Custom 7'9" 3wt
Gloomis GL3 9' 4wt
Sage DS2 9' 6wt
Gloomis CC 9'9" 8wt
Echo2 9' 8wt
Echo 9' 10wt

Now if only I wasn't stuck at work and could use them.

Ben

[one fish]

Dave,

I may be interested in some of your boo for sale. Can you e-mail me more info?

Gary

[nookslayer]

Ok, I guess I'll weight in too...

TFO Finesse 7'9" 3wt
TFO TiCR 9'0" 5wt
TFO TiCR 9'0" 6wt
TFO Jim Teeny 9'0" 8wt
TFO Lefty Kreh Pro 9'0" 10wt

I see pattern.....

[derbyshc]

Orvis HLS 9' 7wt
Sage 14' 9 wt 3pc European
Sage 9' 5 wt

I use my 7wt most of the time for trout. I use the 5wt for smallmouth and shad. The 14 footer is my steelhead mainstay. I'm saving up for an 11 wt outfit dedicated for chinook.

[JohnOD]

I'll play...

Scotts
8'8" #3 G
9' #5 STS
9' #5 S3
9 1/2' #7 S3

Winstons
9' #6 B2X
9 1/2' #6 B2X (followed me home yesterday)

Orvis
I wont admit to them on a public message board :blush:

John

[gimmeumpqua]

You gotta love those BIIx models...They are quite phenomenal...cast like a dream and protect tippets and light and strong...Oh my...

Kurt