08-16-2007, 08:34 PM
I agree with Mac. I have a couple of friends that bought the same set up you are talking about. One is my nephew and he too beat the heck out of it and even broke the tip off and still fishes with it.
Hopefully, however, the lesser rod will peek your interest and not turn you off, I have seen that happen also. People buy the CHEAPER rods that will not do what they expect, so they keep going back to their spinning outfit.
Flyfishing is going to take commitment. I too started off with spinning, then a Pfueger Fly Fishing outfit to only go back to the spinning cause it was easier. Then I was given a very nice Sage (for it's time at any rate) and I have never gone back to a spinning outfit since.
Fly fishing requires too much put into the casting, retrieve, fly, line, etc. to go back and forth. In other words, you will never master FF, you will merely be getting by with occassionaly catching a fish.
I went to a lake full of Cat and Carp, neither species have I targeted before, but I am a FF so that is what I did, expecting to get skunked....I didn't.
The Shakespear is a good starter (might be a little slow). That is the other thing. Beginners should go to a FF store and cast several rods to find out what action they need. Fast casters need a fast rod, slower casters a slower and so on.
Good luck and stay in touch!
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Hopefully, however, the lesser rod will peek your interest and not turn you off, I have seen that happen also. People buy the CHEAPER rods that will not do what they expect, so they keep going back to their spinning outfit.
Flyfishing is going to take commitment. I too started off with spinning, then a Pfueger Fly Fishing outfit to only go back to the spinning cause it was easier. Then I was given a very nice Sage (for it's time at any rate) and I have never gone back to a spinning outfit since.
Fly fishing requires too much put into the casting, retrieve, fly, line, etc. to go back and forth. In other words, you will never master FF, you will merely be getting by with occassionaly catching a fish.
I went to a lake full of Cat and Carp, neither species have I targeted before, but I am a FF so that is what I did, expecting to get skunked....I didn't.
The Shakespear is a good starter (might be a little slow). That is the other thing. Beginners should go to a FF store and cast several rods to find out what action they need. Fast casters need a fast rod, slower casters a slower and so on.
Good luck and stay in touch!
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