01-28-2009, 11:29 PM
[quote sinergy][font "Arial"][#000000][size 3]Great rods are not always expensive [/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial"][#000000][size 3]As you’ll read here, you don’t have to spend upwards of $600 to get a great fly rod. Yes, the best are going to set you back that much, but there are some surprisingly good rods out there that sell for one-third to one-half as much! [#ff0000]TFO rods may not have as much hype as Sage but the quality of the cork grip or the overall finish, guides & [/#ff0000][/size][/#000000][/font][#ff0000][font "Arial"][size 3]and reel seat[/size][/font][/#ff0000][font "Arial"][#000000][size 3][#ff0000] are just as goods if not better at a fraction of the price[/#ff0000]. Its like Jeans you can pay for a fancy pair of Dolce Gobana Jeans but a nice pair of Levis will do you just as well.
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[font "Arial"][#000000][size 3] [/size][/#000000][/font][font "Arial"][#000000][size 3] [/size][/#000000][/font] [font "Arial"][#000000][size 3]Some of the “premier” rods on the market don't perform as well as you were led to believe. [/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial"][#000000][size 3]Manufacturers have done their best to convince us that their rods are better than anything on the market. We've been bombarded in the magazines with a ton of advertising, propaganda, and hype. Its true your fishing style is going to determine what rod and action type you want but when you spend 600+ dollars on a rod your locked into that rod unless you have endless amount of money the rod determines how you fish there's really no experimenting with getting new rods and creating your own style
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That's the biggest crock of crap I've ever heard. TFO has the worst cork grips on the planet. The finish is acceptable, and the hardware is low end. You comparing TFO rods, and components to Sage, and TFO besting Sage, show's you really don't know what you're talking about. TFO is an ok Chinese rod. One of the better ones. But, it takes a backseat to other Chinese rods like Echo. and it's in the back of the bus compared to Sage, Winston, Scott, T&T.
And yes I read the 'writeup' in the same magazine as you did, but if you're going to quote an article, do the complete written article and don't add your own stuff in. It looks bad and you're mis-quoting too.
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[font "Arial"][#000000][size 3]As you’ll read here, you don’t have to spend upwards of $600 to get a great fly rod. Yes, the best are going to set you back that much, but there are some surprisingly good rods out there that sell for one-third to one-half as much! [#ff0000]TFO rods may not have as much hype as Sage but the quality of the cork grip or the overall finish, guides & [/#ff0000][/size][/#000000][/font][#ff0000][font "Arial"][size 3]and reel seat[/size][/font][/#ff0000][font "Arial"][#000000][size 3][#ff0000] are just as goods if not better at a fraction of the price[/#ff0000]. Its like Jeans you can pay for a fancy pair of Dolce Gobana Jeans but a nice pair of Levis will do you just as well.
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[font "Arial"][#000000][size 3] [/size][/#000000][/font][font "Arial"][#000000][size 3] [/size][/#000000][/font] [font "Arial"][#000000][size 3]Some of the “premier” rods on the market don't perform as well as you were led to believe. [/size][/#000000][/font]
[font "Arial"][#000000][size 3]Manufacturers have done their best to convince us that their rods are better than anything on the market. We've been bombarded in the magazines with a ton of advertising, propaganda, and hype. Its true your fishing style is going to determine what rod and action type you want but when you spend 600+ dollars on a rod your locked into that rod unless you have endless amount of money the rod determines how you fish there's really no experimenting with getting new rods and creating your own style
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That's the biggest crock of crap I've ever heard. TFO has the worst cork grips on the planet. The finish is acceptable, and the hardware is low end. You comparing TFO rods, and components to Sage, and TFO besting Sage, show's you really don't know what you're talking about. TFO is an ok Chinese rod. One of the better ones. But, it takes a backseat to other Chinese rods like Echo. and it's in the back of the bus compared to Sage, Winston, Scott, T&T.
And yes I read the 'writeup' in the same magazine as you did, but if you're going to quote an article, do the complete written article and don't add your own stuff in. It looks bad and you're mis-quoting too.
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