01-31-2013, 10:10 PM
Hi Flygodess, as a moderator of this forum I want to send you a free Rexfly to try out and let me know what you think after you've had a chance to play with it. I've been struggling with how this might not work for many women and I have not come up with a good solution yet, maybe you can help me with that.
As to the rod balance issue, I actually asked the rod designers for Orivs, Sage, TFO and Redington at the IFTD show in Reno this past summer whether they take into account the weights of the reels when they are designing the latest rods. The unanimous response was "We make our rods as light as possible and let the reel manufacturers try and catch up." Hence you have reels being made out a titanium or with so much aluminum carved out of them they just don't last. One of them also told me they cast the rods with the reel sitting on the floor when they test them out to really get a feel for what the rod is capable of.
Rod balance was more an issue 20 years ago when rods weighed much more and felt much different from today's rods.
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As to the rod balance issue, I actually asked the rod designers for Orivs, Sage, TFO and Redington at the IFTD show in Reno this past summer whether they take into account the weights of the reels when they are designing the latest rods. The unanimous response was "We make our rods as light as possible and let the reel manufacturers try and catch up." Hence you have reels being made out a titanium or with so much aluminum carved out of them they just don't last. One of them also told me they cast the rods with the reel sitting on the floor when they test them out to really get a feel for what the rod is capable of.
Rod balance was more an issue 20 years ago when rods weighed much more and felt much different from today's rods.
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