aggie9
07-29-2014, 08:14 PM
This past weekend I gladly got in line for this "addiction" so to speak.
Those of you who frequent the classified have probably seen me sell my switch rod on several occasions mainly because of wanting to focus on my last year at UC Davis and also partly because of the abundance of information available about rods, reels, line, tips etc. Instead I figured I would wait until I was done with school and give the spey game a shot and see if it was for me.
Looking at a fly fishing magazine last weekend I began to remember how much I miss being out on the water which is when I realized why wait?
After seeing some information on this forum about some two handers willing to give advice and help down at the Oakland Casting Ponds (my location for the summer.) Saturday morning rolls around and I headed out hoping to catch them before they left. After brief introduction and explaining my inexperience in the two handed area as well as owning a rod without a reel or line yet. Before I knew it my switch rod was out of my car and three guys were putting on one of their own reels and lining the rod for me. They began to explain very basics of learning my way around a two handed rod and let me give it a shot. Because the gentleman with the loaner reel had to takeoff it was over way to soon.
Having to go back to the Davis anyways and because I was way to excited from the morning I decided to drive past Davis to the shop. When I got there Andy explained everything crystal clear and had me setup in no time.
As soon as I got back to Oakland the next evening I headed straight to the ponds and began my attempt at casting with my own switch rod. Just want to give a thanks to Andy, the gentleman from the casting ponds if they happen to be on here, and everyone that contributes to this forum for saving me some questions.
Needless to say it all happened very quickly and I am very happy with my purchases and my discovery of the Oakland casting ponds. I think I see a lot of time in my near future spent at these ponds.
If anyone in the Sac or Bay Area needs some company or would like to give me some pointers on the water I am hoping to get out in a few weekends(Lower A for summer steel or maybe some trout on the Yuba/Truckee) when I start understanding the mechanics and basics of swinging this rod.
9447
Those of you who frequent the classified have probably seen me sell my switch rod on several occasions mainly because of wanting to focus on my last year at UC Davis and also partly because of the abundance of information available about rods, reels, line, tips etc. Instead I figured I would wait until I was done with school and give the spey game a shot and see if it was for me.
Looking at a fly fishing magazine last weekend I began to remember how much I miss being out on the water which is when I realized why wait?
After seeing some information on this forum about some two handers willing to give advice and help down at the Oakland Casting Ponds (my location for the summer.) Saturday morning rolls around and I headed out hoping to catch them before they left. After brief introduction and explaining my inexperience in the two handed area as well as owning a rod without a reel or line yet. Before I knew it my switch rod was out of my car and three guys were putting on one of their own reels and lining the rod for me. They began to explain very basics of learning my way around a two handed rod and let me give it a shot. Because the gentleman with the loaner reel had to takeoff it was over way to soon.
Having to go back to the Davis anyways and because I was way to excited from the morning I decided to drive past Davis to the shop. When I got there Andy explained everything crystal clear and had me setup in no time.
As soon as I got back to Oakland the next evening I headed straight to the ponds and began my attempt at casting with my own switch rod. Just want to give a thanks to Andy, the gentleman from the casting ponds if they happen to be on here, and everyone that contributes to this forum for saving me some questions.
Needless to say it all happened very quickly and I am very happy with my purchases and my discovery of the Oakland casting ponds. I think I see a lot of time in my near future spent at these ponds.
If anyone in the Sac or Bay Area needs some company or would like to give me some pointers on the water I am hoping to get out in a few weekends(Lower A for summer steel or maybe some trout on the Yuba/Truckee) when I start understanding the mechanics and basics of swinging this rod.
9447