Question about a rod

[Rick J]

looks like a sweet rod - were you using a skagit method of casting or touch and go casts?

[SHigSpeed]

Skagit. Still a newb so keepin' it simple.

_SHig

[ted1]

Your finishing looks great! With my eyes I'm lucky to get a straight line in. My rods probably look like garbage to anybody else but I can't tell much of a difference. BTW, if you are looking for some custom inserts or cork grips, let me know I have a friend who turns them.

[SHigSpeed]

Your finishing looks great! With my eyes I'm lucky to get a straight line in. My rods probably look like garbage to anybody else but I can't tell much of a difference. BTW, if you are looking for some custom inserts or cork grips, let me know I have a friend who turns them.

Thanks! Of course when you fish the rod less than 12 cold hours after you mix the Flex Coat, it may not matter!

I may hit you up about your friend. Hard to find good cork these days, and when you do, bend over!!

_SHig

[Fats]

BTW, I just finished up my 1087 Rainshadow switch last night and took it down to the Yuba still tacky:




Didn't catch any fish, but I like it a lot. Still may need to tweak the line and any input would be gladly accepted! I've already gotten some good info via PM.

The main line I was using was the body of a Windcutter 10/11 (I think) without the tip 2. Basically a 21" head at 360 grains plus a 15' 115 grain sinktip. I was swinging buggers and leeches using this setup and it felt pretty good actually. I may have even seen a nice tight loop or two, and snagged brush from the opposite bank so I was hammering casts like a rockstar! (Okay, maybe not...)

When I went later to an intermediate tip, same grain and length, I started having more problems. Not sure if I was tending to rip out my anchor or if I was getting tired. Probably just that I need more practice.

Regardless, I did have some issues with hooking myself including once in the nose with a wicked wraparound stick. Barbless is the law, and your friend!

BTW, the rod was built using Batson/Forecast components though instead of using their, eh, unique bactrian camel foregrip I used their preformed full wells grip and added 2-1/2" to it in the middle and blended it in. I think I may do some more sanding to bring the diameter down a bit in the front half of the foregrip. The foregrip came in at just a hair under 10", and if I were to do it again I may add another 1/2" to 1". I used their standard switch rear grip though.

_SHig

So, if you don't mind me asking, what do you have in that rod right now?

[SHigSpeed]

So, if you don't mind me asking, what do you have in that rod right now?

Let's just say a bit of change less than half of what a new Deer Creek or Beulah would cost.

_SHig

[SPG]

SHig, Well done, you have built a very nice rod. I would be happy to develope a line recipe for that rod, similar to the process I do for Meiser. There is a limit to how much of a fly you can throw with your rod because of it's power, 5 wt single, 3 wt spey, but with some new lines that I am developing for Meiser, HighWater Short, we can kick your flies up a lot. My philosphy is, you pick the fly, the fly chooses the front taper, the front taper chooses the driver, the driver picks the rod. Call me, 541-840-2594, steve

[Big Jim]

Rick J, I like what you have done with the Fisher and you are right about the 1085 being a great rod for the Klamath. Gary Anderson and I have written a line recipe for this rod, not that it should not be tweaked for a specific individual, but as a base recipe from ACR Scandi Heads, it should be 26 feet and 260 grains, with a belly dia of .082 and a front taper of .022 per foot. On a speed scale of 1-10, the 1085 is a 5.7, slightly faster than med. If you cast more than 260 grains at 26 feet you prefer to slow the rod down, because you like a slower stroke, which is how the great casters use lines to tune them to a specific rod. Some of the best casters I build rods for have a slow stroke, under 5. The ultimate casting outfit will occur when your natural casting acceleration is matched to a rod speed and a line speed. The silver bullet occures when the caster, the rod, and the line all come together. steve

Steve. I have a rainshadow 1086 and would love to buy a multi-tip line for it, including a foating tip. I am a newbie to switch/spey casting so I don't completely follow the line discussions here, but I believe you mentioned in a post a few months back that you and gary had designed such a line. I emailed gary via his website a while ago but havent heard back. Can you steer me in the right direction?

Thanks

Jim Davenport

[SPG]

Jim, Call me and we can discuss the different ways to design your line system. steve 541-840-2594

[Blueracer]

Sweet SHig! I'm glad you were able to finish it.