Castable 12 wt. ?
Is there such a rod ? A castable 12 wt.. Maybe a good tarpon rod would be called castable? Have you got one you REALLY like?
The reason I ask is I broke mine again on my last Christmas Is. trip. This is the THIRD time with this same rod. The rod is a TFO BVK. It casts wonderfully. It is very light in hand, and I've handled several big GT's and tuna on it. But now I'm afraid of it busting again.
I sent it back to TFO again for warranty repair and they promptly called me back. I told them about the repeated breakage and asked if I could exchange it for ANY other 12 wt. they might have. They said they still had sections for this rod but it was being discontinued in the bigger sizes 9wt.,10wt., and 12wt. (I wonder why?)
I'm not bashing TFO about this rod. I actually liked it, but three times is too much.
So, they offered me a 12 wt. Mangrove in exchange for the BVK along with a $35.00 warranty charge. Seemed reasonable.
Has anyone out there fished a big Mangrove? Or what do you favor as your CASTABLE 12 wt.?
Tony
TONY BUZOLICH
Feather River Fly
Yuba City, CA.
(530) 790-7180
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