DJBerg wrote:
fast action pole. So if I am correct, the pole is stiff, a heavier line will load the pole more and hold more momentum to throw larger, less arrow dynamic flies a bit farther
Dear DJ,
They're rods. Not poles, rods. I'm aware of just how obnoxious it is to correct you, but I assure you I am likely not the only person who cringes every time you write "pole," which would probably be fully accurate if you were talkin aboot pappy's 12' crappie pole (or a tenkada pole, which I suppose, is really one and the same anyways except for the decimal place).
The simplified answer is, "rods have guides, poles are sticks." While they are, essentially, interchangable words in today's day and age, it ends up making the user sound like Andy Griffith. I'm pretty positive you're not Andy Griffith.
Rod. Sweet babby Jebus, its a rod.
Thank you for your time,
[d]Tim Mu[/d]gfen.
Now for the other guy: Your leader is too long and your fly rod (ROD!) is a compromised one trick pony, respectively.
You're trying to throw bulky poppers and other assorted giant flies with a 13' leader?! Try cutting 10' off it. Now thrill as you cast 15-20' further. Congrats, there's your lost distance.
You're wondering why a 3wt rod doesn't do what your 6wt rod does? Without even getting into the specifics of why rods are all misweighted affairs*, you're asking a rod that's labeled as a 3wt to do anything useful other than lobbing a hunk of lead into a hole or carry unweighted flies?
Nope. Doesn't work like that. This is why the 5wt (or what is often labeled as a 4wt**) is the default standard for fishing, and not a 3wt, unless all you do is dap jigs, at which point why even carry pretension to casting?
Horses for courses, or something particularly folksy like that. If you want to throw anything substantial, you need a line with mass. If you need a line with mass, you need a rod capable of carrying said line. Its the same reason why you can't cast a giant puffy ball of deer hair with a 10' leader, there's simply no mass to turn the whole thing over and plop it where it needs to go.
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* - psst, Afish, I noted what you said abotu overlining your 4wt and will assuredly bring it out someday when you mock properly actioned rods from the dawn of time for your overly stiff tomato sticks.
** - i'm lookin' at you, Elite Industry Insider
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