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boognish2010
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Greetings All,
Was told of this site from a nice fellow on craigslist...and after reading some posts the last two days, I almost feel comfortable revealing my ignorance. Almost...
Anyway.. a question on gear.
I've tried FF three times. I've purchased a 7ft 4w setup (low end Cortland) and a descent (Cabelas LST) 9ft 7w setup for bass on lakes/ponds. Neither have seen more than 2hrs usage in two years, sadly. Was a matter of frustration setting in, and going back to spinning tackle.
Now, I've made up my mind that FF is going to be the thing this year...and hopefully many years to come. So much so that I've basically moth-balled my other tackle.
Since I'm so new, my casting is pretty much brutal to say the least, and I plan on doing the LL Bean class asap...but until then...
Should I stick with the lower end setup and lesser length rod, or try learning with the 9ft'r? I know I put the cart before the horse when I bought these setups...but that's kind of my life.
Space is always a limitation on smaller streams, and I'm not sure how much of a handicap I'd really have with a lower end setup as I can't tell the difference when casting them anyway... I hope to be able to one day.
Would love a little nudge in the right direction from folks who know where I'm coming from...'cause they were there once, too.
thanks very much for reading...hope to hear from some of you.
Was told of this site from a nice fellow on craigslist...and after reading some posts the last two days, I almost feel comfortable revealing my ignorance. Almost...
Anyway.. a question on gear.
I've tried FF three times. I've purchased a 7ft 4w setup (low end Cortland) and a descent (Cabelas LST) 9ft 7w setup for bass on lakes/ponds. Neither have seen more than 2hrs usage in two years, sadly. Was a matter of frustration setting in, and going back to spinning tackle.
Now, I've made up my mind that FF is going to be the thing this year...and hopefully many years to come. So much so that I've basically moth-balled my other tackle.
Since I'm so new, my casting is pretty much brutal to say the least, and I plan on doing the LL Bean class asap...but until then...
Should I stick with the lower end setup and lesser length rod, or try learning with the 9ft'r? I know I put the cart before the horse when I bought these setups...but that's kind of my life.
Space is always a limitation on smaller streams, and I'm not sure how much of a handicap I'd really have with a lower end setup as I can't tell the difference when casting them anyway... I hope to be able to one day.
Would love a little nudge in the right direction from folks who know where I'm coming from...'cause they were there once, too.
thanks very much for reading...hope to hear from some of you.