Glass Is Not Dead

[DanMarino]

Literally had 15 minutes to cast a line.

[Big Mike]

Not being a fly fisherman can’t say I understand the glass reference but a nice bass none the less.

[Mark]

Nice catch on a light rod, Tom.

[DanMarino]

I caught that fish on a fiberglass composite fly rod. Just a reference to using a rod that is older technology.

[Mark]

There are lots of articles on line about the evolution of fly rods from bamboo to fiberglass to graphite.

That evolution happened with conventional rods too. My first spinning rod to go with my Mitchell 300 reel was fiberglass. Now most of us fish with graphite.

Fiberglass fly rods usually have a slower action than today's graphite models and some casters like them for that different feel. I learned to fly cast on one. I think they're helpful in teaching patience in the casting stroke -- that is allowing the rod to fully load on the
back-cast before starting the forward stroke.

[bignose]

My original fly rod was a Sears "Ted Williams" model, medium action fiberglass 8' (this was before the use of line weights, it was rated for HCH line if you remember the old system of measuring fly lines by diameter rather than weight) with a "automatic" fly reel. This had a spring that you wound and by squeezing the trigger the line would wind back on the spool.

I tied flies held in a set of vise grip pliers.

Despite the relative crudeness of the tackle, I tore up the local ponds catching sunfish and small bass.

My first rod was a "True Temper steel rod with a Zebco 202 reel. The rod probably started out as a post WWII antenna for some military usage. And Zebco was originally the "Zero Hour Bomb Company."

[kevinfry]

With fly rods glass certaunly is not dead.....used fiberglass rods on ebay are $$$$

[nhunter344]

With fly rods glass certaunly is not dead.....used fiberglass rods on ebay are $$$$

I've seen bamboo fly rods go for thousands too.