1/4/2023 0 Comments Payne 101 fly rodI have cast at least 6 of them at gatherings, and they all feel weird to me. Everyone raves about it but I can not stand the rod. My least favorite taper is the PHY Driggs. I now have two para 15's (different versions), and for several years it has been my go-to rod. The problem was that I liked them all save one that I despised. This least favorite taper thread has got me laughing.Īt my first gathering, I had brought a notebook to write down all the tapers I liked. For small dry flies the Perfectionist happens to be my favorite rod. I've got a closet full of rods with different tapers, and I use my 4wt Perfectionist and 7613 Dickerson more then any of the others. If we all liked the same rod, we wouldn't need 400+ tapers. 002") and the butt stations, 85 & 90 are. It's close to the one in the Maurer book I have but not exactly the same at a couple of stations (by about. The taper I made either came from Ron Barch or John Long, not sure which. I use the taper from George Maurer's first book, it has a ferrule dimension of. Which taper are you using? The Perfectionist is one of my favorite tapers, very versatile both fishing it and making it, the taper seems to lend itself well to changing it's length and line weight. I remember reading that Lee Wulff caught a swordfish on his 6 foot bamboo flyrod, although the rod probably wasn't a 4 wt! (Steve Weiss)
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