Comments on: Casting Glass: The Underground’s Wholly Biased Take on the Modern Fiberglass Fly Rod

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Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:17:26 +0000

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By: Arlan Baron

Arlan Baron — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:02:05 +0000

Thanks Bob, Life is too short to play crummy guitars, drink cheap coffee and boast about “never fished” fly rods.

By: Bob Foresti

Bob Foresti — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:56:57 +0000

…nice one Arlan… reminds me of an ‘ol Billy Joel lyric… “every year is a souvenir that slowly fades away”…… I too keep an old Fenwick 605 in the back of the car along with an equally old, worn, Pflueger… great fun for small mountain streams, bushy flies and hungry brookies…

By: Arlan Baron

Arlan Baron — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:48:21 +0000

Sun light through the low hangers, casting itself on my vintage Fenwick Feralite glass fly rod’s finish. That deep reddish brown and it’s distinctive wraps.
It brings back youth, fishing the trout streams of the U.P Michigan.
I still use a Fenwick Feralite with a Quick 55 reel. And I keep a Fenwick FS74-4 in my trunk, it’s a 4 piece glass 7 Ft Fly/Spin rod that received some bad press about the time of the Nixon era for being a less than stellar compromise in rod design, I love it!
It has a 24″ aluminum tube and a plaid green rod cloth.
It brings back fond images of the old “Hamms of the sky blue waters” adds and brings in both trout and small mouth better or as good as anything I have used.
My ultra-light, a Fenwick FS55 with a Quick Microlite.
Who needs anything more? Some things are better left unchanged especially if they are things of art and fishing function.
Memories are what makes our senses come alive.
Making good memories every day is a good goal.

You can find great vintage glass rods all over. Glass is good!

Wonderful article.

By: Bob Foresti

Bob Foresti — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:13:44 +0000

…duh, what was I thinking?… schming is a good thing!…

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:47:04 +0000

Swing weight, schming weight. Damnit – the Underground Rod Corporation LLC, Esq’s products might be heavy and overlong, but we’ll be marketing primarily to the Manly Fly Fisherman (hey, Sage sold the TCR). Frankly, it’s a business plan that can’t possibly fail.

By: Bob Foresti

Bob Foresti — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:31:58 +0000

…Good point Tom… By the way, did anyone consider the rod length’s which Carina referenced?… 3.6 m, 4.5m and 5.4m (metric unit meter ?) are pretty darn long, particularly for fiberglass… I’d be somewhat concerned with the swing weight, but more so with trying to fit the 5.4m rod in my VW Beetle!… that’s nearly a meter longer than any spey rod I’ve encountered…
Bob

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:52:26 +0000

Alistair: When I receive an offer that good, I’m tempted to put the Underground’s Considerable Financial Resources to work, but my charitable impulses prevent me. After all – given my considerable marketig prowess – what chance would the American Fly Rod industry have? How could they withstand the Underground’s engagement marketing onslaught?

Short answer: they couldn’t.

By: Alistair at Urban Fly Fisher

Alistair at Urban Fly Fisher — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:43:29 +0000

Do it Tom – Do IT!

I dare you !

By: carina zheng

carina zheng — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:25:17 +0000

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By: Bob Foresti

Bob Foresti — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:34:00 +0000

…oops again, i meant i thought it was fiberglass, not graphite (whatever that is)…
bob

By: Bob Foresti

Bob Foresti — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:31:33 +0000

…ooops, i thought the gfl476 was a fiberglass rod rather than glass… sorry all……… uhh, graphite?… what’s that?…
Bob

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:07:52 +0000

Good luck, but I think an early Sage glass rod would be more likely to appreciate than a Sage graphite rod. I hope it goes well, but prepared for disappointment.

By: josh

josh — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:43:48 +0000

Hey everyone!

Just wanted to follow up. I contacted Sage directly, and it turns out the graphite rod was made in the early 1980’s, and way back then it retailed for $300. They said that although they can only estimate the appreciation value (including inflation), your estimate of $400+/$500 was pretty accurate. I have listed it on ebay, hoping to sell it to a good owner. The auction can be visited here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270311517419

I started it low to attract buyers, hopefully it will reach the value it’s worth! Thanks again for your help!

By: Bob Foresti

Bob Foresti — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:00:54 +0000

…you’re most welcome….. i’m curious what happens too….. i’d go after it, but i’m afraid if i brought another rod home my wife would bury me in the basement and use them all for tomato stakes…. ;-)
bob