The only thing worse than people buying perfectly good bamboo fly rods with the intent of never fishing them are the people that buy them with the intent of never casting them.
The winning rod?
That’s why I’m happy to see Hardy USA and the Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum holding a bamboo fly rod casting competition in August.
Given the age of most bamboo rod owners, we’re tempted to dub it “Dinosaurs Casting Dinosaurs” (me included), but hey, anything that offers a Hardy bamboo rod as a prize and uses the age of the fly rod as a tiebreaker is fine with me:
Livingston Manor, NY. On August 6, 2011 Hardy USA and The Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum (CFFCM) will hold the first annual Hardy Bros. Cup casting competition, at the 29th Summerfest and Anglers Market at the CFFCM. This annual casting event will be open to all individuals and the only requirement is to use a bamboo fly rod 9′ in length or smaller. This casting contest will be based on two distance casts and one accuracy cast. Handicaps will be applicable to rods under 8′ in length and a tie breaker will be determined by the age of the rod. Casters should be able to cast a sight fly 50 feet with a 7.5′ leader.
See you practicing, Tom Chandler.
A “sight fly”? Oh, I thought that was called a piece of yarn…
Kentucky Jim(Quote)
WooHoo!!!! Can’t fathom buying a bamboo rod and not fishing it…. but I’m odd I know…. almost can’t fathom fishing with anything else anymore
Marty(Quote)