04-21-2018, 01:55 PM
I agree don’t spend too much on these smaller rods. You don’t need a $500 Orvis Superfine rod. You just need to be able to present a fly well upto 30 ft. I have 2 Cabela’s Clear Creek 2 wt rods that cost me $79 that can do that. One is 5 ft and does require a Wulff Triangle Taper line (thanks Joanie for letting me onto that[
])to do that but the 7 ft one will do it with a cheaper line. My 5 ft 8 inch rod cost me $160 from RDP and is custom built. However Mark finally raised his prices this year and it would run close to $300 now. All these rods can be found used intermittently on eBay. There are even rare bargains on Orvis Superfine rods. Clear Creek Rods haven’t been built in over a decade I believe. These do show up time to time. They almost always sell a little bit above their original price but usually a good value compared to what else is out there. Here’s one on eBay now https://www.ebay.com/itm/CABELAS-Fly-Fis...2619130118
This is the rod I’d buy if I didn’t have any small stream rods (I already have four at 7 ft or less[shocked]).
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])to do that but the 7 ft one will do it with a cheaper line. My 5 ft 8 inch rod cost me $160 from RDP and is custom built. However Mark finally raised his prices this year and it would run close to $300 now. All these rods can be found used intermittently on eBay. There are even rare bargains on Orvis Superfine rods. Clear Creek Rods haven’t been built in over a decade I believe. These do show up time to time. They almost always sell a little bit above their original price but usually a good value compared to what else is out there. Here’s one on eBay now https://www.ebay.com/itm/CABELAS-Fly-Fis...2619130118This is the rod I’d buy if I didn’t have any small stream rods (I already have four at 7 ft or less[shocked]).
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