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Testing The best test for a fly rod is a season's use on the lake or stream but no tackle dealer is going to sell his rods on that basis. The average inexperienced fly fisherman will go into a tackle store, pick up a rod, swing it a little, discuss it much and then buy or reject it, depending on the salesmanship of the tackle man. Perhaps a skilled rod maker can get an idea of a rod's action by swinging it a few times; I cannot and I am sure that the average angler can do no better. To really know what one is buying he should rig the rod up with reel and line and actually cast with it. For this reason I prefer to buy from a small tackle shop where I am known and where the owner will permit me to take a rod home and give it a try-out. That is the real way to buy a rod but it is not always possible. |
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