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Originally Posted by Bibio
fly fishing in a way has always been full of snobs but hey each to their own and all that.
i have in the past taught a fair few strangers with all the gear no idea to cast a fly line.
i was amazed at how much fly fishing rods have come in the past 10 years.. £60 will buy a rod that would have cost me £300 10 years ago to get the same kind of action. yes the expensive stuff is still very very expensive but i'll leave that for people with deep pockets.
FTR my fly rod and real are well over 20 years old... lol
the price of a days fishing has bloody shot up. what was one of my fave lochs was £10 all day is now £35, thankfully my local is still a good price but the hours have dropped.
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That's progress in carbon fibre technology
I think my Aldi fly rod is better than the fibreglass fly rod I made myself over 40years ago. I've still got my Mitchell fly reel from when I was a teenager.
I've got a lovely carbon blank that I must get round to building up, but it'd be cheaper to go buy a new one.