Re just occured to me - Allen Thramer

lots of good 9 ft rods out ther, and they are a lagely ignored area of taper 
development. Star with a granger 9043 or a good Leonard tournament
taper. If you see ferrules of 11 & 17 you are on the right track.
A.J.





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>Subject: just occured to me Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:15:04 EST
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>  just occured to me where before i got into this bamboo thing i was using 
>a 9
>ft gr , gra , graph ,  UGH graphite rod ,      have to admit i like the
>length somewhat .  I'm wondering are there good tapers out there for
>something close to 9 ft for 5 wt line ?
>            something with good reserve power and lots of backbone .   
>Doesn't
>seem like i hear too much about longer rods in cane too much , mostly up to
>8.5 ft.
>                   thanks
>john


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