Kelly Galloup on $1000 fly rods...

[pope]

Fishing hole sale started today and very little for rods on sale …They use to have better sales.

[Colin_r6]

Great video!
I've got a $130 Reddington fly rod that i've had for almost 15 years. Catches fish just fine, never an issue with it that wasn't directly caused by my own ineptitude!

[Groundhogger]

I've always respected KG's contribution to fly fishing, interesting guy and a good video. Thanks for posting!

I've been at it a long time like some of you guys, I've owned $100 rods that fished great...and $1000 ones (at least a couple) that were total duds. One of which was a T&T. I think the that the best and worst rods I've ever owned came form T&T, one of which I've regretted selling every since. I know I have a 9wt./2pc Sage XP too that might be better off as a tomato stake.

Most experienced anglers can make any rod work, but most would also say that something like a GL Pro 4X casts better/more fun to use than a $99 job from anywhere. We all recognize that better rod are just better rods sometimes. They can shorten the learning curve and in experienced hands, be a thing of beauty. I still have a very hard time looking at any fishing rod (fly or otherwise) and seeing something worth $1,000+. Could be a comment on how little fishing I do now.

It had been over a decade since I bought a fly rod...when I got a 3wt. last year. I used it a couple of times in the spring and didn't love it. Cast fine @ the fly shop, I think I need to try some different lines. Felt fast enough to use a 4wt. line, thinking that's not the case in hindsight. I still have the Lamiglas 9' 4wt. 2pc. that was my first rod. It was $289 in about 1998/99 when I bought it if memory served, had it upgraded with a nice reel seat and beefier cork grip by a rod builder. That thing has a million miles on it, but not well-suited to the tiny streams I find myself on here in S. Ontario.

[catnthehat]

I got my first fly rod for a Christmas present in 1967, and have used it for everything from perch to yellow fin tuna.
It's an 8 weight Heddon glass rod that had to be re-guided after a trip to Mexico in 1992 because the black chrome snakes got messed up in the salt - my biggest regret of the whole trip.
It has backed me up when I broke high dollar rods in the past.
I still use this rod when the going is nasty with sunken logs or brush when fishing for big pike- there isn't a pike made that will break an 8 weight glass rod!
its not the best, far from it, but I would trade any of my high end rods for it if it came down to it!

My buddy Petew is a hard core MaxCast guy, and the rods he brings out to fish with me cost less than most fly line! They are danged fine pieces of gear, especially when you consider the cost!
Cat

[Wes_G]

The same could be said for anything in fishing. Waders, reels, boats. Shoes, clothes, cars, the list can go on for ever. If people have the money and want to spend it, its up to them to do what they want with it!