Expensive Fly Rods, Worth it?

[Off in the Bushes]

So are blanks and making your own rod cheaper, or is the skill level and material used to do it on a high end blank worth buying a completed rod?

[greylynx]

Originally Posted by goldscud

And now Mr Loomis has joined up with Temple Fork

Sort of looks like an incestuous relationship between these rodmakers. Get the Banjo music out.

Orvis and Sage seem to keep to their own drum beat.

If I am wrong about about Orvis and Sage please correct me. Knowledge is good.

[gl2]

Originally Posted by goldscud

And now Mr Loomis has joined up with Temple Fork

did gary just make the two spinning rods for temple fork? not to knock temple fork cause they have there place but they could sure use some more quality control/parts on some of there stuff and gary could bring that.

i believe gary still sells blanks on his own called North Fork Composites.

[32-40win]

I am one of those guys who abuses rods something fierce, so, the warranty is definitely worthwhile.
Have an Orvis 5 wt that I broke the tip on 4 times, it's about 15 yrs old, do it again, I'll be into a new rod most likely. Had a 7 wt version of the same rod, broke it above the handle fishing salt water in the kelp, it got upgraded to a new one.
Hit two Temple forks with big streamers, the 9 wt got fixed, the 10wt got replaced ( 75.00 total for both).
I have two Fly Logics, both 5wt, the short one (8ft6") is indestructable, dome some really nasty stuff to it and it's still ticking away.
All of those rods are under 500.00 for the newest versions nowadays. All have at least a 25 yr warranty.
I also have a VPS Sage that got destroyed in a bit of a tricky situation at a dock one day, needed an oar in a hurry. I don't have the heart to send it in.

[nick0danger]

send it in dude you know one of biggest things that happen is "wives" suck the rod though a vacuum.