Tony, I totally agree on the "art of fishing" thing but like anything you do in work or for enjoyment, the better the tools or the instrument ( if you play any kind of musical instrument) the more you will enjoy what you do. Let me explain a bit further, I play the guitar, I have been at it since I was around 10 years old, several years of formal lessons and then self-taught, If you pick up a cheap Hondo guitar and play it then pick up a Martin and play it your enjoyment factor once you played the Martin goes up exponentially. You wnat to play more and more often and a well made instrument is what keeps your interest and your inquisitiveness to expand your art even more. I feel that it's the same way with fishing. You will enjoy fishing with an Ugly stick but put a Loomis in your hand and suddenly you enjoy it more because it such a better built and engineered piece of equipment. I just feel that technology is evolving and sooner or later the benefits will come to us and trying to speculate what is coming next is kinda fun. Roy, I have fished with Titanium rods, all were flyrods and they were sweet, blank diameters were smaller and the sensitivity was phenomenal but, this was several years ago, they were prone to breakage. I am sure they have the kinks worked out. I would love to see a 9-6" one piece spinning rod for the surf and a ten foot conventional stick for up to 4oz for the Canal, that would be something.
This is all good stuff, thanks all who answered and JP, I think fluorocarbon prices are gonna crash in the next few years.
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