Thank you,
Paul.
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Perry,Perry Palin wrote: ↑06/25/22 09:30
Part time rodmaker Joe Tschida split and planed his cane and glued up his blanks, and then he didn't have money for fittings and finishes. He used old real seats and cheap cork, salvaged ferrules and sometimes rusty guides. He made his rods for our small Midwestern fishing, and they perform beautifully. Joe is gone now. I have four of his rods, all about 50 years old, having refurbished and refinished them. They look like new.
Yesterday I used a 7' 5wt Tschida with a Marquis clone and a Cortland Sylk DT line. The rod was great for leveraging my way through the underbrush and the nettles, something I wouldn't dare to do with a high dollar rod. The Tschida was magic on this little stream. I don't know how many fish I caught; nowadays I stop counting at three. I stopped taking pictures of fish years ago, and I have no images to share. I caught wild brookies and browns. Two of the brook trout were about 10 inches, respectable for this little stream. Most of the browns were 9-11 inches, but when I hooked a nice one and I had to hold him away from a submerged treetop, I was glad I had the Tschida rod, bending into a circle and holding the fish until I got it to the net. It was 17 inches of strong wild brown trout.
After a day of abuse, the rod was arrow straight. My Tschida rods are not high dollar rods, but they certainly are high value fishing rods.