Favorite 8 footer

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Favorite 8 footer

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Ok Sitting here after thanksgiving dinner reading John Geirach and wishin to be fishin.Getting ready for an 8 footer.Got a 6'6",2-7',2-7'6" oh and 2 - 6' ,well one is actually 5' 9" now thanks to a 16" brookie! Geirach seems partial to a Granger 8040. What do the experts think? Cheers,Chet

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Re: Favorite 8 footer

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Not that I’m an expert but my favorite 8 footer is a 4 weight quad from Don Schroeder. In fact that is my only 8 footer.



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Re: Favorite 8 footer

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You missed out 7' 9", which I think is a favourite length of John Geirach.

For 8 footers, I like my Summers 856.

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PYochim wrote:
11/24/22 14:37
Not that I’m an expert but my favorite 8 footer is a 4 weight quad from Don Schroeder. In fact that is my only 8 footer.
Nice reel too! That is a very big fish for such a small reel. Maybe I should start using my Hardy Angel, 2/3.

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No expert here either but a couple of nice ones I'm familiar with are the Granger 8040 already mentioned, I've had a couple of them and both were DT4F rods for me. Another is the Orvis 8' 4 1/8 ounce taper, a really nice 2 piece rod I used with an Orvis WF5F "Easy Mend" long belly line.

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I’ve fished three of the Orvis 3-piece 4 1/2 oz, the Orvis 2-piece 4 1/8 oz mentioned above, a late 30’s Granger Special 8040, and an Impregnated version of Phillipson’s 3-piece 4 1/4oz. My favorite of the bunch is the 4 1/8 oz. I do have a Heddon 3-piece 1 1/2 ferrule that I have not yet fished, so the Orvis may get pushed down in the future.

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Most all of my rods (4-7 wts.) are from 7’9” to 8’6” with the majority around 8’. I’d hate to pick just one as a favorite, but if there was a gun to my head, I’d probably say my Reams 8’3” for four 2/2.

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I have 2, Heddon 0F 5 wt. and a 8' 1 1/2F 4 wt.
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Godfroy wrote:
11/24/22 15:05
Nice reel too! That is a very big fish for such a small reel. Maybe I should start using my Hardy Angel, 2/3.
That combination has handled some big fish.

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Not an expert by any stretch of the imagination, but my favorite 8-footer is my Hoffhines 4/5 wt based on a Payne 200L (2-pc configuration).

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I love my 8040, but my favorite 8 footer is Dennis Stone's (tapermaker) slimmed down Thomas Light Special for a 4 wt. Responsive, can cast in short or put out a long line, and just a blast to fish. I've seriously considered ordering a second just in case.

Still searching for a do it all 8' 5 wt. Just picked up a Dickerson 801510 clone, really nice action, but haven't been able to get it out on the water yet.

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Cattanach’s 8’ 5weight two piece from his book
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Only have two 8' rods - the one I use most is a late 40's vintage Phillipson -

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Blackburn, Karstetter or Coyle. Need I say more? :)

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Ditto on the Phillipson 8'...restored a Pacemaker a few years ago and quickly became a favorite.

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LeeO wrote:
11/25/22 05:54
Cattanach’s 8’ 5weight two piece from his book
That is a useful comment for me. I have the 8', 4 weight from Cattanach's book. It is an interesting rod but I don't use it as often as I use some other Cattanach tapers which I have made. Your recommendation is enough for me to build the 5 weight. The 8ft, 6 weight in his book is, as you will know, essentially a Young Para 15 with an averaged tip or similar to my Summers 856.

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In this particular order:

* Payne 102 2/2
* E.C. Powell 2/2
* Goodwin Granger 8040 3/2
* PHY Featherweight 3/2 by Edwards

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Re: Favorite 8 footer

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Godfroy wrote:
11/25/22 10:47
LeeO wrote:
11/25/22 05:54
Cattanach’s 8’ 5weight two piece from his book
That is a useful comment for me. I have the 8', 4 weight from Cattanach's book. It is an interesting rod but I don't use it as often as I use some other Cattanach tapers which I have made. Your recommendation is enough for me to build the 5 weight. The 8ft, 6 weight in his book is, as you will know, essentially a Young Para 15 with an averaged tip or similar to my Summers 856.

Paul.
It is just an all around pleasant rod to cast. Good reserve power
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Early Paul H. Young Parabolic 15, less than four ounces total weight, built with both parabolic ("wet") and dry fly tips.

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PHY Para 15 Keller Deluxe, built October 1954 for Robert Terrill

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PHY Para 15, built November 1951 for Stanley L. Eldert
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1952 PHY Para 15 KT Keller
Heddon Featherweight 0 ferrule
1949 F.E.Thomas Special 3/2, 3 3/4 oz.

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