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Post 16 Jul 2017, 12:55 • #1 
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Joined: 09/09/13
Posts: 7
Location: US-GA
Thanks to all on this forum for the knowledge shared here. I started with a yard sale find ff755 with a broken tip and Martin MG-7. My mother picked the combo up somewhere in rural Georgia and it sat in her basement for close to 10 years. One day I rediscovered it and decided to repair the tip with a sewing needle stent and fish it. Even with a repaired tip it was a sweet rod. Since then I've played around with Featherlights and accumulated a few more Fenwicks:

ff605 x2
ff705 x2
ff706
ff75
ff75-4
the original ff755
ff756
ff756-4 x2
ff806 x2
ff806-4
ff855

Most of these I pair with a Martin (I like an MG-3 with 6'-7', MG-7 for 7'6", and 67 for the 8' up). Some day I might thin the herd, but want to make sure the kids are covered too. It's tough to decide which one I like the best and my favorite can change monthly, so thinning will be tough. I've also done a little rod building with a lot of guidance from the pages of this forum. I learned a lot on that project and I have a lot of respect for those of you that build rods that are truly functional art. I'll try to find some good pics to post soon. Thanks to all..


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Post 16 Jul 2017, 16:07 • #2 
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Joined: 09/18/09
Posts: 5561
Location: Relocated to the Drought Stricken West.
Welcome,

You have a great collection.
I look forward to hearing some fishing reports with them.


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Post 16 Jul 2017, 16:19 • #3 
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Joined: 05/19/14
Posts: 3925
Location: USA - Illinois
Welcome SLC Recurve!


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Post 16 Jul 2017, 18:11 • #4 
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Joined: 10/26/12
Posts: 1188
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Welcome to our forum ! Funny ... you do what I do ... I have many 2nd rods of the same model for my absolute favorites ... just to be sure I have certain models for the rest of my life !!

Pecos


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