whrlpool,
You da
man mod! Thank you. Sorry. I much appreciate/admire the moderation on this forum – far above what I’ve seen at other forums I happen to follow.
In my defense though, I will say Wayne’s email address (posted in numerous locations on his site) was already in the public domain. So, I did not anticipate posting it as being problematic. Rather, just as a convenience. Definitely, PM in the future.
fishhuntmike,
A couple of things for consideration.
The full name of your rod is Lapplandia 5078 Zoom (as you show in a photo above). “Zoom” means: 1. A rod with supremely fast and progressive action. See excerpt below from a 1971 catalog with a scene from ABU’s new blank factory in Ireland. Prior to that, ABU had imported Narmco Conolon blanks. I don’t own a Zoom, but if what ABU wrote is correct, their fiberglass rods are now fast versus their/the earlier slow-action models of fiberglass rods.
I respectfully disagree with the notion that “ABU company was not concerned about reel balance when they designed their fly rods.” ABU catalogs (like Garcia) contain balanced tackle tables, including even the proper-sized gaff (really!). Unfortunately, Wayne’s 1976 Catalog scan does not include the full right page. Following the listing sequence from bottom to top, the Scandia has a Delta 3 attached. The blue-colored Lapplandia 5078 attached reel is not in view. I still think it would be helpful to your fishing to learn what reel ABU recommended.
John