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Post 07 Jun 2015, 09:17 • #26 
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For me there is some mysticism associated with Mario's rods , mainly my lack of understanding his tapers. With the exception of a rare for McFarland a 7'2" 4
Semi para I have entirely progressive type glass. Greatly enjoyed this thread as it was very educational, now just need to actually see a Wojnicki famous rod.


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Post 07 Jun 2015, 17:32 • #27 
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JASTrout, I have McFarland's 7'2 semi para, mine is marked as a 5 weight but I like it with a 4 too. It's my only rod with a taper that is not progressive. To me, Mike is like Mario in that he likes to experiment and has the ability to realize his vision. Like you I haven't fished a Wojnicki para but I hope to soon. IMHO these two designer builders are among the very best, modern or otherwise. They also know how to keep things interesting.


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Post 08 Jun 2015, 14:14 • #28 
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From talking with Mario and Mike, the 7'2" #4 Wojnicki 217P4 was designed to cast a DT4 and the McFarland 7'2" #5 was designed for a Wulff TT5. I took the two rods out for some lawn casting this morning and found both rods to be very similar in the way they cast a Supra DT4. If you do a very unscientific "waggle" test, they feel and look very similar, at least to me. That said, the McFarland blank profile looks like a normal progressive taper while the Wojnicki appears to be almost a reverse taper in the butt section with a heavier (thicker) mid and tip. I have never miced the Wojnicki so this could just be an optical illusion. The 217P4 is listed in Mario's website as a true parabolic but oddly Mike told me he didn't design my Spruce Creek 7'2" #5 as a para or even semi-para rod, but just a slower progressive. What ever they are, they are both very sweet rods with very different but beautiful cosmetics - perhaps fraternal twins.

Frog, I am assuming we both have the same rod? Didn't some folks call it the "McDriggs"? Jeff, I'll bring the 217P4 to Allenberry.
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Edit: I did a search for "McDriggs" and found that Lugan commissioned Mike to build one which was indeed parabolic. It was built a few years before mine. (Mine was built in 2010.) I'm now thinking my 7'2" #5 is not the same rod as Lugan's McDriggs even though it is the same length and line weight. It certainly feels like a para rod to me but I'm not the best judge of actions so if Mike says it wasn't designed as a para rod then I guess it isn't. Still, it sure feels a lot like the Wojnicki 217P4. I would guess Frog's rod is one like Lugan's old rod ... maybe it is Lugan's rod?

Sorry to take this Wojnicki 235P5 thread off on a tangent but was just trying to relate my impressions to JASTrout and Frogmorten's posts.


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Post 08 Jun 2015, 15:27 • #29 
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Duff, the inscription on my McFarland reads simply " McFarland Rod Company-Spruce Creek 7' 2" 5 wt, #1910" so there is no para or semi para mentioned. I'm not experienced enough with para rods to be able to describe or recognize the action. I do vaguely remember the McGriggs rod but I don't think mine is the McGriggs. As I recall Lugan sold both the McGriggs and the Wojo 5 wt para over time. I haven't seen either come up for sale since. Maybe the man himself will see this revived thread and comment for us.

Sorry for straying from the OP


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Post 08 Jun 2015, 19:52 • #30 
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I had a McFarland 7'2" 5wt that Cross Creek built (jhuskey now has it) that is a sanded blank and not parabolic.
Regarding Lugan's original 235p5, I know it's been sold and might know who the new owner is... :hat :D


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