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#6623563 - 09/12/11 04:19 PM
Does anybody know...
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Registered: 02/25/03
Posts: 331
Loc: San Antonio, TX, Midland, TX
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Where I can find a 10 wt., 11 foot "switch" rod that doesn't cost $850? I thought it would make a really nice rod for the surf and I have searched like crazy. Only one I found was at Orvis; nice, pretty, light and undoubtedly a good rod. But $850 is more than I wanted to part with, especially since I already have a nice 9 foot 10 wt. Any ideas (other than learn to cast your 9 footer better)? Thanks in advance. Will 
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#6624132 - 09/12/11 06:57 PM
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Registered: 11/28/05
Posts: 271
Loc: Austin, TX
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#6625500 - 09/13/11 04:53 AM
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#6631583 - 09/14/11 11:48 AM
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Registered: 11/08/08
Posts: 115
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Talk to Bob at http://www.coltonfly.com/ I couldn't be happier with the three I own. For 10# look at the Tradewinds model but also look at the Leviathan series. I think there's a video on the web somewhere of an 8# lifting a CMU off the floor and wagging it if I remember correctly. Just tell him what you'll be fishing for and he can match his product to your request. Bob lives in Pennsylvania but originally from Texas. Great guy.
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#6634646 - 09/15/11 08:06 AM
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[Re: Aitsurido]
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Registered: 04/15/10
Posts: 431
Loc: Katy, TX
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you could build one for half the price.
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#6644377 - 09/18/11 08:23 AM
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Registered: 01/08/09
Posts: 668
Loc: Corpus Christi Tx
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Not a 10wt but you can get the TiCrX conversion kit that will turn a 7wt or 8wt fly rod into a 11'6" switch rod, two rods in one.
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#6652158 - 09/20/11 09:14 AM
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[Re: scout300]
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Registered: 01/15/10
Posts: 20
Loc: Austin
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TiCrX 8wt with Conversion Kit paired with a Rio Outbound Short intermediate tip or Wulff Ambush with Intermediate tip!
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#6682220 - 09/28/11 09:47 PM
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Registered: 01/18/08
Posts: 725
Loc: Texas
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I threw a couple of Beulahs at the IFTD show in New Orleans. Not bad at all.
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#6682809 - 09/29/11 05:40 AM
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[Re: texasflycaster]
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Registered: 12/15/02
Posts: 779
Loc: Murchison, TX, USA
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I sometimes stumble on some deals on blanks like that and can make you one way cheaper than that; maybe $200 bucks or so, according to the cost of the blank. I just saw a 14 foot 3 piece spey blank in the 8/9 weight for $40, regularly $140-p-
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#6683065 - 09/29/11 08:31 AM
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[Re: wwest]
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Registered: 04/26/02
Posts: 884
Loc: Plano, TX USA
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Where I can find a 10 wt., 11 foot "switch" rod that doesn't cost $850? I thought it would make a really nice rod for the surf and I have searched like crazy. Only one I found was at Orvis; nice, pretty, light and undoubtedly a good rod. But $850 is more than I wanted to part with, especially since I already have a nice 9 foot 10 wt. Any ideas (other than learn to cast your 9 footer better)? Thanks in advance. Will Will, I would jump on P's offer to build you a custom rod like duck on a June Bug!!! 
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#6792836 - 10/31/11 11:09 AM
Re: Does anybody know...
[Re: wwest]
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Registered: 05/08/09
Posts: 89
Loc: south Louisiana
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If you're looking for a deal on a used switch rod, I'd look in those areas of the country where a lot more fly fishers use/trade that style of rod. Personally, I'd keep tabs on the Washington Fly Fishing website's Classifieds: http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/board/forumdisplay.php?8-Classifieds
Edited by Bowfin47 (10/31/11 11:11 AM)
Edit Reason: typo
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#6861813 - 11/19/11 06:28 PM
Re: Does anybody know...
[Re: wwest]
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Registered: 01/18/08
Posts: 725
Loc: Texas
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