It’s a small world, I’m from Muskegon, MI, (loong time ago) and went to high school about 75 miles south of Appleton in Delafield. We’re also using the same rod/reel setup.
Tight lines,
Andy
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I bought my Fenwick Boron X 81/2′ 5-6wt fly rod in 1983, and immediately fell in love with it. It has been my go-to rod for 38 years. Countless trout, Steelhead in the Clearwater, bank fishing for Coho off Guemes Island, (What a kick!). I’ve yet to find a comparable rod. In 1985 I was browsing through a fly shop in Tacoma and came upon a tall garbage can nearly full of Fenwick BoronX blanks, 3-4 wt to 7-8 wt. Clearance sale!! I think I paid $300 for a dozen blanks. The shop owner advised that the cost to manufacture boron rods was prohibitivly expensive. . Fenwick just couldn’t compete with the new graphite rods. Over the years I’ve made seven rods as gifts to friends, They are all still in use. . So much for the brittleness and durability theory. They are classics.
