The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

1. I don't think Pappy would like me to contact him about anything.

2. The problem with having a rod made by someone else is if it breaks, the rod company replaces the blank and then the rod or section has to be rebuilt. I broke a Sage 8 wt. VPS-III that a guy in my fly club had built for me. They sent him a replacement section, but he had to wrap the guides and rebuild that section. If he had died, I'd be stuck with a blank.

Let me know if I'm under the wrong impression.