FISHINFELLAS: dang, an 11-foot rod, huh. well, i reckon you could use that as a "push pole" to shove your float tube around the lake!

if i see a float-tuber on the north end of lake lenore with a skinny rod as long as a telephone pole, i'll figger it's you, sneaking down here from grand coulee.

naming that rod BIG JOHN is either the smartest or the dumbest thing you could do, tho . . . . . . time will tell.

what i know about fly fishing you could put in your eye and it wouldn't blur your vision. i DO have a herters fiberglass fly rod and a medalist reel, however; bought 'em in the 60's and never could figure how to cast worth a darn.

i do wish you specialist fishermen good luck, however; in the mean time i'll keep dragging my heavy gear around, looking for walleye or large 'bows (landed a 20 inch bow in banks lake last week).