Sub 200$ for me on non fly rods. Sub 600$ for me on fly rods because the cast requires more from the rod and thus rod needs more design by rod makers.

Originally Posted By: Double Haul
I met a guy on the river one time who proclaimed to me he was so good he could detect a gill flare from a steelhead as his fly swung through the water. I just walked away shaking my head...


Sounds like the lexicon of fly fishing winter steelhead. Pick the simplest yet least effective method of catching steelhead, over think it to the extreme, and make it exceedingly complex. Which leads to all kinds of strange analysis and myths.
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Maybe he's born with it.

Maybe it's amphetamines.