cursed fly rod

[Jarret]

has anyone got a new fly rod they were unable to catch a fish with and the sec you switch back to your old one you start catching fish again?

because last year i got a new rod and since then i haven't been about to catch a decent fish and then when i switched back to my old cheep one bang im pulling in fish weird or what.

[andy.larkin]

Ahh, the infamous new rod blues.

Try not to over think it too much. Blaming the rod is always a fun way to go abouts things, but try and reassess the flies, leader formula and line you are using as well when approaching the water you fish and it'll usually pay off in the long run!

[Wet-Net]

Ive been using a new rod this past week. Ive been loving the feeling of the rod and have landed a few smaller fish on it but for some reason the 3 bigger fish I had on all got off. I was seriously wondering if it was something about the rod that was causing me to loose them. Maybe its cursed too haha. Im not about to give up on it quite yet though. Cheers.

[Ruger]

haven't had that problem with a rod, but i have had that problem with hats. i had a Browning hat that i used to wear, and while wearing it i caught all kinds of fish. sadly, it was lost. switched to a Remington hat, and i still caught fish, but not as many as with the Browning hat. tried a Kokanee beer hat. shit f**k all. can't catch fish with it on. back to the Remington hat. tried a different Browning hat, no dice. back to Remington. Recently started wearing a Badlands packs hat. it's HOT HOT HOT!!!! i'm slaying fish every time i wear it. Remington hat is now retired to shooting range wear status.

also, i have one fishing partner i always catch fish, and good fish, with. i have another fishing partner that it took over a dozen trips to get the skunk out of the boat, and then the fish were few and far between. recently we've had better luck, but it's usually one of us catching fish while the other doesn't. if i go back to the same spot, use the same gear and the same techniques, but i go without him, i usually slay the fish. odd eh?

[Jarret]

Ive been using a new rod this past week. Ive been loving the feeling of the rod and have landed a few smaller fish on it but for some reason the 3 bigger fish I had on all got off. I was seriously wondering if it was something about the rod that was causing me to loose them. Maybe its cursed too haha. Im not about to give up on it quite yet though. Cheers.

iv had this going on since last year and yet the day we had the rain i switched over to my old rod and boom i was catching and landing pinks switched back to my new one and nothing

[Jarret]

lol so i went out today to my river and used my new rod for half the day and nothing... so i switched back to my old rod Boom landed a 30-35 lbs Chinook nice and chrome it was huge.... BOO new rod :P im so glad the old girl held up

[Jarret]

heres a pic of the monster but the picture doesn't justify how big this fish really was. i couldn't get em to stand up right it was so big ...

[andy.larkin]

Nice fish man. Looks likes rain this weekend.. Should be many more fishy days like this in the weeks to come.

[Jarret]

now do i say screw it to my cursed rod now LMAO

[halfhitch]

Nice spring, you better let me take that cursed rod off your hands before it affects you reel and line. Next time you buy a rod at nile creek make sure to ask C to show you the rods that are not cursed.