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Acquired an 8wt Fiberglass Fenwick while I was in Alaska last year visiting my son. It was in a Pawn shop, sitting lonely in the corner..."Everyone wants & fishes graphite" pawn shop owner said. it was dusty, been there a while, faded price tag said $70.00...all I had on me was $22.00 and some change.....talked some horse trading & found it a home... the rest is history... Can't stand to pass on a good deal, even though I have 15-20 fly rods already...I am a Fly rod junkie

Well...The last 2 weekends I hit some local ponds and finally gave this ole Fenwick girl a try... WOW....Move Over Wonderod, your still #1, but make room for this sweetheart... she loads great and throws a ton of line...this is going to be my bass buggin rod I think.. (sorry for the poorly focused pictures)

Well, I've been experimenting & fishing a lot of different colored patterns of of Bill Bodie Braid material, Black (leech), Purple & Green (Bluegill), pearl and light blue (Shad), Green and copper (yellow perch).... surprizingly, all of these produced strikes and a variety of fish every 5-6 casts or so...

I was fishing around the edge of pond's lilly pads early & mid afternoon... top water action with the floating Goldie looked inviting but, was uneventlful for me last weekend, a few swurls, but nothing else.... Mr various goldie pattern worked like a charm... caught about 30 fish each afternoon... no size per say but ton of strikes and variety of fish... very enjoyable

I will post some pictures of the Bill's Bodie Braid material/patterns, plus the floating goldie that I have experimented with see if it sparks any interest.... hope all are catching a boat load of fish
Tight lines
Gillbuster