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Double Handed Fly Rods, all things fly fishing for all people, I was once told, seems about right to me.

At the time when I heard this statement, it didn't mean much to me because at the time as I was still bogged down in the World of those fly rods, the little ones, the 9footers and less. Which included casting that looked like I was chasing away bugs in the sky with their endless progressive loading of the fly rod.

The 9 footers and less, these surely must be the most inefficient way to cast a fly ever invented.

Why casters moved from Doubles (because fly fishing, as we know it, started with Double Handed rods) to those 9foot rods, I still wonder, and now today, in some places in the World, like Australia, the 9 footer is considered the normal and a Double a strange beast as is the person using one. Dare to write on an Australian Fly Fishing Forum about using a Double rod, and they almost eat you alive ! When most other thinking countries have a more enlighten view of this amazing casting stick and its user, therefore this reaction from Australia is very strange.

Today, the modern Double Handed Fly rod comes in a huge range of configurations suitable for wee beautiful Trout to powerful Overhead Casting saltwater rods, capable of casting to over 1000grains of rod load.

There are now more lines than ever before, special application lines for different levels of skill, locations and distance required. From the Spey casting types to Skagit lines to Shooting Heads that can be used for Spey casts. The choice is almost endless.

The use of Leader lengths that the average 9foot rod user thinks as impossible or just cannot use, these are common and easy to use with a Double Handed fly rod.

Welcome to the amazing World of the Double Handed Fly Rod.

This is a World where most single handed rod owners, once they discover the enjoyment of casting a Double, will reluntantly put away their 9' rods, until such time as they realise the advantages and enjoyment of using a Double Handed fly rod.

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