DAVE NORLING'S FINE CANE RODS          

Dear Dave!

 It was nice talking with you and your wife. I'm thrilled that you have relatives in Söderhamn. A very nice area in Sweden, and close to my favorite trout waters. I'm looking forward guiding you around in Sweden if you decide to come over for vacation. Finally I got the possibility to go out to the water and try out the rod you made for me. First of all, being the first Swede having a Norling made rod is really something, and it became an experience using it, far away from what I´m used to. I usually use the CTS mad i New Zealand. Light weight and top action speed. Using your rod was going from fishing with "intensity" to fish with "intimacy". The weight and the deeper action was giving me a feeling of being much more precise in casting and fishing. I used a Scientific angler ED weight 5 and the rod responded beautifully. It doesn't require much power with your arm, just using the underarm and let the rod work. Wow..... I really looking forward to meet you either in Minneapolis or in Sweden.

Calle Fjellman

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Dave Lock from Victoria British Columbia writes of a trip to the fabled Campbell River on Vancouver with his new Dave Norling rod. Check it out here

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Yesterday with the heat and wind was a perfect day and with the general lack of hatches to focus the fish, I knew that they would be

susceptible to the beetle. I fished the rod you built me yesterday with the 4wt. tip and it is REALLY a fine spring creek rod. I struggled

a little with the wind but under normal conditions it

will be an exquisite fishing tool.

Jay Johnson

Hunter Recruitment and Retention Coordinator for MN DNR

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YES! I got the rod. I really love it. The taper is heaven. That is the kind of action I love. It is a very light weight rod,

with a soft touch. But I think has still some authority left. The look of the rod is beautiful. The components work great

together. I'm sure, that this rod will be one of my favorite 4 wt. rods. And I think one off the reason is that it has a lot of soul.

Thanks Dave.

Dennis Werner

Berlin, Germany

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 March 2007  recipient of the                                      Trout Unlimited Award

Duke Hust Award "For Life"                                                    2008

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Clarke Gary from the UW at River Falls has a wonderful web site dealing with the Macroinvertebrates of the

Kinnickinnic River. A scientist, fisherman with a love of the Kinni, check it out.   

 http://www.uwrf.edu/~cg04/Kinni_page2000/kinni_main.html

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Enjoy watching Dave on "Minnesota Bound" with Ron Schara    

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDeeDIqvQ4w

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DAVE - YOUR RODS ARE AMONG THE BEST I HAVE EVER USED, NOT ONLY ARE THEY GREAT TO LOOK AT, GREAT TO CAST,

THEY ARE ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE EVER FISHED WITH.  THANKS FOR MAKING THEM.

Wayne Bartz, field editor for Midwest Fly Fishing

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Re: what is it about 7' 9"?

Far be it from me to even think I know THE answer to your question but if you're looking for a lightweight 7'9" HOLLOW-BUILT 4wt

that's not noodly and has a very nice, smooth (smoooth) action you may wish to consider giving Dave Norling of Mpls a ring.

He's made a bunch of rods in that length and mine is very nice indeed. And his workmanship/cosmetics/wraps (especially those wraps)

and finish is wonderful.I like a 7'9" more than a 7'6" for some things. Then I like an 8 footer for some other occassions too. Depends,

doesn't it. I could go on but I wont! It's like many of our rods, you can't appreciate them until you play with them. Translates into angst.

And that into the wants.....  Jeremy.....lovin' it!

Jeremy Gubins

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A members notable mention in  the Bamboo Forum

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