I have been thinking about getting a 4 or 5 wt kit for the wee troots. Anyone got any recommendations? I have had cast with Allan?s 5wt B+W ? just great - but frankly its way out of my price range. I really do not like the stiff / fast action / tip action rods that are so in vogue with the ?bow bashers, preferring a ?through action?. My mate John recently bought a 7 wt Greys, a bony rod that chucks out a good line, but too stiff for me. Another problem seems to be that most 5 wts I have seen reviewed are about 8 ? feet. I would like 9 ? or 10 ft if possible to help get the line higher when fishing hill lochs with steep banks.
It?s all a bit of a lottery.
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks lads. Sandfly, maybe we can meet up for a cast someday and I can have a cast with your rod? Maybe Laidon or Ba perhaps?
The old Hardy deluxe graphite is a good through action rod- too soft for some but just right for the wee broonies. I have a 6 weight but I keep an eye out for a good 4/5. I've got a wee 4 wt hardy jlh ultralite reel just waiting for it (got it in a john norris sale for 30 quid!)
I've not encountered a better soft through-action rod for wee fush.
www.tightlines.co.uk just got the summer catalogue(dont know how to put link in for wedsite sorry) ron thompson axellerator 10' #4/5 mid/tip ?60, also airflo classic + 9'6 #6/7 r.r.p? 124.95 sale price ?29.99 , if any help
Anyone know of a 5 weight over 10 ft?? Bugging for grayling last week I could have done with another 2 ft (couldn't we all vicar) to cover water better.
Peter
The 9'6 airflo classic 6/7 would be a bit stiff for what fred's looking for as I own one myself.But would have to say,it,s an excellent buy at thirty quid.
Keep tying lads.
Look north.
Chris.
Last Saturday I ordered a Vision 10 foot #5 3 piece. Recommended by Hamish and Mike Barrio as being a great rod. ?120 . Got it from FMTC ? 10% by using the link on the front page of this site.
I?ll let you know how it is when it comes and I have had a chance to use it.
:shock: jeezo! fred, you must be made o' money, I got an Air-flo m-tec in a nice green tube 3pc 5wt 8-6 for 60 quid, its a great rod light with a nice action I used it all last season except when I camped it puts out a nice line( For Me anyway) I find it easier with a shorter rod it doesn't put as much reverse strain on the shoulder, I steeple cast and I only have to retrieve my flies from the heather every other cast, ( if I'm lucky) keeps you fit? hardy's made a 5wt rod for the French mkt it was a 10ft,er but I resisted it because it was a 2pc,and bloody expensive, tight lines Fred
wi'the new stick :) breac
Quote from: breac:shock: jeezo! fred, you must be made o' money, I got an Air-flo m-tec in a nice green tube 3pc 5wt 8-6 for 60 quid, its a great rod light with a nice action I used it all last season except when I camped it puts out a nice line( For Me anyway) I find it easier with a shorter rod it doesn't put as much reverse strain on the shoulder, I steeple cast and I only have to retrieve my flies from the heather every other cast, ( if I'm lucky) keeps you fit? hardy's made a 5wt rod for the French mkt it was a 10ft,er but I resisted it because it was a 2pc,and bloody expensive, tight lines Fred
wi'the new stick :) breac
Breac,
I wanted a 10 footer and they are not easy to find in #5. Most 10 footers need a line that could be used as a mooring line for the QE2. :lol: I?ll let you know how I get on if the feckng thing ever arrives. :roll:
Quote from: SwithunFred,
Let me know how it works out when you get it. I've been looking for a 10Ft + #5 - and they are pretty rare. Well - if you don't want to spent mega bucks they are anyway.
Yes they are rare. B+W etc do such models but they are WAY out of my price range. Anyway, spending 3 or 4 hundred quid on a rod seems bizarre to me, especially as I?ll likely shut it in the feckng car boot lid anyway :oops: . I?ll let you know but by all accounts the Visoin is OK. If you order it though my site link you get and extra 10% off making it less that ?110, which is not too bad for a good rod.
:) I've tried a few B&Ws hexagraphs, it's one of the few rods that I would be annoyed if some body gave me one as a present, I used to try the guests rods when I gillied, and I wasn't impressed, the rod I do remember as a great rod was anOrvis power maxbut it was for an 8 line but one of the smoothest rods , it was streets ahead of the sigma that I
had at the time.some rods are for silly money, and I suppose I am just as susceptible as the next guy, but I have a restraint ( It's called the wife!),
I'm OK as long as I can persuade her it was a bargain, but then she is of the opinion that more than one rod is a surplus :wink: breac
Quote from: shielfisherFred,
Any sign of that Vision rod showing up :?: I ask as the delay in it arriving with you is putting me off ordering one from the 'link........ :shock: If you don't like it, I'll have it off you 8)
Hamish, they tell me it should be here in a day or so, apparently the UK distributor has had some delays getting the Vision ?3 zones? from Finland. I?ll give them until next Monday before I cancel. Would like to have it for next week as I fancy a trip to park, weather permitting.
Got the 10 foot Vision 3 zone #5 rod today. Looks very nice indeed. A slim blank, light and firm. Will try it on the grass (snow) tomorrow and hopefully christen it for real next week.