Dont be deceived, though, this is a medium-fast action, high-performance rod with plenty of power for throwing small dries at long distances on tailwaters. This rod uses spigot ferrules, rather than the slipover ferrule design found on most rods including the Scott Radian. The DXF was better and the Shadow was far better. I did not find that to be the case. If broken from neglect or any other cause, you must use the Expeditor service. The stiffer tip didnt allow for much feel or accuracy. Sage uses lime green wraps that complement the color of the rod. In general the SKY rods do cast well, and the SKY 9 foot #6 won our last 6-weight Shootout. Action: 7/10 - A fast action rod design means the Pulse does everything a high-performance 5wt should with efficiency and ease. The attractive cork handle is a half wells design with a flare on the bottom end, a comfortable swell in the middle, and a nice forward taper. Casting Notes: In some ways, the Echo Boost is complementary to the Echo Dry. Performance at 25 feet: 18.0 points out of 20. I just wish that the performance was as good as its looks. No other rod maker does this better. Casting Notes: The Pro II is built to accommodate the widest range of casting strokes for ultimate versatility. The perfect line: SA Amplitude MPX WF-5-F. (However we tested the rod with the WF-4-F Infinity.). Carbon XL. Join Our Weekly Newsletter: T&T designed this rod to cater to the widest range of anglers and its versatility shows through in its power and action levels. The epoxy coatings on the guides are pretty good but a little heavy in spots. Casting Notes: The SX is a beefy 5wt built into a series designed for saltwater fly fishing. The soft, slow action produces a delivery I noted as mushy. Casting Notes: The IMX Pro is a well-known rod series. A great 4-weight rod is the best tool Ive found to meet these demands. We make a note of which was the best line with the write up on each rod. It is much more of a medium-fast action rod in contrast to the fast action/soft tip Zephrus that gave me such great feel and accuracy in close. Once the grip of the rod is placed precisely on the foam pellet, with the rod horizontal, we apply pressure, by pressing down with a fingernail to the very end of the reel seat, and then read (and note) the weight indicated by the scale. Im getting nice loops and good control, but at mid-range the 3F and Scott Radian were better. Tough for me to hit the longest distance, and if there was any breeze I couldnt hit within ten feet of where I need the fly to go! Youll find these on our Yellowstone Angler home page atyellowstoneangler.com.If your favorite local shop stocks the rods you are interested in, by all means visit them, try a few rods and purchase an outfit from them. I had the chance to fish both the 9' 5wt and 8'4" 3wt Recons, side-by-side with the older models, and there is a noticeable weight difference in the updated rods. The accuracy suffers too. It would be so much better with a WF-5-F. Go. 1 Review. Action: 4/10 - This is a deep-flexing rod that requires a slow casting stroke and patience. The locking ring is a little harder to grip and tighten than others. The guides start out with a hook keeper, then one SiC stripper followed with hard chrome snake guides that are nice and light on the tip sections. The Avantt tied the Pure for the only perfect scores in Craftsmanship. $25 handling fee. The reel seat is a gray anodized skeleton seat with a band and large single ring that is easy to grip and tighten securely. This is a soft rod, and that gave it good marks in the light tippet protection category, but its performance distance scores were lackluster. One of the things I like the most is that they have a large drag knob and a very wide range of drag adjustment. This year SA has come up with an impressive new line series called the Amplitude Smooth. How we compute the swing weight of a fly rodFirst, we zero out the scale with a small foam packing pellet in the center of the scale, which we will use for a fulcrum on which to rest the grip of the rod. Orvis Recon 5wt. Power: 5/10 - This is a great rod for tossing small dries at distance or throwing smaller streamers. TFO uses an olive green blank for this rod, with olive wraps that are trimmed in gold on the butt sections. This is still a very good casting rod overall, but it just doesnt come close to matching the scores turned in by the top rods in this Shootout. The skeleton reel seat is a gray anodized double uplocking with a dark gray laminated wood insert. For this we downgraded the craftsmanship a half a point. Here's the power/action matrix for all price ranges. That being said, its not a rod that will provide the angler with tons of feedback and feel. Heavy, slower action rods never perform well. 'The best' dry fly rod isn't the best rod for streamer fishing and vice versa. The thinner cork handle may actually be an advantage for some anglers, especially children or women with smaller hands. The tips on the faster rods bend more. But is that high priced rod really $400-$600 better? No other rods were as good. The feel is perhaps not quite as good, but the accuracy is excellent. The heavy swing weight and stiffer tip gave me very little feel. Leaders are a critical element in making accurate presentations and fooling spooky trout. It does feel very comfortable to me when Im casting it. Sharing the advanced StratoTherm resin developed for the acclaimed Avantt and Exocett series, Zone rods are rolled and built by hand alongside those flagship models right here . The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. Not much feel with all that swing weight, and the accuracy was pretty crappy too. This rod is great for dry flies at long distances or small streamers. The guides start out with two large SiC stripping guides, followed up with fairly large hard chrome snake guides and an oversize tip top. Both offer terrific performance at half the price of the best rods in our Shootout. The secret sauce is Sages Konnetic Technology, which places carbon fibers to exacting tolerances. Just about every major fly rod manufacturer was brandishing their newest, tech-packed stick. Nickel silver is used for the winding check and rear grip check as well as the hardware on the reel seat, which is a sliding band and one wide locking ring. This rod is so soft that I just dont have the power in the butt and mid sections to get good tight back cast loops, or the line speed I need to get the job done. Performance at 40 feet: 19.5 points out of 20. Bottom Line: Winston has been making moderate-action dry fly rods for years and this is the culmination of years of R&D. Nothing Ive cast yet is better in terms of feel and accuracy from in close right out to 40 feet. Now Im getting nice tight loops and I can punch it hard into the breeze. Nothing to write home about. This is a comfortable grip and the quality of the cork is superb. Picking the best 4-weight rod We see fly rods getting better each year, and today it is often only subtle differences that separate one rod from another. The epoxy coatings over the wraps were a little heavy, but Ive seen worse. The softer tip is giving me a good amount of feel and the accuracy was better than the Zone or Nimbus. Rods are repaired or replaced. Casting against the Scott G series it felt about equal, and better than the Asquith. Hardy Demon. With 4-weight rods, performing well at the two shorter distances is the key to determining the best rods. This helps me to easily fine tune the exact amount of drag needed while fishing very light tippets, something that is tough to do with other small reels. Winston says Pure Feel, Pure Presentation and Pure Fun I cant disagree. The rod is light and perfectly balanced, allowing for better accuracy while minimizing fatigue often associated with longer rods. Rods that flex in the tip are fast action rods, rods that flex in the mid-section are moderate action rods, and so on. Mystic Reaper X 86 #4 $299.00. Id gladly pay another few dollars to have one. If you do a lot of nymph fishing, the extra length will help, and this rod has enough butt and mid-section power to also chuck some smaller streamers. The color of the blank is an olive green that Orvis calls shadow green. The wraps are brown and the epoxy coatings are OK but a little heavy and not nearly as well done as on the 3F. $279.99. Action: 5.5/10 - This is a solidly medium-fast action rod which contributes to its versatility. As in our past Shootouts, it is important to keep everything apples to apples in an effort to eliminate the variables that will have an effect on the scores. Bottom Line: If youre looking for a rod design thats optimized for distance casting, versatility, and chucking double nymph rigs, the Crux is one of the best in its price range. Casting Notes: Handcrafted in the USA, the St. Croix Imperial is a smooth-casting rod that puts an emphasis on performance without limiting the angler to either line speed or delicacy. Rating: 100%. Nothing beats this rod at 40 feet. For this 4-weight Shootout, we decided to make the short distance 25 feet, the mid-distance 40 feet, and the longest distance 60 feet. 810, 2-piece or 4-piece, $470 Thomas & Thomas Zone Thomas & Thomas Zone Courtesy Thomas & Thomas Thomas & Thomas Zone Courtesy Thomas & Thomas Usually takes 2 weeks. Still, when I heard that Orvis was bringing out a mid-priced rod made in America, my expectations were somewhat limited. #6. It was a little heavier than the best rods in both overall weight and swing weight but part of this can be attributed to it being a 9 foot rod, while most other rods in our 4-weight Shootout are 6 inches to a foot shorter. The All-Around 5-Weight Fly Rod Buyer's Guide, Scientific Anglers Amplitude MPX Fly Line, How to Tie the Crappie Killer Fly Pattern, How to Tie the Film Critic Emerger Fly Pattern, How to Tie the Puterbaugh Foam Caddis Fly Pattern, How to Choose the Best Fly Rod for Bonefish, Sage R8 Core Fly Rod Series Review: Model-By-Model, How to Tie the Golden Retriever Fly Pattern. The matte gray blank does look nice, and the guide wraps are a dark gray, trimmed in black on the butt section. You call in and incur a credit card of $100 but you get a brand new rod in 3-4 days. Thomas And Thomas Zone 1.0 Fly Rod. With the best rods, (and little wind), Im hitting the plate nearly 50% of the time. 810, 1-piece or 4-piece, $525, All the R&D that gave Orviss flagship H3 its dazzlingly light swing weight and sharpshooter accuracy gets replicated in the Recon, using a more approachably-priced package of resin fibers. More Like This Casting and rating the performance of rods at the different distances is the real meat of our Shootouts. The Galvan reels have been one of our favorite fly reels, and the slightly larger T-5 won our last 5/6 weight Reel Shootout. The epoxy coatings are fairly good, but a little heavy. Performance at 40 feet: 18.5 points out of 20. Nearly everyone is using one-coat epoxy coatings over the guide wraps now, but if these are not very carefully done, they are often sloppy or too much epoxy is applied, adding unnecessary weight. So if you like what we are doing, the best way to thank us is to buy a rod, reel, or outfit from the Yellowstone Angler. This makes it easier to justify buying the best performing rod. The 8-weight Asquith won our recent 2018, 8-weight Shootout, putting in a marvelous performance. Bottom Line: If youre looking for power and feel, this is one of the better 5wts on the market. The Zone really excels in the 40-60 foot range. $169.99. The guide wraps are gray, trimmed with red on the butt section and first ferrule. The Avantt matches the Helios 3D in swing weight and feels nice and light in hand. Its moderate-fast action is optimized for the 40- to 60-foot shots that most anglers make in most situations, and its unique handle gives anglers different gripping choices. Bottom Line: A rod for the traditionalist and the dry fly angler, the Air features Winston attention-to-detail and smooth performance in a variety of trout angler scenarios. Performance at 40 feet: 20 points out of 20. Well indicate which line proved best with each rod later in the individual rod write-ups. In close, I could not cast off the tip of the Ultralite nearly as well as with the Zephrus. This rod has a stiffer tip than many of the best rods, and I felt this hurt both feel and accuracy at the two shorter distances. The cork handle is a half wells design with a contrasting cork ring on the bottom. 4. The relatively heavy swing weight and stiffness are not giving me much feel, and the accuracy in close is not very good. Power: 7/10 - This is a powerful rod that cuts through the wind, recovers relatively quickly, and allows anglers to present flies at longer distances. Mayfly emergers are often stuck in the film for quite some time making them easy pray for hungry trout. Performance at 25 feet: 19.0 points out of 20. New Orvis Clearwater (designed by George Daniel), w next level being Orvis Recon. #19. The guides start out with a small hook keeper, then a single SiC stripper, followed with black, hard chrome single-foot guides. The best rings use thin nylon spacers between them to assure a positive lock up. A gray graphite insert is used that goes well with the blank. The Pure is a brand new rod from Winston. Rating: 100%. The Zone series pushes the envelope in both performance and price, bringing the latest R&D from Thomas & Thomas to more fly anglers than ever before. Now were talking! More manufacturers should use light guides like this to minimize swing weight if they arent using the more expensive nickel-titanium guides. Pay in 4 interest-free installments of $149.50 with. The craftsmanship on the LP is typical Loomis excellence. Drop us an email at[emailprotected]or call us at(888) 413-5211. We found most rods performed better with the Amplitude Smooth Infinity, which is a half line size heavier. The Helios 3 rods are available in both the D and F Series with the D series more designed for distance and power. This is a fast action rod, a tiny bit stiffer and a tad slower in action than the Helios 3F, but still a very good casting rod. Its perhaps a little heavy in swing weight, and this as well as its stiffness, hurt its score at 25 feet. The DXF and both Scott rods were better, while the Zephrus and Pure were in a totally different league. The serial number of the rod is inscribed on the ferrule of each section a nice touch. I think a hook keeper is very useful on trout rods. Sage R8 Core Fly Rod. However at long range, it had no guts, and was one of the worst in our Shootout. The Douglas Sky was both heavier and stiffer, and didnt perform as well, except out long at 60 feet. Feels great out long! #28. Non-original owner $150 per section. Logan and Francis have worked here for many years and are both great casters and anglers. With the Infinity it cast better long, and I would have scored it closer to 9 at long range. For those anglers that like fast action rods with more power, (for fishing at longer distances or in windy conditions), the G. Loomis Asquith, the T&T Avantt, and the Scott Radian are good choices. Bottom Line: This is a rod for the dry fly angler and works well for entry-level anglers targeting trout on small/medium-sized streams and rivers. We have found that the only good way to pin down these subtle differences is to have at least a half dozen of the contending rods with the line stripped out and sitting there in front of you on the lawn, so that you can take a few casts with one rod, lay it down and pick up another rod, and make a few casts at the same distance, make some notes and then move on to another rod or the next distance. Consider one of these fly rods before your next purchase. Cheaper rods often utilize pre-formed grips that use a lot of filler in the cork that will chunk out or erode with hard use. This is a light rod in swing weight almost as good as the Zephrus. Wouldn't it be a better general 5# rod choice than Pro3 with MF action ? T&T also uses a stack of thinner cork rings and the quality of the cork is as close to perfect as you can get. The Shadow and Pure were far better. Nothing else is even close. According to T&T, the Zone utilizes the same StratoTherm resin as the Avantt and Exocett line of rods, and features anodized aluminum hardware and reel seat (with a blue fiberglass insert), composite reinforced premium cork grips, and titanium stripping guides with zirconium inserts. Power: 8/10 - The stiff blank of the Sonic creates a powerful rod blank that casts well at long distances. Usually takes 2-4 weeks. It is refreshing to see such a nice rod, at such a low price that is made here in the US, in Park Falls, Wisconsin. Power: 6.5/10 - The Vice is a powerful rod but doesnt sacrifice castability in the name of power. Rating: 100%. Heads up the Recon and Shadow were far better. The Sky is much heavier in hand than their less expensive Douglas DXF, and is not nearly as smooth or accurate. The action is medium fast not as fast as the Pure but still feels very nice in my hand and produced some respectable performance scores. Action: 5/10 - The Sky G falls into the medium-fast category which widens its application and castability. The heavier swing weight makes casting at longer distances a workout. The Sky is a rod made for distance casting, heavy nymph rigs, and streamer fishing. Power: 6.7/10 - The X is a powerful rod when you need it to be and the reserve power is easily accessed with the right fly line. $25 handling fee on current rods. The Orvis Clearwater rods are designed in Vermont and built in the orient. Anyway, I tried it out in a local store and I have to say it did not feel like a fast action rod, or even a medium-fast action rod. The epoxy coatings on the wraps were not so good too heavy and about like what we saw on the X. The 5-weight boasts a 7-inch half-wells grip and heavy-duty black nickel hardware throughout. A beautiful birdseye maple insert is used. (tie) Scott G SERIES 84 #4 $845.00. Orvis Recon. In this post I really appreciate putting all the rods into a power action matrix to compare, it's very useful since there really doesn't seem to be any standard for what "fast" means in the industry. Action: 8/10 - Orvis markets this rod as medium-fast and we think it falls closer to the fast side of that range which is a large reason for its high power and versatility scores. Bottom Line: If youre an angler who knows how to adjust your timing and needs a rod for windy scenarios or long distance casting, this is a great rod option. A nice piece of dark hardwood is used for the spacer. Thread starter Lmad928; Start date Jan 1, 2021; Prev. This was one of the rods that we felt needed the lighter Trout line. TheOrvis RECON, at $429 wasnt far behind! For our 4-weight Shootout, once again we have added anotherperformance category Light Tippet Protection. The best rods are not always the most expensive ones. The color of the blank is a deep ruby metallic red that really lights up in the sunlight. A Bonnier LLC Company. A lot of this can be attributed to the nice action good butt and mid section power combined with a lighter, softer tip, much like the Zephrus. Action: 6.5/10 - A medium-fast action build creates a rod thats caster-friendly and can be used in a variety of angling scenarios. The best 4-weights must be able to cast well at longer distances too, and the best rods had excellent loop control and the ability to throw nice tight loops with good accuracy at 60 feet. The guides start with a hook keeper on the butt, then a single SiC stripping guide, followed with hard chrome single foot guides that seem sturdy enough, but are not nearly as good (or as light) as the nickel/titanium single foot guides used on the NRX LP. Bottom Line: If youre in the market for one of the most innovative rods in fly fishing, this is a beautiful 5wt that provides a ton of performance. Loop Cross SX. It is also a lot heavier in overall weight and swing weight, mainly due to the fact that Loop is using a much lower modulus graphite than in their more expensive K2. We knew it would be good when the Pure won an award for the Best New Freshwater Rod at the 2018 IFTD show in July. Good, just not nearly as precise but the Zephrus and Pure. The DXF was significantly better. Action: 8.2/10 - The Sonic is a tip-flex rod bordering on extra-fast action. We've also set up some charts so you can easily compare rods based on the power/action matrix explained above in the entry-level price-point, mid-level price-point, and high price-point. The cork handle is Winstons cigar grip, like the Pure, with the center swell a little forward of the center of the grip and a flare on the bottom end. It is also a stiff rod almost as stiff as the SKY and IMX Pro. Here Im getting nice loops and decent accuracy, but Im working a lot harder than with the Avantt or the Helios 3F. The rod features a stout butt section and a tip-flex design. Of the two TFO Finesse rods, I like this 79 rod as a 4-weight a whole lot better than the longer 89 model. Feels good in my hand, and Im able to cast well off the tip. $35 handling fee. The blank is an attractive dark blue, with a matte non-glare finish. It was even a little sloppy on the tip sections. Equal to the IMX Pro but thats about it. Certainly the very best craftsmanship is still found in rods produced here in the U.S. We gave perfect scores to the R.L Winston Pure, the Thomas and Thomas Avantt, and the Loomis Asquith. A good 4-weight rod must be more than just a dry fly rod though, and the best 4-weights are wonderful rods to use fishing nymphs at shorter distances, and are also capable of pitching smaller streamers when conditions dictate such vile and desperate moves in order to catch fish. Its powerful and efficient. Now Im getting nice tight loops, and the rod tracks very well with better feel and accuracy. The best rods in this category are almost always the lightest in swing weight, especially if you are doing a lot of false casting when fishing dry flies. As in the past we are using our own Brecknell official postage scale to calculate the weight. I still had to give the edge to the Zephrus and Pure. (tie) Loop Q 9 #4 $229.00. The epoxy coatings over the wraps were surprisingly good for a one-coat finish. And if there was any wind, I couldnt make good enough back cast loops to hit the distance. 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