Scott Rod users ?
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I’ve never ran into many, they may be a regional rod ? I’ve been in a few shops in my time that carried them but never cast one.
I was traveling lately and stopped to cast a 10′ Orvis Helois tip flex, ended up casting a 9′ tip and mid flex rods, all three were #5’s. The gentleman and I struck up conservation, we cast for a while, he got his personal rod out of the car for me to cast, a Scott G2 9′ #4, I try not to get excited about rods, but this thing grabbed my heart strings, could throw so much better effortless loops with it that than the Orvis, but will say Orvis has come along way in recent years.
Should I get over it or explore it some more, would love to cast one on the water. I’m slowly looking for a replacement for my Sage SP 9′ #5.
“They’re the last all-American rod company now and are worth a look for sure.”
Unless something has changed recently that I haven’t heard about all Sage rods are made in the US Zach……..
Morsie
Sage’s parent company the Joshua Green Corporation also owns Redington, which are entirely made in the Far East (China or Korea).
All of Sage’s rods are manufactured entirely on Bainbridge Island Zach, from the bottom to the top. You should go and visit them some time and see for yourself. 😉
That Redington and Rio come under the Far Bank umbrella doesn’t mean things have changed at Sage.
Morsie
In terms of ‘fashionable’ Sage is mainstream while Scott is a lot more ‘doing it differently’.
I also like a slightly more softer rods. The older Sage LL model is a nice rod. I also love Scott’s G2. The fast-faster-fastest race game is something I don’t like. It also makes the whole fishing experience on a fast lane it seems and that’s not what I want when fishing.
Brand loyalty is something every rod company has to keep up. Just being different won’t pay the mortgage. So also Scott needs to offer rods that is in the racing game. It will be interesting how Scott as a company will stay ‘different’ yet still be in the race for customer loyalty.
Scott have differentiated themselves for years – in their classics series they re-release (by popular demand) older models, currently some 5 piece G2’s, last year it was the STS. And in their Concept series you will find niche rods you would normally have to get custom made…
Scott was amongst (if not the) first to release 8′ Bass rods under their Concept series. The current Concept is a Fiberhammer switch rod. Not my cup of tea, but a few years back they had a ‘lead line special’ #9, and more recently the ‘back country specials’.
In the overall market, I would say Scott are leaders, not followers. Their new factory based custom shop demonstrates that their finger is still on the pulse and in recent years a lot of effort has been put into refining the products and services offered.
Best Regards,
Beechy
Zach I was told a story about a guy who gave a talk to a fishing club here in Australia who told his audience with some conviction that Orvis were the only rods made entirely within the US, and the audience believed him. The people who told me the story were in the audience. Clearly if there’s going to be some kind of merit attached to being the last of the rod manufacturers who haven’t sold out to the bottom line by moving their manufacturing base offshore from the US this position is considered of some value. Consequently it should be accurately reported and if someone doesn’t correct it it becomes accepted, especially when its said by someone such as yourself.
Jay, If you liked the LL’s try the ZXL’s or get your hands on an SLT.
Morsie
Jay, If you liked the LL’s try the ZXL’s or get your hands on an SLT.
I own a 490-4 LL. I got this rod at Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone. Craig Mathews let me have a go outside. Really impressing if you just entered the shop 10 minutes ago…
Such a nice rod which can be fished very relaxing yet when needed it can punch out a hopper rig.
The newer SLT’s and the recent ZXL are nice rods as such but they don’t seem to have this ‘soul’ is see and feel in my LL 😀
I think any decent caster will be able to cast a line with any rod.
It’s just the personal preference for a real fast, fast, medium/fast, medium or slow rod.On the faster range every rod brand will have one or more models that will fit the bill.
But obviously that’s not all. We also want a rod(brand) that we can identify our self to. This is where Scott seems to come in: people who use/like Scott are not the average fly fisherman. They seem to be really picky about fly fishing. 🙂
I have Several Scott rods, a G906-4, STS905-4,G2884-4,A3808-4,and a STS907-4. I also have several nice rods by T&T,Sage,TFO,and Diamondback. While they each are great rods to fish with, I always seem to grab my Scott rods when I head out. My G2 884 is most definitely my favorite dry fly rod for the South Holston Tailwater.
I took my son to the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta yesterday 08/02, got out of the aquarium faster than I figured, had time to visit the Fishhawk, spent some money as I always seem to be able to do in a flyshop 😀
Cast a G2 8’8″ #4, a sweet stick.
“I like Scott rods primarily because they tend to be a bit softer actioned than the equivalent being made by most other manufacturers, and I prefer a more flexible rod.
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