8wt Shootout (oh no, here we go again)
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I used to think it was all hype until I built my first Xi2 in a 7wt. That blank has some kind of voodoo or something in it. I would love to say that it aint all that and sell it for a nice profit but that isn’t the case. I’m already building another one for a guy who cast mine and fell in love with it.
On the opposite end I bought a factory St Croix Premier 8’ 5wt (china stick) on sale at Cabelas for $50 and it casts and fishes very well.
My rod preference changes almost daily. Sometimes I want a fast rod and sometimes I want a more relaxed rod. I’ve got a 9’ 3wt Cabelas PT I built that’s limp as a wet noodle but man that’s a fun rod to fish soft hackles on. I never break off fish on the take like I do on my faster rods. If you just cast it and never fished the swing with it you wouldn’t understand what makes the rod so much fun.
Bottom line I have an addiction to gear, I love em all.
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