Impressions regarding Scott Harry Murray Bass Rod

[spenser]

Good evening-I know that a lot of your love your Scott rods.

[Zach Matthews]

I can’t find the rod on the site; could you provide a link?

Zach

[spenser]

Murray Bass Rod G908B
$595.00

[spenser]

Posted a copy of the ad from Harry’s web site above, and the link to the site is attached.

[Jack Cummings]

Can’t say anything about the rod but we went to his shop in VA this fall.
It’s a pharmacy and a fly shop.
We dubbed it ‘Harrys Bugs ‘n Drugs’!
Cool little shop!

[Zach Matthews]

The rod resembles a Scott G.

[Carter Simcoe]

I think an 8 wt is a bit much for smallies, even from a boat on big water.

[spenser]

Thank you both.

[fred krow]

Years ago I was a Scott Rod fan and owned 42, if I remember correctly.

I had all of the Harry Wilson designed “Bass” taper rods.  Harry told me how he made the rods, it was very simple.   A 8wt rod would have a standard 8wt tip and a 7wt butt section, this is how he made a stiff tip with slower action into the lower section.  Note that all of the Bass tapers were two piece rods, he also sold a option of second tip which matched the butt flex.   You could buy a 7bass/6trout combination rod with one butt and two tips.

I had Harry make for me the only 4pc 8wt bass rod produced by Scott Rod.

If I remember correctly he had bass tapers in 9ft, 6wt, 7wt & 8wt, the 8/9wt was 9 1/2 ft long.

Today my casting style has changed and I much prefer a fast action with flexible tip (upper 1/3) and stiff lower 2/3 of the rod blank.  I have sold/traded all of my Scott G and HP series rods.

When you get into the 8wt rods,,,they all work at distances we cast for largemouth & smallmouth bass.

Regards,
FK

[muddler]

I have no experience with Harry’s rod. I use a Sage Xi2 6wt for smallmouth with a 7wt line on it and it does great for smallies – wading or from a boat. They are super fast and super powerful. Plus it has a fighting butt and looks cool on a 6wt.

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