New Orvis Superfine Trout Bum
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i purchased the current orvis superfine trout bum. for those of you that don’t know it’s a 7′ 4wt full-flex 4 pc rod. it is absolutely fantastic! if you have the chance to cast this rod, give it a try! i use it for all my dry fly fishing. i’m just a novice and have some trouble throwing any type of weight with the rod, but that could be just because i’m a beginner.
i’m also lucky enough to have a brother that is a fly fishing fanatic that lent to me his saracione fly reel. check it out! this is a sweet setup! i’d love to see the new trout bum. anymore details on this rod zach?
The Orvis Superfine series (back in the 80’s just called Orvis graphite series) were the first high end rods I drooled over. The Tippet (7.6ft, #3) is my all time favourite light rod. I also have a Trout (8ft, #5). Both rods have this delightful Superfine grip with reel rings. It’s just like the long legs of a woman: too sexy!
I also have bamboo rod from Orvis, it’s even CALLED the Superfine. Sentimental value: it was built in 1968, my year of birth!I’ve never liked Orvis’ later series: HLS > Zero-weight. I dunno, they just don’t have that X-factor to me. I’m not sure Orvis is ever going to make an evergreen like the Superfine series…
In 1979, I purchased my first Orvis rod….a 4 weight Superfine Brook Trout. I’ve still got it and would not part with it. If Orvis can duplicate this rod’s action and beauty….they’ll have a sure winner!
The newer version looks completely different from my 30 year old version. They’ve changed the blank and thread color and put on a different grip and reelseat. In the catalog they call it “freshly updated” or some such nonsense. The old version has the grip that tapers down to the rod diameter kinda like some early Sage rods. I’m a little partial to that style.
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