Sage, Winston, or ?… time for a graphite rod….
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Seems my boo rods are a little short and not ideal for some East TN tailwater fishing and I find myself thinking of graphite again.
Maybe a used Scott G (not the new G2) on eBay?
If you prefer a new one, take a look at the Temple Fork’s Finesse series. This is a more medium actioned rod. Should be around $200.
Jay
With the fly show season in full swing there’s no better time to actually cast all of the contenders!
They must be contagious but a lot of my buds and I have gravitated to the Winston BIIx for fishing the tail races like the South Holston. You might appreciate the way the BIIx casts, sorta like a ‘boo rod in that it’s more or less the rod that does the work. A good friend and bamboo rod afficianado threw my 5 weight BIIx last year at an outing. I couldn’t hardly get it out of his hands… and he usually hates plastic rods! I think Matt now owns one.
We found the BIIx has the power to reach out when needed, yet the grace to protect light 7X tippet on those big browns from the SoHo. Three of us settled on the 9′ 5 wt. BIIx and another on the 8.5′, 4 weight.Lou, if you have a chance, also check out the Thomas and Thomas LPS series in a 4 wt 3 piece. I think you would be pleased with it if you prefer slower rods. A very accurate rod also. Perfect for dries, small nymphs and wet flies. If you expect to throw a few streamers go with the 5 weight.
Scott
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ffffg, Anderson used the wrong line on the BIIx. Those stiff rods he likes need that extra 1/2 weight the GPX gives. The BIIx just does not work well with it.
You admit in another post you’re not the best caster. That might explain how you can’t get feel or accuracy out of the BIIx. The VERY first thing I test on a rod is how it behaves at short ‘fishing’ distances. When testing the BIIx I personally felt that no way a rod that behaves that nice up close could throw a long line… I was wrong.
This is the rod I use for casting competions simply because I find it so darned accurate… at all ranges.
I can tell you I had to actually teach some very good casters how to make the most of that rod. They were used to hanging on for the ride as brute force loaded the rod. Do that to a BIIx and it’ll puke all over you.
This is the beauty of having so many choices. One rod action does not fit all. With most rods it’s an either/or situation. The TFO Finesse works well close in, the TCRiX excells at distance and power. Aside the old GLX, I’ve not found a rod that worked so well at each end of the spectrum.
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