Scott S4 comments and pre-order info…
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LOL Cast it for the first time yesterday. I’m kind of like you. Im lusting
Waiting for UPS to get into the shop with our order
more pix here: http://www.tellurideangler.com/scs4seflyro.html
They are in!!!! only the 9′ 4,5 & 6
Lamson litespeed for sure. LOLActually if anyone is interested I do have an older Smoke 3 _ possibly the sweetest color they ever did. I could deal on.
Nothing wrong with the Nautilus tho. Ive just not played with them much.
Spent more time with the Ross-Lamson and Sage 2500 reels. The latter is gorgeous, love them.
Hey John, Soimething new and very trick on the way from Lamson which would look pretty slick on those S4s. IM me for details.
Just don’t know if Ill get smacked for going public yet LOL so Ill be shhh
Cheers
SteveJust went to the Fishhawk in Atlanta this afternoon. Lucky enough, they got the Scott S4 905 in yesterday.
Zach, When owner lay out the rod on the table, I said… “oh… nice G2…but I would like to try S4…”
It’s gray unsanded blank just like g2. But the furrule is top over sleeve, i think…. It is a awesome blankHmm… a big dilemma for rod companies like Scott (and Winston): stay with the traditional style rods or go with the higher modulus & faster rods?
What I don’t like from the picture I see (IRL can be different) is the reel seat. It looks very bulky (not refined) and cheap. The rods costs almost $700! For this amount of money I want to see very stylish cosmetics. It just looks the same as a $250 price level series from Scott.
About the fast, faster, the fastest rods:
What’s the use for these ever stiffer rods? Everyone now has a fast rod so why get an even faster rod?
Do we want to battle hurricane winds to cast the big hopper in the underbanks?…
Don’t get me wrong. I love casting fast rods and casting TIGHT loops.Jay
Zach
Sorry, did not pay much attention to the detail… (too excited to cast it…) But I think the wrap maybe looks like grey or tansparent with sliver? trimp…maybe some folks here can post their pictures.Jay,
Well said and I agree most of your point… very expensive and high technology indeed.
But I have to explain my liking of these fast (super fast) rod and how I use it (or say waste my money in pursuing these rods).First, I have to mention here, I love slow action rod as well… I have 6 different fiberglass rods for small stream trout/gill fishing. I absolutely love the slow rhythm. I use them for dry flies.
Second, (on the other hand) I have Z-axis5100 XP 590, 6100. I love them equally as well as the fiberglasses. I use them mailnly for nymphing. These rod are so fast and crispy that I feel it connect me to the river bottom immediately. I know I am weird that I like to feel the bump when my flies contact the bottom (high sticking), and the subtle fish take of course ;). So, I am not really need the fast action to cast into the wind most of the time, but I need the fast, stiff rod to control my line and transmit the signals… this is just my personal feeling after some experiments, maybe some other softer rod can do well too…(not found yet). I would like to share a story just happened in this summer. I went fish with my buddies in the west. I use xp 590/2piece for nymphing mainly…but for some weird reason, I had to use 3wt line to cast a dry fly (caddis) on this 5wt fast rod. It looks definitely weird, and blow out my friends’ mind (and mine too). It worked!… I feel it is not problem to shoot this thing…And with short wrist flips, I searched the current and pocket waters with a caddis fly without any problem…lucky enough, I got my best brown out of this weird combination…very weird indeed… but I just can not give up the fast action addict :-[
Sincerely, Mark
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