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I started flyfishing in 1984 with a Fenwick 6’3″ #4 on the warm water creek around Lynchburg, TN. I planned on getting back to more warmwater fishing the last few years, but the drought keep me out of the streams (most are dry or almost dry).
Ever time I talk to Ed Story at Feather-Craft, he tells me about the 7’6″ #6, says it a small stream cannon. Anyone got any casting time with one of these?
My question is: do you really need a cannon on small streams?
Many years ago I bought a fast rod for small streams. Since then I bought two slower
rods. I never use the fast rod anymore.Anyway, I cast a 5-weight. It is a cannon. I thought, however, the rod looked cheap. I think a
7- or eight-weight would be a great striper or bass rod.Randy
Ok I love both the TiCRX 7’6″ rods, the 8wt I think is the sweetest rod TFO have made, and the 6 is very good also. Although I have to say the new 9’4wt X rod is a gem as well.
Anyway back to the shorties. Their casting action bears very little resemblance to the 9′ rods, except in the butt. Softer tips work very well but plenty of power for handling Whitlock and other Crawdads, clousers etc. Very accurate, lots of fun pitching flies under overhangs, very nice.
I reckon its a great small stream smallie rod, or if you have wondered about tossing streamers for fall trout in deepish, overgrown streams.
Do yourself a favor and cast them.
Cheers
Stevethat’s what I’m after, this in one of the “larger” streams, it should be 2 to 3′ deep, good Small and Large Mouth water, bluegill and Rock Bass or “Black Perch or Redeye” as we call them.
Patrick, you would be right if the 7’6″ was a scaled down 9’er. Very different rods however
Significantly different action, Load the short rods with a Clouser line and lots of in close performance. Definately not as stiff through teh upper part of the rod. I’m not going to use it for tossing 20 midges on a spring creek but its not designed for that.
Designed for small creek smallmouth, and mangrove fishing.
I own the 9′ 8wt, fished the 9’5 wt a lot and spent a lot of time doing demos with the short and long rods in this series.
Its a diversion but it shows how different rods in a particular model (TiCRX) can be.
Cheers.
SteveI can only say cast it and you will find out mate.
Plus there aren’t too many short rods in this sort of weight category. St Croix used to make one hasn’t got the butt strength this has.
Soft tip, stiff butt, what these rods the short 6 and 8, were designed for is exactly what we have been talking about, tossing relatvely heavy flies short distances accurately in tight confines, mangroves small streams etc etc. Still has the same response time of the Xs but very different taper
The original product design parameters came from backcountry mangrove snook fishers, and some smallstream steelheaders. I got to cast a prototype in Arlington TX Fly Fishign Show a couple of years back as the first rods were headign to these shores. My first question, for our market here in the ozarks was great rod but does it come in a small mouth 6.
Rick Pope turned around and said its on its way. I ordered them straight up, took them to the Smallmouth Rendezvous in Tahlequah Ok that year and the guys loved them after we were tossing 6″ loops underneath pickups and SUVs.
So you migth say its one of my favorites.
Cheers
SteveI am thinking only the Clouser line on this rod, I got a 9’0″ #8 rod I have a Clouser on for my “open” work, this rod will be for the tight stuff. Much like most people would use a shorter rod on a tight mountain stream. This rod will only be used on small “one angler” width warmwater streams with larger Smallmouth flies. If I want to use small stuff, I go to the tailwater for stockers 😉
Recently, I’ve been looking for a streamer rod for small to medium sized waters that can deliver big flies with accuracy.
short rods are more accurate inherently, even with our own shortcomings lol
distance depends on your casting and size of fly. I’d say no problems though. luckily i have 2 in stock
I really don’t think there was much different with length with the 8wt which I cast head to head, but for those sort of questions that is really what you need to do with it. See if you can cast one.
Im sure I can hit 75′ with it, thrown the whole line off it, which most rods will do but depends on the sort of flies etc.Cheers
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