mat trevors
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I build rods for a fly fishing guide in Moscow, Russia. He sells American built custom rods to his customers and others and will buy as many rods as I can send him. For the past two years his number one request are rods built on the TFO Axiom blank.
I can see why. I think that is going to become my favourite stick in the quiver, based on the couple times I’ve had it on the lawn.
That happened to me last month with the TFO Axiom. Instant buyer’s remorse on the Loop XACT 7wt that I had bought a month before. Bought the Axiom anyway.
I’m gonna be bold & say TFO makes the best rods for my fishing & casting style, hands down
Anyone wanna buy a lawn-casted-only Loop 7wt? 🙂 haha
How can you pick just one?
Good point. It’s tough, especially when you switch from small streams to salt & such…
It seems Scott rods & Lamson reels are leading the way so far…
I’ve never fished a Scott rod & kinda want to keep it that way, for my bank account’s sake 🙂
Hi Zak,
Unfortunately, one rod doesn’t fit all when you’re considering stripers, bones, and tarpon.
You’re typical saltwater setup is an 8wt rod with a reel that has a sealed drag system that can hold ~150-225 yards of backing.
I say 8wt as you can fish a lot of species with it: stripers, bones, redfish, snook, largemouth bass, atlantic salmon, baby tarpon, etc.
You can get away with a lot of those species with a 7wt, but if you’re dealing with any sort of wind or bigger flies, you will appreciate the extra oomph of the 8wt.
For adult tarpon, you’re looking at rod weights from 10-12wt. Mind you, you can fish for stripers with a 10wt, but you will get a workout. trust me. I use a 10wt for muskie and they call it the fish of 10,000 casts. I have about 7000 more casts to go, and my shoulder gets friggin’ sore.
That’s my two-cents on the matter, others might feel like tearing holes in my theories, so it’ll be good to hear them out, too.
Mat
I went to the microskiffs.com website after listening to this & ended up almost missing the boarding call for my flight. Some really cool boats, mods & info on that site. Thanks for getting that podcast up, Zach.
One thing I started doing once I found myself wanting to travel more is learning the ins & outs of using mileage plans and such; there’s a bunch of travel bloggers that write about “travel hacking.” It’s not for everybody, but with a little bit of research, reading & whatnot, I managed to accumulate almost 200K frequent flyer miles in the span of 15 months…and I’ve been really half-assed about it (& miss out on a lot of offers due to my Canadian-ness). Some of these hardcore types get 200K or more in the span of 6 months. Google “Chris Guillebeau Travel Hacking” and you’ll get a lot of info.
It’s worth a shot if you’re looking to travel on the cheap; my return flight to Belize from Eastern Canada for this September cost $60 in taxes with points.
