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Rainshadow Blanks
Posted by: Mike Klein (65.241.225.---)
Date: December 27, 2004 12:27PM

I'm looking at building a new fly rod for myself in a 9 ft., 4 weight, 2 piece configuration. Can anyone offer up any comments on the Rainshadow RX8 Xcel blank?

Thanks


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Re: Rainshadow Blanks
Posted by: bill boettcher (---.an3.nyc41.da.uu.net)
Date: December 27, 2004 01:50PM

I myself like all of Batson's line. Rainshadow/Forecast

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Re: Rainshadow Blanks
Posted by: jon erbacher (---.bay.webtv.net)
Date: December 27, 2004 04:52PM

i built one and its my favorite 9ft 4wt ive also built an sc3 and a gl3 and the rx8 is more powerful and stiffer the gl3 is a little lighter but i guss thats were the rx8 gets its power it cc at a 4.90 ern and the aa is 66

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Re: Rainshadow Blanks
Posted by: Mike Klein (65.241.225.---)
Date: December 27, 2004 06:03PM

Hmmmm... I was looking for a lightweight rod, but if you're saying it's actually heavier than a Gloomis GL3, I don't know if it's the rod for me because GL3's aren't that light to begin with. Anyone else have opinions or other blanks I should be looking at?

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Re: Rainshadow Blanks
Posted by: Rob Grider (---.client.insightBB.com)
Date: December 27, 2004 06:46PM

Mike, actually Loomis GL3 blanks are often very light weight. Check out the 8'6" 5 wt at about 1.3 oz if I remember right. Never a knock on GL3 weight only the fact that using the very thin walls they tend to split of break more easily then some. The xcel blank is very nice and overall pretty fast.

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Re: Rainshadow Blanks
Posted by: Jari Rantala (---.pool.sonera.fi)
Date: December 28, 2004 02:24AM

Does it have to be 2 piece? Check out Dan Craft's Five Rivers series. Very light.

Jari

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