How do the four-piece Tiger Eye travel blanks compare to their Forecast counterparts?

i can't give you a comparison because i have not built any forecasts but the tiger eyes are a great buy and make a very nice rod especially in the smaller sizes. i like the 7' 3/4 wt. very nice small stream rod and the color of the blanks is very nice.

I have built both and have had good results with both. I sell the Tiger Eyes now so that is what I most familiar with these days. The four piece rods in all weights produce nice rods. Like the previous poster, I am partial to the lighter weights for small streams, but have built the heavy weights for steelhead and salmon.



Joe Douglas

Both make nice rods, the Tiger eye is IM6 graphite which is a little higher modulus than the Forecast. Doesn't make them better, but there is a difference.

Both are nice,but like all rod blank models,some particular models stand out a bit from the others I think.

I prefer a lighter,higher performance blank in a 5wt or higher,but I really like these 2 blanks in the light line,shorter models where you don't really notice the extra weight much,and where a medium action,slower recovery blank would be considered "just right".

I have built on the 2pc 7ft9 3wt,3pc 8ft 4wt,and 4pc 7ft6 4wt Forecast models,as well as the 4pc 7ft6 3/4 and 4pc 8ft 3/4 tiger eyes,and 2 of these models really stand out to me.The 4pc 7ft6 4wt Forecast and the 4pc 8ft 3/4 tiger eye.

The 2pc 7ft9 3wt and 3pc 8ft 4wt Forecasts are also both really nice(I think I like the 3pc 8ft 4wt a bit more out of these 2),but the 4pc 7ft6 4wt feels lighter and much quicker and crisper in the tip.It's a wonderful blank that feels more like a 3wt at 30ft or so,and it's CCS numbers would probably support that.The 4pc 7ft6 3/4 tiger eye is much stiffer and feels like a solid 4wt by comparison.I definitely prefer the light feel of the Forecast in the 4pc 7ft6 4wt model to the 4pc 7ft6 3/4 tiger eye myself.

As much as I love the 4pc 7ft6 4wt Forecast,the 4pc 8ft 3/4 tiger eye is the one I like best out of all of them.This blank is SMOOTH and has a great feel to it with a 4wt line.Believe it or not,it may be the closest feel to my 2pc 8ft 4wt Scott G that I have found so far.The tiger eye is a heavier blank than the G(the 8ft 4wt Scott G is FEATHER light and considerably lighter than any of the blanks above),especially since it's a 4pc,but it's feel and flex profile are VERY similar.It's also GORGEOUS to look at(unlike the Scott G,LOL).

Another low priced,but fantastic light line blank I like is the 2pc 7ft9 3wt Rainshadow RX7.With a 4wt line it's SWEET.