I am looking for a high end graphite 5wt blank for a guy that has the slowest casting stroke I have ever seen. I've used the CTX Affinity MX a couple times on builds and its too fast for this guy. Anyone with hands on experience with the 4pc CTS Vintage series in the longer lengths, say 8'6", 8'9" or 9'0" in 5wt or 6wt? If so is there any CCS info on it to share or a good g
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For a 4wt rod, I never go bigger than a sz 12 stripping guide. I personally use a size 10 most often. I have experimented a lot with different ceramic guides on my 4wts over the past few years. For Fuji Alconites, I would never use anything smaller than a size 6 blag. I have tried size 5's before and the line does not flow as smoothly as with a size 6 guide and top. I have actually st
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Thanks for putting that clarification out there Jason, that makes them even better value. The 3 and 4wt blanks are really popular out here in the west for normal trout fishing. Now if you would just put out some 9'6" 3-4-5 wt SCV blanks we'd be in heaven.
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Jim, I would love to have that in writing from the guys at St Croix, because last time I talked to them they told me the SCIV-SCII blend fly blanks (Imperial) were rolled in their Mexico facility. I would rather buy those than something from China, but still I prefer to build on US made blanks. If they are really rolled in Park Falls, they should make that public knowledge because the sale
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Phil, you are talking about the US made SCIV Legend Ultra blanks, which sadly St Croix no longer offers as blanks. They've replaced them with a blend of SCIV-SCII material rolled in Mexico which is what Lane is asking about if I read his post correctly. Lane, from what I have discovered, the 5wt SCIV-SCII blank is a pretty fast taper............... they are nice looking and feeling sti
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Has anyone had a chance to use the new black recoil guides from REC? I am having issues with the "Double Black Chrome" wire guides plating wearing thru extremely fast ( 4 months ) on fly rods getting daily use. I like the look of the SF black wire guides so the H&H DLC and Recoils are my next options, and increase in cost basis as well. I know the DLC coating wears off the
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Well I need to correct the previous statement, I read that the ABS skeletons were 7 grams, not .7 ounces. Big difference. And it makes them about 1/10th ounce lighter than the Fuji SKM16 if the weight was accurate. If anyone can confirm the weight of the REC ABS skeleton with and without the plug I'd appreciate it. It would sure be great for vendors to start listing this info in their
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Thanks Tom, maybe someone else can chime in with the other seat weights. I think .35oz is going to be tough to beat for a threaded seat! I think I've read somewhere that the ABS weighs .7oz so the AUS will weigh more due to increased diameter.
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I've been using the Fuji SKM16 for fly seats for a few years now. Its common knowledge that they are lighter than any threaded metal skeleton fly seats........ but are they? Does anyone have means to weigh a SKM16 set and the REC ABS or AUS hardware to get scientific about it?
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I have a new Gallatin Green 2008 St Croix SCV Legend Elite 9' 4wt blank I am building on. It is the slimmest, lightest fast taper 9' 4wt blank I have ever touched. It has a butt dia of only .310" and tip top loose sz 3.5. I did the CCS on it and it came up in low 4.XX ERN and AA of 70. It will be perfect for what I wanted, a light 4wt fast taper trout blank. I will definitely
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Would appreciate it if a sponsor / vendor that carries the new Fuji TFST tops in the sz 5 ring with the 1.4mm (3.6) tube can give me an idea of size and weight relative to typical chromed wire standard loop 1.4mm tube fly tip top. How long is the tube? Thanks Marc
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The "Current" 2008 SCV fly blanks are glossy Gallatin Green, and have been shipping for several months. I have in hand a 9' 4wt 4pc blank that is finished very nicely and was assured by St Croix that the finish on these 2008 Gallatin Green SCV blanks was not going to be a problem like the previous brown blanks.
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I asked St Croix about this, I was looking into the new 9' 4wt SCV specs (.315" butt with 3.5 tip) ..... nice and skinny 9' 4wt! .... asked specifically about the previous finish issues. They assured me there would be no issues with the new finish like the brown ones had. They told me the tapers were completely redesigned for 2008. Don't know if they are as extra fast taper as bef
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Got to have WHITE- Black in the size A nylon twist !!!!
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Robbie, You previously asked for input about what to carry........... classic twist style in white-red-green-yellow / black would be great since nobody else wants to carry it these days. Marc "Many Thanks to the organizers of the Rod Expo and to all of our customers who puchased thread. We had a great time meeting fellow fishermen and fisherwomen who enjoy spending time on the water
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Hi Sandra, I recently moved to the Prescott Arizona area, so can offer some tips. If you are ultimately headed to Flagstaff, from Prescott Valley, I would drive highway 89A over Mingus Mountain and thru Jerome, which is an interesting drive and old mining town built up the side of a mountain. Then down into the Verde Valley to Cottonwood and you can stop at Dead Horse State Park and fish the
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I really like ST Croix as well and am using their 7'6" 4pc 2wt blanks in the SCIV and new SC3. My question was asked because every blank series seems to have its shining stars and its ugly duckling ( ie.. great 4wt but 6 wt is a club etc.).............. and I don't want to commit to a blank only to find out it was the dog of the series. I also really, really like Batson as a company and
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Yep Steve, that is pretty much what we are looking for right now. The Batson guys went and "updated" their blank specs last year, and in the process upped the tip specs a size to 4.5 when 4.0 will work 99% of time..........and they changed the weight specs too and now they show the 9' 4wt weighs more than the 9' 6wt blanks and I just cannot see how that can possibly be. I guess I wil
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Steve kind of answered the question for me. The fact he will use a 5 or 6 on it most of the time is all I needed to hear about the SCV to tell me it is not what we are looking for in a 4wt right now. I was more wondering if they have the same AA etc......... because the RX8+ I saw in the CCS data were 68 to 70..... but the SCV were from 67 to 75 area. What we are looking for is a fairly f
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Anyone have direct experience with the RX8+ and SCV in the 4wt blanks, either 8'6" or 9'0"? The specs are very similar but no CCS for any of them. Just want to see how they compare in fishing and casting at "San Juan" distances. The Batson has tad higher MSRP but is it actually a better blank? Also wonder how the SCIV and RX7+ compare in the 4wt blanks since they are very
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Mark Griffin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 36MM/1.42" front spool flange. > > Mark Griffin > > C&M Custom Tackle > San Dimas, California Thanks much
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Would anyone be able to tell me the spool lip diameter for the new UL Mitchel 310xe spinning reels? Building a rod for one but don't have it yet. Thanks Marc
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Dan is it a 6'10" blank or a 6' 1" blank?
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Anglers Workshop 2006 catalog, pg 98, I think item # HSLSC, HSLSB, HSLSG,HSLST are the stand-off SF guide models but I would ask them for confirmation.. They use the term "low guides" instead of stand-off if I remember right. The catalog pic shows the stand-off guides with different Item #'s which was confusing. They are not on the Anglers Workshop website that I know of. H&H
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Are you sure that was not a 9010-3, which is a 10 wt? Would sure be cool if Dan built longer light rods though.
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What size reels are you using? Is it that the threaded barrel just won't un-screw far enough? If so is there a chance epoxy found its way out the back under the barrel without being able to see it? Or is it just a REC screw-up putting the wrong insert in the package? Just trying to see what could have gone wrong because I have seen several rods with that seat and they worked okay. They ar
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Doug, I have recently bult a 7'6" 3wt with sz 1/0 SF Batson guides and it works very well so sz 2 are plenty big. You might consider going with sz 1 to save weight . I went #10 SF ceramic stripper - 4 inches to a #8 SF ceramic tamer - SF wire #1 - 1 - 1/0 - 1/0 - 1/0 - 1/0 - 1/0 - 1/0 - tip top. The extra #2 was pointless, if anything should have been a #2 and a #1..... and the way
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Right Tom, but I thought ERN=ELN is considered a balanced text book fly rod. If 30' of 4wt is 4.5 ELN, then a true 4wt rod would ERN between 4.0 and 5.0 and for my taste it would be on the 4.0 side. Its where you have a 4wt with an ERN of 6.5 to 7.5 that to me tells me something is not right in the equation. But I get your point about keeping things constant too. I may though do a st
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Thanks Tom for the reply. I think I would like to raise the possibility that for an extremely fast taper blank, the CCS uses a flawed assumption that 1/3 of the blank needs to be fully loaded to cast the designated line. Perhaps we should take the Fast taper blanks which have proven to load and cast properly with the 30' of rated line and work backwards to get the proper deflection for the eq
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Could anyone that has the capability test and submit the RX7+ and RX8+ CCS data in the 8'6" and 9' 4wt and 6wt please? I do not have any of these blanks and don't really want to buy them until I have an idea of what they really are. Seems many of the blanks I've bought lately are rated a full size under what they actually are and I don't like them much. When I buy a 3 wt blank, it would
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