Written by: Leif Catania Photos: Josh Thelin Rod Speed (what a confusing classification). Everyone asks about it in the shop, and unfortunately a fraction of those people have any idea what it means. Usually when purchasing a new fly rod, the three differentiators of fly rods are weight, length, and...
This is a continuation of the "4 Benefits Of Using A Longer Fly Rod" article that I published last week. For those of you who read that, it detailed how a fly rod that is longer than (the "standard") 9' can be an advantage. Well, in an opposite way, a shorter...
A fly rod’s worth is a very subjective thing. Therefore I think any critical review of a fly rod is just as subjective. So I must explain the context in which I write about these 10-ft 7-wt sticks of high tech graphite. Otherwise this whole exercise would be total folly....
When trying to answer questions about fly rods to customers, I am always trying to find better and more detailed ways of explaining the differences in rod "action." When someone asks what the variance between a fast and slow action rod are, one correlation that I try and draw from is...
