New setup is here!!!

[hawkeyeflyfisher]

Woohoo!!!

My new all everything setup came in-Winston BIIIX 9' 6# matched with a Hatch 5+ Finatic!!!

By far the nicest setup I have ever casted, and most likely will ever own haha.

Found out that my hip waders have a wicked leak in them so fishing for me until I can either talk my wife into letting me get a new pair, or spring :/

 

[winstonwt]

Congrats hawkeyeflyfisher,excellent choice.I have that rod in a 9ft.5wt.,It's my favorite rod of all my 8 Winston's.

 

[cpowell]

Hmmm. Hippers? New wicked premium rod and real outfit...Does not equate.

A. Do not use Hip Waders unless you are irrigating or getting in and out of your boat.

B. Do your new rod and reel a favor and get some waders.

Or, send me that new Winston and I will keep it busy for you until the run off is over and you are ready to fish. :wiggle:

Need my addy?

 

[hawkeyeflyfisher]

Haha yea growing up in Iowa I didn't have much need for chest waders-now being in Montana its a definite need!

 

[ia_trouter]

Hmmm. Hippers? New wicked premium rod and real outfit...Does not equate.

A. Do not use Hip Waders unless you are irrigating or getting in and out of your boat.

B. Do your new rod and reel a favor and get some waders.

Or, send me that new Winston and I will keep it busy for you until the run off is over and you are ready to fish. :wiggle:

Need my addy?

Hey Cochise, it gets a little hot feeding the hogs in our chest waders. I am thinking about getting some hippers for the Iowa streams. You only need so much in 10 inches of water.

 

[comeonavs]

Should be an awesome setup and those Hatch reels are awesome.

Yeah you can't embarrass that rod and reel by wearing leaky hip waders. Tell your wife some nice Simms G4Z, Orvis Silver Sonic etc etc are in an investment in your health since they will keep you warm and dry so that you're ready to tackle the honey do list when you get home from fishing

"they're really for her" if you think about it

 

[mcnerney]

My new all everything setup came in-Winston BIIIX 9' 6# matched with a Hatch 5+ Finatic!!!

Hawkeye: That is one sweet fly fishing setup, congrats! Sorry to hear about the leaky waders, maybe a bottle of aqua seal would work until you can afford a nice set of waders, you're going to need wader living in MT.

 

[vbgooroo]

Just bought almost the same setup this weekend. Winston BIIIx, 9ft, 6wt, but, I have the Nautilus FWX reel in Titanium.

 

[hawkeyeflyfisher]

So I was offered some Redington Dry chest waders for $200, or I can go with the Simms Freestone Stockingfoots for $149. Anybody have any opinions with either of these, or advice on which one I should go with?

For boots I'm going to get the Simms Vapor Boots for $179 I believe is what I found

 

[fredaevans]

Go for the Simms AND their 'freestone' boots. The boots are the most comfortable I've ever hand on my feet. Things open up like the mouth of a bucket so getting them on/off is a breeze.:clap:

 

[hawkeyeflyfisher]

That's what I was assuming Fred, thanks for the heads up!

 

[Unknownflyman]

Congratulations on the new rod! I love the way Winston fly rods feel, just a little out of my price range. I fished a graphite #6 weigh fenwick for years as my go to rod, landed some huge fish on it. My yours do the same!

 

[hawkeyeflyfisher]

Hah yea they are both well out of my pricerange, I just got a sweet deal on the pair that was impossible to pass up!

Thank you, I really hope so!

 

[hawkeyeflyfisher]

I decided to go with the Simms Guide series G3 and Vapor felt boots, ill let everyone know how it works out as soon as it gets above 30 degrees!