Forum: Fly Rods
05-11-2013, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 207
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Forum: Fly Rods
05-09-2013, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 207
Re: info on Black Diamond fly rod
That was before my time at Cortland but I remember them, as a customer. I suspect they were rolled either by REC or Diamondback (Diamondback private labeled some Cortland rods before Cortland...
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Forum: Fly Rods
03-26-2013, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 756
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Forum: Gear Reviews
03-10-2013, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 714
Re: Cortland Trout BOSS Fly Line
Hardy Zenith, Sage Z-Axis, Circca Winston B IIIx, BIIIt, WT, Scott G-Series, TFO Finesse should all load great with that line in the rated size. Most true to line size rods should work great with the...
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Forum: Gear Reviews
03-09-2013, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 714
Re: Cortland Trout BOSS Fly Line
The issue you have is the rod not the line. The Trout Boss is a true to size line. A Sage XP fishes (especially loading in close) better with an oversized line. The reason you can't feel it load in...
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Forum: Gear Reviews
03-08-2013, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 714
Re: Cortland Trout BOSS Fly Line
Cortland is giving away twenty of these to the first twenty people to the booth at the Mid-West Fly Fishing Expo in Warren, MI.
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Forum: Fly Rods
01-30-2013, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,082
Re: Helios 2 vs Zenith
I don't believe so, I got the information from Hardy yesterday. I imagine we'll see the full shootout within the next couple of weeks.
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Forum: Fly Rods
01-29-2013, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,082
Re: Helios 2 vs Zenith
As far the new H2 verses the Zenith I haven't thrown the H2 in a 9-5 yet. But G Anderson has a new up coming min-shootout, where he added the H2, the Circca, the B IIIX, the New Loomis NRX and the...
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Forum: Fly Rods
01-23-2013, 10:52 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,082
Re: Helios 2 vs Zenith
The Procast series is designed to be true to size, Andy was pretty picky about that one. While the Liquid Crystal is pretty true to size it is an aggressive taper that has zero resistance when...
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Forum: Fly Rods
01-21-2013, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,082
Re: Helios 2 vs Zenith
Sweet and Salt, one suggestion, try the Proaxis 9-8 with a Cortland Liquid Crystal 8 line. I'm not trying to be a shill here, but Andy Mills turned me on to that combo. It almost feels like the rod...
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Forum: Fly Reels
01-08-2013, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 593
Re: Reel suggestions for 9ft 5wt Hardy Zenith
I've gone Old school with mine, an (hardy built) SA System 6. I like lots of backing an a little extra capacity on my 9 foot rods because I tend to use them on bigger water, bigger fish. Also, I've...
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Forum: Fly Reels
12-04-2012, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 376
Re: Has anyone looked at the Hardy CLS reel?
It's pretty cool, it has the same large aspect ratio, drag, and captive spool release as the UL DD. And the price is right $259 for the 4-6 weight, and $289 for the 6-8 weight. I love those kind of...
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Forum: Fly Reels
11-13-2012, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 373
Re: Greys G-series
A buddy of mine sold me a new in the box 70's St John about five years ago. It has become my main Steelhead reel.
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Forum: Fly Reels
11-03-2012, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 614
Re: Shimano Ultegra Fly reels
They look like the old Loomis Venture reels and I would not recommend. I was up on the Garden River and we got into pods of fresh Kings a few years ago. Two of the guys had Loomis Venture reels, both...
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Forum: Fly Rods
10-10-2012, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,586
Re: Thoughts on fishing with Bamboo rods
I am personally of the belief that a well constructed 6 1/2 - 7 1/2 foot boo will out fish graphite or glass in small stream fishing situations. I have yet to find a shorter graphite that isn't too...
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Forum: Fly Reels
10-07-2012, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 540
Re: Reel Freezing Up (literall)
This is one of the things I love about Click and Pawls for Great Lakes Steelhead. It gets cold up here in November thru March. I've never had my St. John, Zenith or Taupo freeze on me. I've seen many...
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Forum: Fly Reels
09-28-2012, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 3,861
Re: Made in China
As far as I know with the exception of the current Sage reel line up, Sage has used three reel makers to build reels. They used Hardy (England) to build a reel similar to the JLH, if you can find a...
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Forum: Fly Rods
09-24-2012, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 619
Re: Sweet spot in a rod lineup?
I've been running Liquid Crystal in an 8 and it kills. It feels like the rod was built around it. I talked to Andy Mills at the show and he said those rods were designed to be fished with true to...
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Forum: Fly Rods
09-22-2012, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 619
Re: Sweet spot in a rod lineup?
Sage 389LL, Z-Axis 905,906
Winston 4-6 weight WT's, TMF
Scott G 885 and STS 908
Hardy Zenith 864, 904, 905 Proaxis 908
Greys 104 Streamflex
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Forum: Fly Reels
09-14-2012, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 519
Re: Info./Opinions on newer Uniqua reels
Sweet and Salt, The UL DD is now offered in Black in the smaller sizes thru the 7000 DD. The one I'm really excited about is the new Cassette reel based on the UL DD, the CLS. It won best new FW reel...
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Forum: Fly Reels
09-13-2012, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 519
Re: Info./Opinions on newer Uniqua reels
There are two Uniqua's one is a traditional reel that is very similar to the current Orvis CFO. The other one was made for two years (maybe three) and is a large arbor disc drag reel. Both are good...
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Forum: Fly Rods
09-05-2012, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,263
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Forum: Fly Lines
09-04-2012, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 2,542
Re: Are high end fly lines worth the expense?
The problem is most of those "promotional freebies" go to guides and opinion makers. If they aren't talking about your product in this business it doesn't show up on shelves, much less move off the...
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Forum: Fly Reels
09-04-2012, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 998
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Forum: Fly Lines
09-03-2012, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 2,542
Re: Are high end fly lines worth the expense?
There are a few components in the costs of manufacturing fly lines that I believe many here aren't considering.
1) A ton of testing, no matter how well it works on the computer, Fly lines require...
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