I got this 8 ft 4 weight around 5 years ago.
I recieved it in kit form and built it myself.I hadnt built a rod for probably 15 years or so.
It arived on a thursday and i fished it 2 days later on a maylfy hatch. I screwed on my ross lt no2 and strung it up with a 5 weight sa sharkwave trout taper,12 ft leader to 5x tippet with a size 16 nondescript emerger pattern that i tied which i later found to be a variation of a fly called a plume tip.
In that 2hr session i caught 4 beatiful browns,1 was a buck of 8 pounds the battle with this fish was a blur of high jumps,powerful runs,close calls with weedbeds and structure, the feeling of the fishes headshakes flexing the rod deep through the cork,landing the fish by a well time tail grab because it was too big for my net,and then releasing it,,,but the 35 ft candycane like smooth loop,delicate landing and slowmotion vision of that big head and hookjaw slowly rising and engulfing the fly like an alligator followed by its shoulders and back porposing back down like a dolphin as i stood there statue like before lifting to set,will always be burnt into my retinas.
I love this rod.
I now use it mainly on small streams and rivers where a 1 pound fish is just as fun as and 8 pound fish,,with a ross colorarado lt,4 weight sa amplitude trout taper.
The rod works beautifully with a 3,4 or 5 weight smooth true weight taper.
While the 4 weight amplitude trout is close to the perfect match(for me?) or the 480,i know that its not.
I have a feeling that a silk line will give me the magic but not sure whether to get a 3,4 or 5 double taper.
Does anyone have experience with this epic 480?
Tried silk?
Or have you found a line that you 100% happy with?
Mainly talking small stream/river,but all scenarios would be appreciated.
Thankyou.
I recieved it in kit form and built it myself.I hadnt built a rod for probably 15 years or so.
It arived on a thursday and i fished it 2 days later on a maylfy hatch. I screwed on my ross lt no2 and strung it up with a 5 weight sa sharkwave trout taper,12 ft leader to 5x tippet with a size 16 nondescript emerger pattern that i tied which i later found to be a variation of a fly called a plume tip.
In that 2hr session i caught 4 beatiful browns,1 was a buck of 8 pounds the battle with this fish was a blur of high jumps,powerful runs,close calls with weedbeds and structure, the feeling of the fishes headshakes flexing the rod deep through the cork,landing the fish by a well time tail grab because it was too big for my net,and then releasing it,,,but the 35 ft candycane like smooth loop,delicate landing and slowmotion vision of that big head and hookjaw slowly rising and engulfing the fly like an alligator followed by its shoulders and back porposing back down like a dolphin as i stood there statue like before lifting to set,will always be burnt into my retinas.
I love this rod.
I now use it mainly on small streams and rivers where a 1 pound fish is just as fun as and 8 pound fish,,with a ross colorarado lt,4 weight sa amplitude trout taper.
The rod works beautifully with a 3,4 or 5 weight smooth true weight taper.
While the 4 weight amplitude trout is close to the perfect match(for me?) or the 480,i know that its not.
I have a feeling that a silk line will give me the magic but not sure whether to get a 3,4 or 5 double taper.
Does anyone have experience with this epic 480?
Tried silk?
Or have you found a line that you 100% happy with?
Mainly talking small stream/river,but all scenarios would be appreciated.
Thankyou.
