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mountbkr

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Rods for thought
« on: June 28, 2009, 05:34:59 PM »
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Looking for a 7 wt in the 9-9.5' range for throwing streamers and bass bugs. Kinda partial to Winston, but would be open to others. Throw some suggestions based on your experiences. I will be test casting in the near future and havent seen alot of talk about rods in this size range. Thanks for your input.
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Re: Rods for thought
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2009, 09:28:06 PM »
I'm partial to 10ft rods.  If you go with a Winston you can get an 11ft rod in a 7wt BIIX.  You'll be glad you did, the longer rods are far less work than the 9 footers.  I like G.Loomis GLX's and St. Criox Ultra legends, too.  The St. Croix's are a great buy.
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Re: Rods for thought
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2009, 09:59:15 PM »
I am partial to winston rods myself ... and while I love my 4wt BIIx ... my 6wt BIIx is only a "good" streamer rod ... it throws a floating line and a sink-tip line extremely well, but a heavier fast-sinking line causes it some problems ... the tip section is a little too soft and collapses just bit on long casts ... I still love casting the 6wt BIIx, but I find Sage's Xi2 series just a bit better as a streamer rod ...
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Re: Rods for thought
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2009, 07:35:34 AM »
I'm not sure at the moment what Winston offers in the MX series, that would make an awesome streamer rod though.

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Re: Rods for thought
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2009, 08:30:03 AM »
For the past three years, my streamer rod (real streamers that is) has been an 8wt Orvis Zero Gravity. IT handles all the lines that I might be fishing whether we're talking floating big bass bugs, or deep 350 sinking lines for trout and other critters.

Plus, with it's light weight....it's much more comparable to throwing a 5 or 6 wt all day as opposed to the 8wt.
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Re: Rods for thought
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2009, 01:33:51 PM »
For Trout Streamers and a 250 grain line the rod I pick up 9 out of 10 times is going to be my Sage Xi2 6 wt.
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Re: Rods for thought
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2009, 11:16:04 AM »
Ok I will throw an additional opinion here... You owe it to yourself to test cast the Echo 2 series rods. I think Fly South is the only local dealer. I have 5 of them and they are a pleasure to fish.
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Re: Rods for thought
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2009, 11:21:36 AM »
Yeah, I have looked at them on the website and was real interested in casting one.
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