Both offer terrific performance at half the price of the best rods in our Shootout. I could really notice the heavy swing weight in my hand. 2 Reviews. Does the tip of the rod load well enough in close to give you the feel and accuracy you need with little line or only the leader out of the guides? As in our past Shootouts, it is important to keep everything apples to apples in an effort to eliminate the variables that will have an effect on the scores. It has a pronounced swell that is slightly forward of the center of the grip much different from the more standard western style grip of the G Series. Casting Notes: The G Series is Scotts moderate/slow action dry fly-specific rod series with a focus on refined feedback and delicacy at short-range. Performance at 60 feet: 9.3 points out of 10. #16. (tie) Loop Q 9 #4 $229.00. Join Our Weekly Newsletter: We deleted our Perfect 4 performance category, since it seemed redundant, given the fact that we give you our opinions for our favorite 4-weights in the Fun to Fish, got to have category. The rod is stout yet smooth for refined performance at short range and enough power to propel large terrestrials through the wind. Everyone here at our shop liked the 8 footer better, so we put only the 8-foot model in this Shootout. (tie) Loop OPTI K2 9 #4 $549.00. For most of my fishing with a 4-weight rod in critical conditions Im using one of our 12-foot leaders down to a 5X or 6X tippet, but in the Shootout we stick with 4X Rio Powerflex as a tippet in order to minimize breaking off the yarn indicator. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. I dont have the feel I can place the fly just where I want it, as I can with the Zephrus. In all, this is an extremely attractive rod. Im amazed that I can cast off the tip nearly as well as the Zephrus. (tie) Scott G SERIES 84 #4 $845.00. Here's an example from Echo's website. The 8 foot Pure had a much stiffer butt and mid-section and a soft tip that is much softer than what we found on the Nimbus. Cortland MKII Euro Nymph Rod. Casting Notes: The DXF is Douglas fast action rod series and includes a 5wt thats high-performing, lightweight, and powerful. Action: 4/10 - Similarly, Redington built this rod with a moderate-slow action. With a blazing light swing weight and a forgiving action, this 5wt is one of the best all-around rods on the market. Click on any of the charts above to see more charts. Feel is good and the rod is very light in hand. The cork handle is a Steve Rajeff design; a half wells but with the swell slightly larger towards the front of the grip, and smaller back where the heel of your hand rests. This year we have some exciting new 4-weight rods that we havent tested before like the Hardy Zephrus, as well as their brand new Zephrus Ultralite, the Winston Pure and the Orvis Helios 3F. The guides start with a single SiC stripping guide followed with fairly large diameter but thin wire hard chrome snake guides. Performance at 40 feet: 19.7 points out of 20. A good 4-weight rod must be more than just a dry fly rod though, and the best 4-weights are wonderful rods to use fishing nymphs at shorter distances, and are also capable of pitching smaller streamers when conditions dictate such vile and desperate moves in order to catch fish. I also liked the 12-inch mark on the butt but I wish they had also given us one at 18 or 20 inches. Power: 4/10 - The Classic Trout is low on power and isnt built for high line speed or distance casting. Here at Trident, we carry over one hundred 5wt fly rods. #21. This rod encourages high line speed and wind-cutting power in technical situations. Usually takes 1-2 weeks. It was a little heavier than the best rods in both overall weight and swing weight but part of this can be attributed to it being a 9 foot rod, while most other rods in our 4-weight Shootout are 6 inches to a foot shorter. In Livingston we usually have plenty of wind, so we had to wait until we got some fairly calm days, to do the casting. The craftsmanship was very good, but not good enough to give it a perfect score like the Pure. This is a fast action rod. Of these rods built in Korea, the Hardy rods are designed in England, the Douglas rods are designed here in the U.S., the Loop rods are designed in Sweden. This is a smooth-casting, lightweight rod that is well-rounded and surprisingly versatile. The blank color is a non-glare, graphite gray with slightly darker gray wraps and alignment dots. At short and medium distances, it has great feel, but was lacking in accuracy. backing and fly line. I did like the flat, non-glare black finish used on the blank. The single uplocking reel seat is plain anodized gray aluminum with no insert. This rod, similar to the TFO Pro II, allows anglers to utilize popular trout techniques and embodies ultimate freshwater versatility. The quality of epoxy coatings on the guide wraps was excellent and almost the equal of the T&T rods. Price is always a major factor when buying a rod and as you will see in this Shootout, the best rod was not the most expensive. As you have seen, the best rods in this 4-weight Shootout are medium fast or fast action rods with softer tips. As long as there wasnt much wind I could easily hit 60 feet but accuracy suffered. Although the overall weight was an amazingly light 2.3 oz, the swing weight was a fairly heavy 8.0 oz about equal to the Scott G series. Many of the best rods are built in one factory in Korea. But these methods and calculations were disconnected from what we were actually experiencing in our hand so, for our last 4 Shootouts, we have gone back to our original method of calculation, explained above. The stiffer tip didnt allow for much feel or accuracy. Performance at 40 feet: 19.0 points out of 20. The Galvan Torque reels have proven to be wonderful reels. Usually takes 2-4 weeks. 5. T&T also uses a stack of thinner cork rings and the quality of the cork is as close to perfect as you can get. Thomas & Thomas introduced the Contact series of Euro-nymphing rods a handful of years ago and they almost immediately garnered a cult-like following, with many an experienced nymph angler raving about their performance and build quality. The Helios 3F and G Series Scott were also slighty better at mid-distance. The ability of this rod to form and maintain very tight loops helped it give me slightly more accuracy than the Helios 3F or Scott G series at mid-range. The stiffness and slower action hurt its scores in a lot of categories. The epoxy coatings are painstakingly done and close to perfect. Site is running on IP address 64.91.249.91, host name cloudvpsserver.hosting.atekweb.com (Lansing United States) ping response time 17ms Good ping.. Last updated on 2023/02/26 Performance at 60 feet: 8.0 points out of 10. #25. $35 handling fee. The wraps are also black, nicely trimmed in light gray on the butt sections. The uplocking skeleton seat is anodized in a dark gray to complement the blank with a beautiful piece of black ash burl for the insert. It tracks well and I was getting very nice loops and good control, especially at mid to longer distances. But confirmation arrived when we were able to cast and compare the Pure with all the other top 4-weight rods. The heavy swing weight and stiffer tip gave me very little feel. I like the action, which is medium fast. The rest of the guides are the excellent nickel/titanium one-foot guides in a silver color. #16. In order to do this, we set each rod up with the same reel, line, amount of backing and leader, length of tippet and the same size yarn indicator. The one thing that I have never liked much on the Reaper is the shape of the handle. (tie) St. Croix IMPERIAL 86 #4 $270.00. $75 handling fee. The blank is finished in natural graphite gray in the Scott tradition, with the blank sanded only lightly so that the tape marks remain. Good, just not nearly as precise but the Zephrus and Pure. For the price, it cant be beat. The locking ring was fairly large and easy to grip and tighten but didnt have a plastic ring like some that allow them to lock up more securely. This year, as is the norm in the industry, all of the rods tested are 4 piece rods. $35 handling fee. The epoxy coatings over the wraps were a little heavy, but Ive seen worse. With the Infinity it cast better long, and I would have scored it closer to 9 at long range. At $650 I expected it to do better. The blank is finished in a dark olive green with dark green wraps, that include a little light green trim on the butt. Personally I dont care much for the five inches of white just above the cork handle but this has been the Helios 3 trademark and I think that Orvis feels that it will help the rods visibility on the rod rack in fly shops or out on the stream. In all, one of the best guide set ups weve seen. The perfect line: SA Amplitude Smooth Infinity in WF-4-F, Performance at 25 feet: 20 points out of 20. Power: 6.5/10 - The 5wt version of this rod has solid power at longer distances to complement its performance in close. Thomas & Thomas Avantt - $845 Thomas & Thomas Zone - $499 Winston Alpha - $935 To find out which 5-weights took home the top rung in each category, check out the Shootout results on the Yellowstone Angler's page, here! The heavy swing weight is perhaps the biggest reason the SKY didnt perform so well. TheHardy SHADOWat $349.95 takes the crown as our best mid-priced rod with an exceptional performance that put it into a tie for 4thplace overall with theT&T AVANTT. Most of the rest score 9s, which was a $60-$75 fee for repair or replacement. What gives? For this we downgraded the craftsmanship a half a point. Here Im getting nice loops and decent accuracy, but Im working a lot harder than with the Avantt or the Helios 3F. There are dozens of 5wt rods on the market at a variety of price-points and each rod offers something different to every angler. #19. Classic Trout. The heavy swing weight and stiffness made it impossible for the JXP to compete with the best mid-priced rods like the Orvis Recon, or Hardy Shadow. For this 4-weight Shootout, we decided to make the short distance 25 feet, the mid-distance 40 feet, and the longest distance 60 feet. The swell in the middle of the grip is a little more forward than most. The best thing I found about the Clearwater is the price. If your favorite rod breaks in the middle of the summer and you dont get it back for a month and a half, you are going to be very angry! In general the SKY rods do cast well, and the SKY 9 foot #6 won our last 6-weight Shootout. Heres a category that we used in our last 4-weight Shootout, that we deemed important when you are trying to judge the best 4-weight rods, that will often be used with very light 5x, 6x, and 7x tippets. Bottom Line: Winston has been making moderate-action dry fly rods for years and this is the culmination of years of R&D. Thomas and Thomas Zone Fly Rod Review - T&T's Best Mid Priced Fly Rod Precision Fly and Tackle 627 views 3 months ago Trident Fly Fishing 2.3K views 1 month ago Thomas and Thomas Zone. Guides start with a hook keeper, then two SiC stripping guides followed with fairly large diameter hard chrome snake guides. Perhaps the best example is the nickel-silver uplocking seat with a gorgeous birdseye maple insert, found on the Winston Pure. For this Shootout, we were able to do the casting here on our lawn at the shop. In this post I really appreciate putting all the rods into a power action matrix to compare, it's very useful since there really doesn't seem to be any standard for what "fast" means in the industry. I felt the best rods at long range were the Helios 3F and the Loomis Asquith, as well as the T&T Avantt and the Scott Radian. In addition it will cost you $15 or more to ship your rod in for repair or have your local dealer do it for you. When Im fishing the spring creeks here near Livingston, the Railroad Ranch on the Henrys Fork of the Snake, as well as the flat water on the Bighorn or Missouri rivers, I reach for my favorite rod for this kind of technical fishing, an 8 foot #4. Performance at 40 feet: 19.2 points out of 20. We are just trying to call it like we see it, in an unbiased manner. However, the 8-foot Aetos turned in much higher scores in several categories, including performance at 25 feet, swing weight and light tippet protection. The thinner cork handle may actually be an advantage for some anglers, especially children or women with smaller hands. The Expeditor policy on the IMX Pro is $85.00. For some reason they dont use a hook keeper on this rod, maybe another way to cut the cost? The uplocking skeleton reel seat is silver anodized aluminum, with one good-sized locking ring and sliding band, similar to the Avantt. Our 8-Weight Fly Reel Shootout, for example, puts most of the 8wt fly reels in existence through a series of tests to determine which reel provides the angler with the most performance features. The Sky is a rod made for distance casting, heavy nymph rigs, and streamer fishing. Those rods are both a lot lighter in swing weight and faster in action. Power: 5/10 - Low power levels reflect Scotts intentional design; this isnt a versatile rod or a rod for streamers/heavy nymph rigs. The reel seat is a gray anodized skeleton seat with a band and large single ring that is easy to grip and tighten securely. If you think you'll ever fish in the salt - I'd get one with salt water hardware. Quantity: Preorder you will promptly be contacted with available date. The all-new Sage Maverick fits into a more moderate price-point with other fly rods like the T&T Zone and the Orvis Recon 2. Just about any rod can turn over a 9-foot leader, but only the best casting rods can turn over a 12 footer at short distances. $169.99. When Orvis introduced the Superfine Glass I fell in love again. It also lost a huge number of points in the price and warranty categories that it couldnt pick up in the casting distance performance categories. is hung from the tip-top of the rod. It tracked well and the accuracy was good better than the Imperial at long range. The quality of the standard size cork rings was excellent. Rods that flex in the tip are fast action rods, rods that flex in the mid-section are moderate action rods, and so on. The cork handle is that same snub nose, half wells found on the X and feels very comfortable to me. G. LoomisLifetime warranty to original owner. Action: 5/10 - The Epic Graphite features a mid-flex design and a soft tip for accuracy at any distance. The result is often that the cheap outfit is mothballed, sold on e-bay or handed down to one of the kids. We set the casting line so that we generally had the wind at our back if possible, or at least off our left shoulder (all of us are right handed). Loomis designed these IMX Pro rods to be tough and very durable, and pro guides love them because they are so hard for clients to break. Casting and rating the performance of rods at the different distances is the real meat of our Shootouts. Power: 7/10 - This is a powerful rod that cuts through the wind, recovers relatively quickly, and allows anglers to present flies at longer distances. As I put more line in the air, it tracked beautifully and was just a delightful rod to cast at 40 feet. Performance at 40 feet: 18.0 points out of 20. A real let down after the terrific performance I was getting with the Pure. New Fishing Gear for February: Inshore Edition, Turning Recycled Plastic into Performance Gear, Protect the Blue Key West: Remote Control, Protect the Blue Islamorada: The Bones Brigade, Florida Approves Mandatory Venting Tool Use, Stricter Bottomfish Regulations Approved in Florida. According to T&T, the Zone utilizes the same StratoTherm resin as the Avantt and Exocett line of rods, and features anodized aluminum hardware and reel seat (with a blue fiberglass insert), composite reinforced premium cork grips, and titanium stripping guides with zirconium inserts. Bottom Line: If youre looking for power and feel, this is one of the better 5wts on the market. The Ultralite has a proportionally stiffer tip than the Zephrus, and much softer butt and mid section. Bottom Line: If youre a serious dry fly angler, this is one of the best fly rods on the market. You must register the new rod within 30 days. Same day or next day shipping if they have the parts in stock, if not, usually takes 2 weeks. The cork handle is a western style grip with a flare on the lower end to accept the uplocking seat, and a nice taper forward providing a very comfortable grip. I normally prefer an 8 foot rod in a 4-weight but when we cast the two rods heads up, and put them on the deflection board, it was obvious that these rods had two different actions. They use a stack of thin diameter cork rings and the quality of the cork was good. The new Orvis rods are clearly to be taken seriously. Flex and Feel The Zone feels like most 'fast action' saltwater rods today. Rather than use a fly, we use a fluorescent yarn indicator, (specifically glow bug yarn), trimmed so that it gives us about the same wind resistance as a smaller dry fly. Rods that have good power in the butt and mid-section help me set the hook quickly and allow me to throw a combination of flies and indicator along with a little weight. Power: 2/10 - Low power levels reflect this rods purpose-built design. The DXF and Imperial were much better. #23. Non-original owner $150 per section. I wish they would had used the lighter, flexible nickel/titanium snake guides found on the Helios 3F, or even better, the nickel titanium single-foot guides found on the Hardy Zephrus, which would have improved its heavy swing weight. The buzz around IFTD this year was heavy on the rod-talk. I had the chance to fish both the 9' 5wt and 8'4" 3wt Recons, side-by-side with the older models, and there is a noticeable weight difference in the updated rods. Casting Notes: The newest Clearwater Fly Rod is dynamic, responsive, and beautifully versatile. Just about every major fly rod manufacturer was brandishing their newest, tech-packed stick. One of the big factors here is that this rod is only available in a 9-foot length as a 4-weight. Rating: 100%. The cork is a stack of thin rings, and the quality of the cork is excellent. A hook keeper is used along with a single chrome SiC stripping guide. #24. Casting Notes: The IMX Pro is a well-known rod series. This isnt a rod that will give you feedback and feel at short range. Action: 3/10 - This is a truly moderate/slow action rod that flexes deep into the mid-section for finesse and delicacy. Picking the best 4-weight rod We see fly rods getting better each year, and today it is often only subtle differences that separate one rod from another. The H3F rated slightly higher over all, but the Asquith had a lot more butt and mid-section power to blast out long casts. Thomas & Thomas Zone. The reel seat is a simple gray anodized double uplocking, solid aluminum seat with sliding band. Only one way to find out cast and compare them all. Shipping isfrom their US warehouse, usually takes 2 weeks. The blank itself is a deep burgundy color, with dark gray wraps. Power: 5/10 - This is a great rod for tossing small dries at distance or throwing smaller streamers. Mystic Reaper. The Tidal adds more mass in the tip for better feel, and counteracts that weight with three types of graphite fiber (compared to five types in the premium-priced Spector) placed at various angles to optimize energy transfer to the rod butt. TheOrvis RECON, at $429 wasnt far behind! This is a very pleasant rod to cast, with a medium fast action. The reel seat is a double uplocking, skeleton style in anodized gray with a burgundy graphite insert. The action is much slower, this being more of a medium action rod. It has a larger swell than most rods, and the swell is set closer to the top of the grip, than most rods well forward of the center of the grip. $60 handling fee. We've cast almost every mid-priced saltwater fly rod on the market including the new Recon 2 Rods (check out the review of the 5wt here and the 8wt here) and many others. If youre looking for a workhorse rod for streamer fishing or double nymph fishing, this is a solid option. Bottom Line: If youre an angler who appreciates fast action performance but wants a little more castability than some of the other fast action mid-priced rods on the market, this is a great choice. T&T uses multiple coats to produce a finish that is simply beautiful. The best rods will throw very tight loops at this range with consistently good accuracy. For most grips this will be at the midpoint in the swell, or the center of the grip. Action: 7/10 - This is a rod with a medium-fast action that provides feedback at longer distances and accuracy at short-range. The JXP is also very stiff. It had the power to hit 60 feet easily enough but my accuracy was not very good. Overall, the craftsmanship was decent for a rod that is manufactured in Asia, but not nearly as good as what we see in the Recon and H3F that are built in Vermont. The two locking rings are large and easy to grip and tighten. Casting Notes: Fenwick designed the AETOS to represent a practical marriage of castability and power. This is a very smooth rod to cast and Im getting nice tight loops and good accuracy. Winston BIIIX 5wt. Mystic Lifetime warranty to original owner. I love the light swing weight. This rod is a pleasure to cast, and it has tons of reserve power at long range. Casting Notes: The Avantt is a medium-fast action fly rod thats built for anglers who need castability and mending capabilities. Of course it is six inches shorter too. Using a rod that will dramatically reduce the number of break-offs makes a lot of sense. This is a soft rod, with a slower action than the Pure. Good, just not great. Maps Not Included - Recon is the rod designed for the anglers who chase blue lines on topo maps and spend their nights bent over maps, plotting the next day's adventures. We set out three sets of paper plates as targets, with plenty of distance between each casting line so that no one was getting tangled up. Performance at 60 feet: 9.5 points out of 10. Drop us an email at[emailprotected]or call us at(888) 413-5211. The shorter rod is nice and light, and faster in action than its longer brother. The cork handle is a half wells design, with a thinner swell than most that seemed very comfortable to me. $279.99. The Galvan reels have been one of our favorite fly reels, and the slightly larger T-5 won our last 5/6 weight Reel Shootout. Guides start with a hook keeper and then one SiC stripper, followed with fairly thin diameter black hard chrome snake guides. Performance at 25 feet: 19.0 points out of 20. Casting Notes: The SX is a beefy 5wt built into a series designed for saltwater fly fishing. Thomas and Thomas Contact 10'8" . The double uplocking, gray anodized reel skeleton seat uses two rings that are easy to grip and lock up extremely well. The craftsmanship was excellent and it performed very well for me, especially at 40 feet, where I was getting beautiful tight loops and very good accuracy. One year warranty on hardware and guides. Once we determine how the rods perform at the various distances and compile these point values, we then add in points earned from all the other categories to determine the final finishing order. To read each staff members casting notes and performance finishing order, please click on their photo above. The Loomis NRX LP gets a perfect score of 10 for their excellent Expeditor repair program which costs $100, but returns the angler a brand new rod, not a repaired one, in just a few days! We like the lower price, and you cant expect the same kind of performance as the $845 Avantt which uses a more expensive, higher modulus graphite. With any breeze at all, Im dead. Thomas & Thomas Zone - $499 Casting Notes: The Zone is a versatile freshwater 5wt with the ability to throw a variety of flies from nymphs to dries to small streamers. The epoxy coatings are good but too heavy for my liking. He has been a very important and integral part of our Shootouts and tackle comparisons over the years. Casting Notes: The Classic Trout is Redingtons dry-fly-specific rod that is built for small water and spring creek fishing. They are light but very durable. One SiC stripping guide is used and the rest are the best nickel/titanium and flexible snake guides in a gray color which complement the blank. Here's the power/action matrix for all price ranges. Doing this with 6X or 7X tippet demands a good smooth drag with just the right amount of drag adjustment. Pay in 4 interest-free installments of $149.50 with. More Like This Fly rod power and fly rod action help answer the question 'what kind of fishing is this fly rod best suited for?'. This hurt somewhat in its scores for swing weight and light tippet protection. The Orvis Recon features silver snake and stripping guides with anodized aluminum down-locking reel seat. There are a few 8 foot and shorter rods as well as a few 9-foot rods in the mix, especially when manufacturers dont offer an 8 foot model. But when I need to reach out and make casts at 60-70 feet, as I often do fishing bigger rivers like the Missouri, the Zephrus has tons of power on tap to get the job done. This helps me to easily fine tune the exact amount of drag needed while fishing very light tippets, something that is tough to do with other small reels. The swing weight was fairly light, but not quite as good as either the Hardy rods or the Orvis rods. Head to head, the Radian and Avantt were better. If you've done any fly fishing reading online you've probably seen the words 'shootout', 'buyer's guide', and 'review' a lot. Cheaper rods often utilize pre-formed grips that use a lot of filler in the cork that will chunk out or erode with hard use. Removing the spool requires a simple click of the button on the front side. Then it will cast and perform much better. TFO FINESSE TROUT 89 #4 $229.95. When I put this rod in my hand it feels more like a 5-weight than a 4-weight! A great 4-weight rod is the best tool Ive found to meet these demands. Reel seats should lock up easily and hold firmly, without having any tendency to come loose. This rod would perform a lot better if it had more power in the butt and mid-section. 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