Very little feel or accuracy. The guides start with one SiC stripping guide followed with very large diameter hard chrome snake guides. A half wells cork handle is used, but the size is a little small in diameter as I noted. This rod has good power in the butt and mid sections and a softer tip, much like the action on some of our top rated rods. We have awarded scores emphasizing the lowest repair charges and the quickest repair turn around. Natural finish carbon appearance. Hardy Demon. Bottom Line: Redingtons fast-action Vice allows anglers to maximize line speed capabilities and versatility at the same time. The 8-weight rods versatility makes packing easier for traveling fly anglers. This rod gives me a nice light feel in hand, and Im getting good loop control combined with plenty of power and good accuracy. They inscribe the sliding band with the line size, which is a nice touch. Here Im getting nice loops and decent accuracy, but Im working a lot harder than with the Avantt or the Helios 3F. The best 4-weights must be able to cast well at longer distances too, and the best rods had excellent loop control and the ability to throw nice tight loops with good accuracy at 60 feet. I dont have the feel I can place the fly just where I want it, as I can with the Zephrus. It was even a little sloppy on the tip sections. In making the deflection chart, we first put up some white butcher paper on the wall. Now Im getting nice tight loops, and the rod tracks very well with better feel and accuracy. A 5wt can be used in a variety of freshwater angling scenarios but is most commonly used to target Trout. We have several reels rigged with the various line sizes, and leaders, all ready to go. What gives? Still not so good with very little feel or accuracy. A gray graphite insert is used that goes well with the blank. An attractive X-pattern graphite wrap is used behind the logo, just above the cork handle. The new rod is a lot more powerful and handles those mid to long distances with ease, tracking well and giving me nice tight loops. These single foot guides are finished in a dark color to complement the blank. The Ultralite did get perfect scores for overall weight, swing weight and light tippet protection and these all helped to boost its final scores in both the overall and performance results. Feels equal to the Avantt and Recon at mid distances. It tracks well and I was getting very nice loops and good control, especially at mid to longer distances. Consider one of these fly rods before your next purchase. Nickel silver is used for the winding check and rear grip check as well as the hardware on the reel seat, which is a sliding band and one wide locking ring. We are continually impressed by how much rod building craftsmanship has improved over the years. There are lots of ways to break a fish off on light tippet, but the rods that score high in this category are going to give you a far better chance of landing a big fish. Performance at 25 feet 20 points available. For guides, there is a hook keeper followed by a single SiC stripping guide, then hard chrome snake guides. Get this rod out in the sunlight and it really lights up. Action: 5.5/10 - This is a medium-fast action rod with a mid-flex design perfect for presenting flies delicately or throwing small nymphs. Power: 5.5/10 - This is a rod that doesnt have a ton of power but makes up for it in feedback and feel. Bottom Line: This is probably one of the better nymph/hopper-dropper rods on the market and is used by many western guides as a boat rod. Equals the DXF but rods like the Recon and Sky were much better. Good-looking wood insert spacers that are finished well add to the attractiveness of any rod. One thing that killed its performance scores was the very heavy swing weight. Why? It is nearly impossible to cast off the tip of the rod like I can with the best 4-weights. The best rods certainly need to handle this distance easily, but most anglers are buying a 4-weight rod for fishing at closer distances, which puts the emphasis on 25 to 40 foot casts. Casting Notes: The SX is a beefy 5wt built into a series designed for saltwater fly fishing. The serial number of the rod is inscribed on the ferrule of each section a nice touch. Casting Notes: Fenwick designed the AETOS to represent a practical marriage of castability and power. 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. The wide single ring was easy to grip and tighten. Its not as caster-friendly as others in this category but provides the capable angler with technical fast action performance. $35 handling fee. The rest of the guides start with a single wire recoil stripper like G. Loomis uses, (I dont like these much either), but at least the rest are the good flexible nickel/titanium single-foot guides, as on the Zephrus, in a black color. #8. Dont make this mistake. Thomas and Thomas just introduced a very light presentation rod called the Paradigm, which complements their outstanding Avantt. It also sits dead last in our Fun to Fish category. Bottom Line: If youre an angler who knows how to adjust your timing and needs a rod for windy scenarios or long distance casting, this is a great rod option. For guides, they use one SiC stripping guide followed with hard chrome snake guides that are thin and light on the tip sections. Chartreuse is a favorite color for warm-water predatory fish. A powerful, fast-action rod works well for turning over larger rigs or casting longer distances in windy conditions. With 4-weight rods, performing well at the two shorter distances is the key to determining the best rods. Howard Croston, Hardys rod design genius in England, has given us another outstanding rod that performs extremely well at all distances. Pretty good loop control but the feel and accuracy were not as good as what I was getting with the DXF or the St. Croix Imperial. Power: 2/10 - Low power levels reflect this rods purpose-built design. The quality of cork is pretty good, but not in the same class as Avantt. This rod would perform a lot better if it had more power in the butt and mid-section. For guides, there is a hook keeper, (The 3F has none), a single SiC stripping guide is used followed with hard chrome snake guides. Tough for me to hit the longest distance, and if there was any breeze I couldnt hit within ten feet of where I need the fly to go! Add to cart. The action of the Zone is much slower than the Avantt (and also a lot slower than the Recon or Shadow). Our reasoning in this Shootout was to pick what we felt were theBEST4-weight rods, regardless of length, and there no question in our minds that the 8 foot Pure is Winstons best 4-weight rod. I found the alignment dots handy. Performance at 40 feet: 19.5 points out of 20. 2 Reviews. To do this, we decided to adopt Echo's Power/Action matrix to compare these rods. Size: 7'6" 2wt. This 86#4, however, is just too heavy and too stiff to perform well as a 4-weight. 5wt fly rods are (by far) the most popular rod model in contemporary fly fishing. The rings on the seat were fairly large and easy to tighten, giving a secure lock up. 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. Surprisingly, even using this lower modulus graphite that should be heavier, the overall weight and swing weight are very good compared to our other top 4-weight rods. The double uplocking, gray anodized reel skeleton seat uses two rings that are easy to grip and lock up extremely well. Bad Ass Glass Quickshot. Performance at 25 feet: 16.5 points out of 20. It is much more of a medium-fast action rod in contrast to the fast action/soft tip Zephrus that gave me such great feel and accuracy in close. But the stiffness of this rod and its heavy swing weight hurt the performance scores, especially at the shorter distances. This rod uses the more conventional slip over ferrule design as on all but one of the other rods in our Shootout. Leaders are a critical element in making accurate presentations and fooling spooky trout. Its somewhat embarrassing for a $1000 rod to finish below one that costs only $198.00, but there are some good reasons for this. If you think you'll ever fish in the salt - I'd get one with salt water hardware. Carbon XL. With the Infinity it cast better long, and I would have scored it closer to 9 at long range. We simply place each rod horizontally on the scale, read the weight and round it off to one tenth of an ounce. 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. This is a variation of a fly tied by Jim Misiura. My son, Jamie is also a fanatical fly fisherman and a great caster. Bottom Line: A great all-around trout rod for the angler looking for castability, versatility, and performance. I wish that we could have tested an 86 Aetos, but this rod is only available in an 8 foot #4. 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. Line Recommendation: RIO Gold Premier Fly Line. You call in and incur a credit card of $100 but you get a brand new rod in 3-4 days. The buzz around IFTD this year was heavy on the rod-talk. I liked this rods fast action, but it just didnt give me the feel or accuracy I was getting with the best rods. Matches the Aeteos here, but still nothing to get excited about. This is an attractive rod, with very good craftsmanship. #28. When you pick up this rod, youll first notice how light it is in swing weight. It can be tied in sizes 10 - 20. In fishing to wary trout, I often set my false casts up short and to the side of the fish, and then shoot a little line in on that last cast. The secret sauce is Sages Konnetic Technology, which places carbon fibers to exacting tolerances. Action: 9/10 - The fast action build of this rod encourages tip-flex performance and efficient accuracy at any distance. I love the way this rod tracks and the accuracy is good too. The cork is a stack of thin rings, and the quality of the cork is excellent. Thomas and Thomas Contact 10'8" . In the 4, 5, and 6-weights, the DXF is a great casting rod. 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. When I first picked the rod up, the overall weight was good but then when I wiggled the rod in my hand, I could see that the swing weight was heavier than almost all of the other 4-weight rods. It packs enough punch to fling weighted crustacean imitations for bonefish or redfish, deliver 3- to 4-inch streamers for snook, schoolie stripers or juvenile tarpon, and command the sinking line you might choose when chasing albies. Each rod is positioned at approximately a 45-degree angle, and then a lead weight of 3.9 oz. The stiffness hurt in close but this is one of the very best performing rods at long range. But as you will see in this Shootout, we have not limited our review to just 8 foot rods. It was hard for me to get any feel or accuracy with such a stiff rod and a light line. The result is often that the cheap outfit is mothballed, sold on e-bay or handed down to one of the kids. Just keep in mind that all these measurements must be made the same day with the same room temperature. 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. Then the dark green finish just sparkles. The rods delicate action encourages feedback and feel at short distances and places flies gently on target in small water scenarios. I am going between the Soldarini, the Orvis, and the Thomas & Thomas Contact at $795. Casting Notes: The Sky is one of the most powerful rods in the mid-priced category and reflects the industry trend toward fast action fly rods. Both feel and accuracy are poor. This is a soft rod, and that gave it good marks in the light tippet protection category, but its performance distance scores were lackluster. I love the feel of this rod it is nice and light in hand, and the action is fast and seems about right. The Asquith tracks beautifully and is giving me nice accurate tight loops. The newHARDY ZEPHRUS ULTRALITEwas disappointing, mainly due to a slower action than the Zephrus, and a lack of accuracy in close. Mystic Lifetime warranty to original owner. The guides start out with a hook keeper, then one SiC stripper followed with hard chrome snake guides that are nice and light on the tip sections. Orvis Recon 5wt. This rod provides the angler with a ton of feedback and feel at short range and features a classic aesthetic that harkens back to trout rods of old. For guides, there is a hook keeper just above the handle, and then one SiC stripping guide followed by hard chrome snake guides. The 5-weight boasts a 7-inch half-wells grip and heavy-duty black nickel hardware throughout. 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. Performance at 60 feet: 7 points out of 10. Accuracy is pretty good, heads up matching the Zone and NRX LP. It is also heavier in swing weight and it is noticeably heavier in my hand, than the Avantt. Id gladly pay another few dollars to have one. The softer tip is giving me a good amount of feel and the accuracy was better than the Zone or Nimbus. However, if all rods are measured on the same day, the relative numbers will be consistent. Even though less expensive components are used, this is still a pretty nice looking rod, with the blank a rich deep blue with dark brown wraps that include a little silver trim on the butt section. 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. A hook keeper is used just above the handle, and the one black SiC style stripping guide is followed with silver hard chrome snake guides, that are small and light out on the tip. Good, just not great. Call us at 406-222-7130, or e-mail us at [emailprotected] and we can discuss your needs and wants. I thought the larger, wider single ring on the Helios 3F was much easier to grip and seemed to lock up better. Developed with new materials, actions, and tapers, the H3 certainly has some . Mystic Reaper. Bottom Line: Weve been recommending the DXF 5wt in this price range for a while and think it provides the most performance for the lowest cost in the mid-priced category. The reel seat is an unusual, triangular shaped silver anodized seat with no spacer. This makes for a very comfortable grip that improves casting at longer distances. Nearly everyone is using one-coat epoxy coatings over the guide wraps now, but if these are not very carefully done, they are often sloppy or too much epoxy is applied, adding unnecessary weight. If you're still confused about fly rod action, here's a video from our beginner series. The Clearwater is heavy in overall weight andvery heavyin swing weight, making it a chore to cast. At long range, the lack of power now becomes evident. The soft tip also earns it one of the best scores in light tippet protection. But is that high priced rod really $400-$600 better? Slower action rods with a heavy swing weight are not much fun to cast and as youll see the performance figures for this rod are dismal. The stiffness is a bonus at long range. Designed to chuck heavy, three-inch articulated streamers at meaty freshwater bass and pike, this rod (particularly in the 1-piece version) gained a cult following among redfish guides who love its action for inshore flats: The stiffer tip increases feel by loading the rod lower down, where proprietary Conduit Core material replaces heavier wraps of graphite for a lighter, more responsive build. Most of the rest score 9s, which was a $60-$75 fee for repair or replacement. I could really notice the heavy swing weight in my hand. Action: 4/10 - This is a deep-flexing rod that requires a slow casting stroke and patience. Same day or next day shipping if they have the parts in stock, if not, usually takes 2 weeks. I liked the medium fast action, and this was a pleasantly smooth rod to cast, especially at the longer distances. I could hit this distance easily enough, but I had much better feel and accuracy with the faster, lighter rods. The feel is perhaps not quite as good, but the accuracy is excellent. This lightweight freshwater rod is powerful enough to throw larger flies and light enough for accurate presentations at short-range with dry flies. I love the handle design it tapers outward allowing you to quickly get and maintain a good grip on the handle. It can be tied in sizes 1/0 - 10. Certainly the Hardy Zephrus is a bargain as our choice for as the number one 4-weight rod. About as good as the Imperial, but the Recon and Shadow were noticeably better. Casting Notes: Handcrafted in the USA, the St. Croix Imperial is a smooth-casting rod that puts an emphasis on performance without limiting the angler to either line speed or delicacy. At 40 feet you need a rod that is light and pleasant enough to do a lot of false casting, as you will when fishing dry flies, but you shouldnt have to double haul to get the rod to perform and hit this distance. The blank is finished in a medium brown with brown wraps that complement the blank. 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. 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. Sage promotes the MOD as a rod that will deliver delicate presentations with pinpoint accuracy. In Livingston we usually have plenty of wind, so we had to wait until we got some fairly calm days, to do the casting. Nice tight loops and good control. The blank is graphite gray and follows Scotts practice of sanding the blank only lightly and allowing the tape marks to remain. Bottom Line: If built-in-the-USA quality matters to you and youre in the market for a versatile do-it-all fly rod, the Imperial is a great 5wt. This is still a very good casting rod overall, but it just doesnt come close to matching the scores turned in by the top rods in this Shootout. Action: 6/10 - The AETOS is a fast action rod but not as fast as rods like the BVK and others. Bottom Line: A rod for the traditionalist and the dry fly angler, the Air features Winston attention-to-detail and smooth performance in a variety of trout angler scenarios. By having all the rods set up in an identical manner, it is easy to take a few casts with one rod, at say 40 feet, then pick up another rod and do the same without having to strip the line off one rod and take the time to load up another. Power: 8.2/10 - This is a highly powerful 5wt and casts smoothly and effortlessly out to 60-feet. Orvis 25 year warranty to original owner. Rods are repaired, not replaced except for broken sections. #15. The X provides the angler with finesse in close and power when you need it, a nice combination of feedback and backbone. Equal to the Orvis Recon, but head to head the Avantt and Helios 3F were far better. Action: 5.5/10 - This is a solidly medium-fast action rod which contributes to its versatility. I think that the vague feel I was getting hurt here. For sure, one of the worst in our Shootout. Bottom Line: This is a great rod choice for the novice angler who is looking for a rod that will mask mistakes and encourage learning. Here it feels as good as the Scott rods and the Helios 3F.Performance at 60 feet: 9.0 points out of 10. Scott feels that this gives the rod a smoother one-piece type action, and I agree as this is a very smooth casting rod that gives me a lot of feel at short to mid distances. Action: 6.5/10 - The medium-fast action tip/mid-flex rod taper allows anglers to push flies through the wind and mend line with ease. The F Series, concentrates more on finesse, without sacrificing too much power. What is a cheap rod like this doing up here with all the far higher priced rods, many of which cost $700more? Im confident that we can come up with the perfect rod or outfit that best fits your needs. One of the reasons is that the SKY is available only as a nine footer, while the DXF is 86. Moreover, if you want to fish with a 4-weight we consider to be the optimal choice, you dont have to spend $850, $900, or $1000, but only $679 for the Hardy Zephrus. 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. Learn more. Nice and smooth. 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! $60 handling fee. The perfect line: SA Amplitude Smooth Trout in WF-4-F. Matches the Zephrus in close in terms of casting accuracy and feel. 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