The latest off of the bench, and the first rod for the month of July .......... is heading out to Vermont in the morning. This dark roasted, espresso coloured flamed rod is my Fall Run 11' 6" for a 5/6 wt. ......... designed with my Semi Parabolic Taper. This rod favours a Scandi around 390...

Moving from Northern California to Western Washington to be closer to family. Aside from a trip to the OP and Grande Ronde the rivers in Washington will be completely new to me. I look forward to exploring some new water and hope to see some spey pagers out there.

Hey speypagers, I’m looking for a new Spey reel. I’m currently running a Speedrunner which I really love. My dilemma is that while I like the Speedrunner for it’s large arbor, I dislike the drag. Are there any reels out there that are both large arbor and click pawl that will hold a 450gr head...

Just like lot of people on here, I love swinging flies for trout. I love swinging flies for anything that swims in a river for that matter. As of late many more people in my neck of the woods are picking up 2 handed rods in pursuit of trout. Many have been for years but there seems to be a bit...

Anyone have experience with both and care to share their thoughts? The 71111 is one of my all-time favorite rods, great action, lots of power, easy to cast, impossible to push too hard... But I like 7 weight 2 handers and have always been curious about how it stacks up to the One in the 7116...