scottd
I recently got a new Scott ARC 1409/4.
Last week and this past Sunday, I put it through some tough casting situations.
With the GrandSpey 8/9 floater, this has to be the greatest casting Spey rod, that I have ever cast. Simon loaned me the GS 8/9 floater to try.
It worked with regular leaders, great with 15' furled leaders, great with the tips from my GS 7/8 set.
This past Sunday, my son and I fished the Russian River. The wind was coming out of the NW from 30 to 40+ miles per hour, going down stream, river right most of the time. At times it would swirl around right at the cast or after the cast.
My Sage 7141 with a 7/8 MS with tips could not handle the wind.
So I tried the ARC with on of Fred Evans leaders, and I was casting all of the yellow line, leader, tippet and fly where I wanted in 80 to 90% of the casts.
Then, I tried a floating 15' furled leader and the sinking 13' FC furled leaders. With the same results. I then tried the tips from my GW 7/8 and all of them worked great. The most reliable one with the wind was the type 8 sinking tip with about 2' of tippet.
So, I will be keeping this ARC 9 and buying a new GS 8/9 floating line and have someone install a professional loop in the business end for all of the 8/9/10 Rio tips and furled leaders, that I have.
My son will be buying my Sage 15101 from me as this rod casts longer distances, with better accuracy and with a lot less wear and tear on this old Grampa.