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Received my switch rod last week from Bob and WOW what a nice rod.
I am using a wincutter 7/8/9 with the middle section removed.
For the first testing I took it out to the beach to test it for overhead casting with large poppers. While my casting skill overhead is still in need of practice and was able to throw 80-90 feet into the wind without a problem. On grass I can throw the whole line but need more pratice on the pickup in the water. However I was throwing at least as far as I can with a single hander with significantly less effort. Looking forward to getting my stroke down and doing some more salt testing.
The next day I hit a local summer run river to put it through actually spey casting. This is where this rod really shines. Can easily throw 80+ feet of line with minimal effort. Single Speys, snake rolls , spiral singles all jump of the rod with nice tight loops (the rod made me look like I knew what I was doing
). Hell I even caught a fish on it the first time out. The rod is also an excellent fish fighting tool on top of everything else.
Also the rod is light and short enough to just fish it single handed (turbo spey) for real close in work. Made those 20-30 foot short casts really easy to control. Way more efficent than with a 13' or longer rod.
Flytyer I saw you mention you have not seen rods under 12 feet that spey cast all that well...I will being her down to the speyclave in November cause you have to try this rod. I think you will be surprised.
All in all I do not think I have cast a more versatile rod. My bigger rods still have a place , I just need to start carrying 2 rods with me when I fish cause this rod is so much fun to cast!
Also the fit and finish of the rod is what I have come to expect from Bob, beautiful. No other rod I have seen compares to the artistry and craftmanship Bob puts into these things.
Thanks Bob, can I have another:smokin:
-sean
I am using a wincutter 7/8/9 with the middle section removed.
For the first testing I took it out to the beach to test it for overhead casting with large poppers. While my casting skill overhead is still in need of practice and was able to throw 80-90 feet into the wind without a problem. On grass I can throw the whole line but need more pratice on the pickup in the water. However I was throwing at least as far as I can with a single hander with significantly less effort. Looking forward to getting my stroke down and doing some more salt testing.
The next day I hit a local summer run river to put it through actually spey casting. This is where this rod really shines. Can easily throw 80+ feet of line with minimal effort. Single Speys, snake rolls , spiral singles all jump of the rod with nice tight loops (the rod made me look like I knew what I was doing
). Hell I even caught a fish on it the first time out. The rod is also an excellent fish fighting tool on top of everything else.Also the rod is light and short enough to just fish it single handed (turbo spey) for real close in work. Made those 20-30 foot short casts really easy to control. Way more efficent than with a 13' or longer rod.
Flytyer I saw you mention you have not seen rods under 12 feet that spey cast all that well...I will being her down to the speyclave in November cause you have to try this rod. I think you will be surprised.
All in all I do not think I have cast a more versatile rod. My bigger rods still have a place , I just need to start carrying 2 rods with me when I fish cause this rod is so much fun to cast!
Also the fit and finish of the rod is what I have come to expect from Bob, beautiful. No other rod I have seen compares to the artistry and craftmanship Bob puts into these things.
Thanks Bob, can I have another:smokin:
-sean
