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I just received a Daiwa WF98 Whisker Fly 18' 10-12 salmon rod from a source of Hammer's. $250 plus $60 shipping. No tube. rod brand new.
I also purchase a bunch of lines from a kind gentleman on the list. Accellerator 10-11, TT 10-11, Cortland Spey DT 11-12.
Used an Orvis Battenkill LA VI and an orvis heavy graided leader with 4' bimini tippet. Total leader length 12'.
Cosmetics- About what i would expect for $250. The wraps are tipped, which is nice. Strippers are set low as in most English rods I've seen/used... not so low as to impede shooting, though. Cork is A grade (about four steps down from the best), but I MUCH prefer cheaper cork for spey grips as the really good stuff is quite too smooth. Nice butt cap.
Weight??? Not too bad. I'm a big guy 6'4 260, but I still think this thing is not too bad. I'll weigh it when i have a chance on my reloading scale. As with all longer rods, it really begs for a much heavier reel than I have. BUT with a good deal of line out, something clicks and the tip heaviness seems to become an asset. can't explain it...perhaps someone else can.
Length-- I like big. This stick is big. The butt diameter has got to be over an inch. The tip is the same diameter as the butt of my Sage 0 weight...almost!
WALL THICKNESS--- Seems a tad light to me, but I have nothing to go on for a rod this big. I worry about durability...any ideas here?
No casting review as I haven't tried all of the lines yet, but I was able to get most of the accellerator. Of course, I'm casting from an abondoned pier in Brooklyn about 6 feet off the water, so my D loops are a bit HUGE and UNREALISTIC FOR THE NORMAL FISHING SITUATION.
The fact that I am surrounded by ruined chunks of metal and rebar and lots of hard, unyielding concrete, my casting options are limited to weird side-arm snake rolls and weird side-arm single speys. I was not able to overhead cast the whole accellerator head without the cast dumping on the backcast, but, then, I'm not sure I should be able to. with a shooting head, I can imagine this rod to be very deadly, however.
Action somewhere between my 15' B+W Hexagraph Bruce (I think it's a bruce) and my JP Ross 15' built on an east Branch blank (very nice rod, but EB is kaput).
I'm not sure I was really able to get it beyond tip loading with that accellerator and the above situation.
I'm gonna try the DT in a place I can wade and have more casting room.
This rod's sections are the same length as an Orvis steelhead rod I have, so the two will always travel together. I look forward to pike, muskie, salmonids, and various saltwater species on this rod.
Now I am hoping for a very stiff scandanavian action rod in the 18' range...any thoughts?
brooklynangler (moving to Pittsburgh PA in a week, so I'll be justanothersteelcitydude in a week)
I just received a Daiwa WF98 Whisker Fly 18' 10-12 salmon rod from a source of Hammer's. $250 plus $60 shipping. No tube. rod brand new.
I also purchase a bunch of lines from a kind gentleman on the list. Accellerator 10-11, TT 10-11, Cortland Spey DT 11-12.
Used an Orvis Battenkill LA VI and an orvis heavy graided leader with 4' bimini tippet. Total leader length 12'.
Cosmetics- About what i would expect for $250. The wraps are tipped, which is nice. Strippers are set low as in most English rods I've seen/used... not so low as to impede shooting, though. Cork is A grade (about four steps down from the best), but I MUCH prefer cheaper cork for spey grips as the really good stuff is quite too smooth. Nice butt cap.
Weight??? Not too bad. I'm a big guy 6'4 260, but I still think this thing is not too bad. I'll weigh it when i have a chance on my reloading scale. As with all longer rods, it really begs for a much heavier reel than I have. BUT with a good deal of line out, something clicks and the tip heaviness seems to become an asset. can't explain it...perhaps someone else can.
Length-- I like big. This stick is big. The butt diameter has got to be over an inch. The tip is the same diameter as the butt of my Sage 0 weight...almost!
WALL THICKNESS--- Seems a tad light to me, but I have nothing to go on for a rod this big. I worry about durability...any ideas here?
No casting review as I haven't tried all of the lines yet, but I was able to get most of the accellerator. Of course, I'm casting from an abondoned pier in Brooklyn about 6 feet off the water, so my D loops are a bit HUGE and UNREALISTIC FOR THE NORMAL FISHING SITUATION.
The fact that I am surrounded by ruined chunks of metal and rebar and lots of hard, unyielding concrete, my casting options are limited to weird side-arm snake rolls and weird side-arm single speys. I was not able to overhead cast the whole accellerator head without the cast dumping on the backcast, but, then, I'm not sure I should be able to. with a shooting head, I can imagine this rod to be very deadly, however.
Action somewhere between my 15' B+W Hexagraph Bruce (I think it's a bruce) and my JP Ross 15' built on an east Branch blank (very nice rod, but EB is kaput).
I'm not sure I was really able to get it beyond tip loading with that accellerator and the above situation.
I'm gonna try the DT in a place I can wade and have more casting room.
This rod's sections are the same length as an Orvis steelhead rod I have, so the two will always travel together. I look forward to pike, muskie, salmonids, and various saltwater species on this rod.
Now I am hoping for a very stiff scandanavian action rod in the 18' range...any thoughts?
brooklynangler (moving to Pittsburgh PA in a week, so I'll be justanothersteelcitydude in a week)