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Personally I’d go with the 7 wt. I’m certainly no expert, as I only own Orvis rods, but for bass, shad, catfish, snakehead etc that are found and targeted in our local waters, the 7 wt has been perfect for me.
For the other golfers out there in the TPFR world, the degree difference in your wedges equates to the wt difference in your fly rods. By way of example, you wouldn’t carry 60, 58, 52 and Pitching wedge. You want more versatility and coverage for all ranges – 60, 56, 52 and P wedge is more ideal. Having a 9 wt, 8 wt then dropping to 5 wt leaves a coverage gap. You also won’t fully appreciate the difference between your 9 and 8 wt’s (unless the quality of the rods is major).
Just my two cents….
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Also a good suggestion - I've cast the TIRCx in 11-wt and really liked it. I suspect the 8-wt is also a great rod.
On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Yambag Nelson <northstreet...@gmail.com> wrote:
Temple Forks TICR if you can find one. Or a TICRx. Both are less than $300 and are great rods. I doubt there is a better value out there.
TPFR'ers - I've had a gap in my rod selection for the last year after breaking a terrible/cheap LL Bean 7-weight on a float trip last year. I've got 5 weights, and I've got a 9-weight that I like (Orvis Access), but the 9 feels like overkill when I'm fishing the shenandoah and other smallmouth water. I have thought about getting another 7 weight, but for the bigger stuff I'd like to throw at the bass, I think an 8 is my best choice. Open to suggestion, though...
I am budget-limited - $450 is about as much as I can swing on the rod, but not looking to go cheap just to go cheap. Wish I could go get a super-high-end Sage or the new H3, but it's
SO: what's your favorite 8-weight in the affordable-to-mid price range?
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Just another vote for the TFO BVK 8 wt.Cheap and clearly as good or better than $800 rods, according to my casting and also the rod shootout by Yellowstone fly shop that someone else referred to.Shows again the value of this forum for getting real time unbiased advice.Art
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Four piece. I blame Steve Jobs for the typos
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> I'm a big fan of my Orvis 5 piece 7'11" 8wt.
> It breaks down super small for travel.
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>> I just recently picked up a 6wt with a fighting butt. Often called a "salty" six weight. It's a great bass rod and also has enough backbone for large trout and saltwater. Would highly recommend it. Orvis and Sage make nice ones.
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Just another vote for the TFO BVK 8 wt.Cheap and clearly as good or better than $800 rods, according to my casting and also the rod shootout by Yellowstone fly shop that someone else referred to.Shows again the value of this forum for getting real time unbiased advice.Art
From: Rob Snowhite <r...@robsnowhite.com>
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> I'm a big fan of my Orvis 5 piece 7'11" 8wt.
> It breaks down super small for travel.
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>> On Aug 3, 2017, at 3:42 PM, Evan D <edin...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I just recently picked up a 6wt with a fighting butt. Often called a "salty" six weight. It's a great bass rod and also has enough backbone for large trout and saltwater. Would highly recommend it. Orvis and Sage make nice ones.
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Reddington and TFO have awesome no fault lifetime warranties if you break rods often like I do.
I'd avoid St. Croix simply because their warranty isn't great. It's "limited" in that they charge for replacement if you break it.