Lawn Casting A New Rod

[trout fanatic]

A new cabelas custom fiberglass flyrod landed on my front porch last night. A little to late for testing so I just took it out of the package to admire it. I actually like the look of the rod cork is nice has an uplocking reel seat and I would prefer a downlocking but nit picking. Also there are no guides on the bottom piece of the rod and no alignment dots to aid in assembly (total of 1 stripper, 6 guides and a tip top-ok for a 7'6" rod I guess). Took the rod out for lawn bass this morning. Tried it with 3 different lines, a 5WF (prestige plus), a 5 DT (rio selective trout) and a 6 WF (also a prestige plus) in all cases the rod easily hit the 50 foot mark without effort (not much room for casts much longer than that).

Still too early to tell, but the rod seems like more of a 5 wt than a 6. With the 5wf it seemed like it wanted to keep going while the DT and 6 seemed to start to lose its punch. More testing (and fishing) is in order but overall I am quite happy with this rod. It loads easily and is effortless to cast (was a little faster than I expected however). I expect this rod to be a very important addition to my arsenal (lookout bluegills)

[Danoinark]

Good informative report. Looked at those closely myself.

[Trout Commander]

I have been drooling over these since it was first posted on the Fiberglass Manifesto that they were coming out. Can't decide if I should pull the trigger or not yet. If I do I will get one from the lighter end of the line and outfit it with my grand pappy's old gem 2094 to keep the retro theme going. Look forward to seeing how it works out for you...

[Outside Bend]

Still too early to tell, but the rod seems like more of a 5 wt than a 6. With the 5wf it seemed like it wanted to keep going while the DT and 6 seemed to start to lose its punch.

Makes sense to me that a 6wt would throw an underlined 5wt WF line easier than a DT 6wt line, just given the difference in tapers. Regardless it sounds like a neat rod, and I'll have to check it out!