TFO- How tuff is tuff?

[Don]

Some factors involved.

Alaska, sounds like big fish. Alot has to do with the rod weight compared to the chore at hand. What pound tippet/leader and how far the drag is torqued? Too much stuff on some rods are gonna do them in in the wrong circumstances. Michael Kyle set me up with a beginner rig years ago for local trout; Signature series 8' 4wt. For awhile it was all I had so I threw it all. I can not count how many times Brad Wright large dumbell sculpin patterns smacked my little rod; sounded like a 22 going off. It still fishes great.

Don May

[jmo]

I own pro 2wt. and tcir 6wt. both rods have worked so well I have sold 2 Orvis 1Loomis and a SP sage and only use thes TFO's. To the Tuff enough I was fortunate hook and land a 13# Bow with the 2wt. can't say more.

JMO

[Trout Dawg]

I own pro 2wt. and tcir 6wt. both rods have worked so well I have sold 2 Orvis 1Loomis and a SP sage and only use thes TFO's. To the Tuff enough I was fortunate hook and land a 13# Bow with the 2wt. can't say more.

JMO

I've had a 6wt. pro series TFO for about 4 years. Last year I broke it while fishing the 11 pt. My fault not the rod. 25 buck sand 4 days later I had it back from TFO ready to fish.

Recently I purchased a 4wt. signature series.

I like rigging both with a heavier line. On my 6wt. I use 7wt. line on the 4wt. I use 5wt. line. TFO rods are usually a little stiffer, faster action and with the heavier line I feel the rod loads much better that when using the rated line wt.

In comparison I have a 7wt. Reddinton that I would never use a heavier line wt. on.

[drew03cmc]

In my opinion, the need for overlining is due to the "cheaper" materials the rods are made from. It tends to be stiffer , and thus the need for overlining to get the feel you desire.

However, I might grab me a 2wt TFO Pro and a BBS I Orvis reel to throw for MOST everything!

[trout fanatic]

I own 2 TFO pros. A 9 ft 5wt and a 10 ft 7 wt. The 7 wt is my wintertime steelhead rod and I cannot imagine fishing in tougher conditions than fishing in a lake erie trib in a December snow storm (unless of course if its fishing in Alaska in a september snowstorm). That being said, I am pretty happy with both rods, they do what I ask of em and if they break I get new ones. Good deal to me!