Ken Fortenberry wrote:
wrote:

rw wrote:

Do any of the gear whores out there have opinions about this rod? My
local Orvis dealer is big on the Orvis Helios, but she doesn't have an
8wt for me to try.


The T3 8wt tip flex was a little too quick for my casting tastes
whereas the T3 8wt mid flex reminded me a lot of a Winston BIIx. I
personally don't think they're as powerful as a comparable Sage Xi2 or
Winston BIImx but at the price differential for the T3 given the
limited amount of use I have for an 8wt would not justify the more
expensive sage and winston offerings. ...


George Anderson and crew reviewed a bunch of 8wts;

http://tinyurl.com/39ya2f

They like the GLoomis rods best and rank the Orvis rods poorly;

http://www.yellowstoneangler.com/Pho...ResultsBIG.htm

This article looks bogus to me. The problem is their use of the "swing
weight" category, which they count very heavily.

They say, "The swing weight is the weight you feel out ahead of your
hand when the rod is held in a horizontal position. Lighter is better
for most anglers."

But this depends on the weight of the reel. It's just the old "balance"
argument -- that a reel should "balance" the rod. By varying the reel
weight (or otherwise adding weight to the butt end) you can make the
swing weight just abut anything you want.

Bogus.

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