I had an Orvis Battenkill and bought an Orvis Large Arbor Battenkill. The
LA just does not feel as good as the smaller one on my 10 foot 8 weight Sage
although it works just as good. Other LA reels work fine on my other rods
and my son just loves the LA now it's his.

Take your existing reel and try it out on the rod you are looking to buy and
see how it feels to you. Then put on the LA and see which one feels the
best to you. But don't stop at Orvis, try others and see what feels best to
you. Good luck

John
"Sam Sorem" wrote in message
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I was wondering if anybody out there has any opinions on the Orvis line of
T3 Rods? I've made a couple of fly rods from Lamiglas and G. Loomis
blanks
and they've turned out nice. If I put out the bucks for a T3 I'd like to
think I would see a noticeable difference.
I was also wondering what the reports are on the Battenkill Large Arbor
reels. I've got a Battenkill barstock III and really like it, and if I
move
"up" to the LA again I'm hoping I would see a noticeable difference.
Thanks in advance for any replies.