New Fly Rod 8 Weight Recommendations

I think that the best deal around has to be the Powell rod for $79.95. I
blieve that you can return it in 30 days for a full refund if you're not
staisfied. Thier web site. www.powellco.com

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"Art Salmons" wrote in message
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I am looking to buy an 8-weight 9-foot fly rod for fresh water fishing
for Bass, Stripers, and maybe an Alaska trip in 2006. I have two Sage
RPL rods in 5 weight, one 4 weight and one 3 weight. I'm not stuck or
set to buy a Sage rod and really only want to spend $250.00. The rod
will end up with a Flylogic 890 reel on it.

I would like recommendations. So far my friends have made
recommendations for a St Croix, Loomis G2 or Sage Discovery rod. I
would like to hear the recommendations from this group.

Thanks, Art

I think that the best deal around has to be the Powell rod for $79.95. I
blieve that you can return it in 30 days for a full refund if you're not
staisfied. Thier web site. www.powellco.com

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"Art Salmons" wrote in message
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I am looking to buy an 8-weight 9-foot fly rod for fresh water fishing
for Bass, Stripers, and maybe an Alaska trip in 2006. I have two Sage
RPL rods in 5 weight, one 4 weight and one 3 weight. I'm not stuck or
set to buy a Sage rod and really only want to spend $250.00. The rod
will end up with a Flylogic 890 reel on it.

I would like recommendations. So far my friends have made
recommendations for a St Croix, Loomis G2 or Sage Discovery rod. I
would like to hear the recommendations from this group.

Thanks, Art

"slenon" wrote in message m...
I recommend the TFO TiCr 8wt. For the money, nohing better.

Thanks to everyone that responded. I ended up buying an Orvis 908 TTL
for a decent price as they are them closing them out. I'm not a big
fan of Orvis but this one has a much faster action then the ones I
tried before. I liked it so I bought it and I believe it's going to
work for me. I also love the 25 year warranty.

I broke the tip on a 5 weight Sage discovery rod in the mid 90's and
they fixed it for free and my dealer loaned me a rod until it came
back. I've owned all Sage rods since then and I like the action on the
RPL rods. I also have a Sage 3 piece 4 weight LL and I don't like the
action and I'll be selling it soon. I've used it once for fishing in
almost 10 year and have practiced with it serveral times. I just
don't`like the action of it but it has a very sensitive tip. In
Colorado I always seemed to grab the Sage 590 RPL when I was going
fishing. I really liked this rod when belly boating at Spinney Res.
and catching big trout. I have a Gunnison G2 on it and the setup just
works great for me.

We will see long term what I end up thinking of the Orvis TTL. I also
bought a couple Flylogic Fly reels based on recommendations from my
old fishing buddies. These two friends just returned from Alaska and
said their Flylogic reels worked flawlessly on lots of big fish and
the disc drags were smooth as silk. For less then $100 each I thought
I would give them a try. I will post a review after I use them for
awhile.

Art

"slenon" wrote in message m...
I recommend the TFO TiCr 8wt. For the money, nohing better.

Thanks to everyone that responded. I ended up buying an Orvis 908 TTL
for a decent price as they are them closing them out. I'm not a big
fan of Orvis but this one has a much faster action then the ones I
tried before. I liked it so I bought it and I believe it's going to
work for me. I also love the 25 year warranty.

I broke the tip on a 5 weight Sage discovery rod in the mid 90's and
they fixed it for free and my dealer loaned me a rod until it came
back. I've owned all Sage rods since then and I like the action on the
RPL rods. I also have a Sage 3 piece 4 weight LL and I don't like the
action and I'll be selling it soon. I've used it once for fishing in
almost 10 year and have practiced with it serveral times. I just
don't`like the action of it but it has a very sensitive tip. In
Colorado I always seemed to grab the Sage 590 RPL when I was going
fishing. I really liked this rod when belly boating at Spinney Res.
and catching big trout. I have a Gunnison G2 on it and the setup just
works great for me.

We will see long term what I end up thinking of the Orvis TTL. I also
bought a couple Flylogic Fly reels based on recommendations from my
old fishing buddies. These two friends just returned from Alaska and
said their Flylogic reels worked flawlessly on lots of big fish and
the disc drags were smooth as silk. For less then $100 each I thought
I would give them a try. I will post a review after I use them for
awhile.

Art

"slenon" wrote in message m...
I recommend the TFO TiCr 8wt. For the money, nohing better.

Thanks to everyone that responded. I ended up buying an Orvis 908 TTL
for a decent price as they are them closing them out. I'm not a big
fan of Orvis but this one has a much faster action then the ones I
tried before. I liked it so I bought it and I believe it's going to
work for me. I also love the 25 year warranty.

I broke the tip on a 5 weight Sage discovery rod in the mid 90's and
they fixed it for free and my dealer loaned me a rod until it came
back. I've owned all Sage rods since then and I like the action on the
RPL rods. I also have a Sage 3 piece 4 weight LL and I don't like the
action and I'll be selling it soon. I've used it once for fishing in
almost 10 year and have practiced with it serveral times. I just
don't`like the action of it but it has a very sensitive tip. In
Colorado I always seemed to grab the Sage 590 RPL when I was going
fishing. I really liked this rod when belly boating at Spinney Res.
and catching big trout. I have a Gunnison G2 on it and the setup just
works great for me.

We will see long term what I end up thinking of the Orvis TTL. I also
bought a couple Flylogic Fly reels based on recommendations from my
old fishing buddies. These two friends just returned from Alaska and
said their Flylogic reels worked flawlessly on lots of big fish and
the disc drags were smooth as silk. For less then $100 each I thought
I would give them a try. I will post a review after I use them for
awhile.

Art

When I wrote this I was out of town. The rod I bought is a Orvis
Trident TLS 908. It's a 2 piece 9'0" rod in 8 weight in flex tip 9.5.

I am really surprised at the lack of information about Flylogic reels
and rods. The company has been in business for 10 years. I have
friends that use the reels in Coloardo and Alaska and are excellent
fly fisherman. They can buy whatever they want in the way of equipment
and they recommended the reels to me. They did this knowing I use Ross
Gunnison and Orvis battenkill disc drag reels. The Flylogic reels I
bought are really well made and have smooth powerful drags.

I don't work or have and affiliation with Flylogic but as I try to do
research on them their is little information about them on the web. I
also find it interesting that they almost never show up on Ebay by
individual sellers. There is one fly shop that has them up there and
it's located in Idaho where the company is located.

I will write a full review as i start to use them myself.

Thanks, Art


We will see long term what I end up thinking of the Orvis Trident TLS 908. I also bought a couple Flylogic Fly reels based on recommendations from my
old fishing buddies. These two friends just returned from Alaska and
said their Flylogic reels worked flawlessly on lots of big fish and
the disc drags were smooth as silk. For less then $100 each I thought
I would give them a try. I will post a review after I use them for
awhile.

Art

"bugcaster" wrote in message ...
"Art Salmons" wrote in message
om...
I am looking to buy an 8-weight 9-foot fly rod for fresh water fishing
for Bass, Stripers, and maybe an Alaska trip in 2006. I have two Sage
RPL rods in 5 weight, one 4 weight and one 3 weight. I'm not stuck or
set to buy a Sage rod and really only want to spend $250.00. The rod
will end up with a Flylogic 890 reel on it.

I would like recommendations. So far my friends have made
recommendations for a St Croix, Loomis G2 or Sage Discovery rod. I
would like to hear the recommendations from this group.

Thanks, Art

Check out the Powell rod site, my $80 8 weight arrived today, and it will do
just fine for the price.

I would recommend against Powell. I assume it would be similiar to a
TFO series 1, but replacement for a Powell is $50 while for Tfo it is
only $25.

"bugcaster" wrote in message ...
"Art Salmons" wrote in message
om...
I am looking to buy an 8-weight 9-foot fly rod for fresh water fishing
for Bass, Stripers, and maybe an Alaska trip in 2006. I have two Sage
RPL rods in 5 weight, one 4 weight and one 3 weight. I'm not stuck or
set to buy a Sage rod and really only want to spend $250.00. The rod
will end up with a Flylogic 890 reel on it.

I would like recommendations. So far my friends have made
recommendations for a St Croix, Loomis G2 or Sage Discovery rod. I
would like to hear the recommendations from this group.

Thanks, Art

Check out the Powell rod site, my $80 8 weight arrived today, and it will do
just fine for the price.

I would recommend against Powell. I assume it would be similiar to a
TFO series 1, but replacement for a Powell is $50 while for Tfo it is
only $25.