Saturday Dec 28, 2013

  Yea I know all us retired guys do not fish on the weekends but it was to be the best day of the week and besides that I had a rod to test. Cameron Mortenson from the "The Fiberglass Manifesto" has a stable of loaner rods for people to try and give comments, what a great way to sell rods. I signed up for a Steffin Brothers 8'0" 3 pc/ 4 wt custom build rod and waited my turn, well it arrived and casting in the back yard is ok but not a real test. Spring Creek was a bit on the high side but still ok to fish, I started with my T&T 8'6" #3 nymph rod, fishing new examples of scuds and was watching for any signs of top water activetly, at about 11:15 AM I saw the first few BWO's hatching along with clouds of midges on the shore line weeds. OK break for lunch and go to a better spot, done and in the water with the Steffin, for most of you a fiberglass rods seems to be a thing of the past but they are making a giant come back. The new glass rods are not your old Fenwick models but a new breed of class in rod making, colors like brown, olive, pale white, pale yellow, blue and yes red. The new reel seats, guides and cork grips are just a work of art. I used the "Tight loop" Steffin and must admit it took a bit to get used to the slow action but wow what a soft presentation and nice easy action it has. Attached is a short video showing what the rod looks like and a typical brown form the trip, many fish were fooled both on a Grif's Gnat and a #20 BWO emerger- yes the olives were on! What a nice afternoon of risng fish with no one around except for the ass hole who just had to walk down and get on top of me to ask what I was using- no clue to the rising fish all around, told him a hair wing royal coachman- screw him.
  Check out the new glass rods you  ight like them, except the price $500.00 and up!- Ouch. I used a Rio new Perception WF3F of the rod becasue I was not sure a 4wt would give me the action I wanted, sure was slow with the 3 on it can not imagine how slow a 4 wt would have made it?