Rod & Fly Tasmania's tuition and Guiding service Introduces its Fly Rod range that delivers new levels of performance. Developed by us with other Guides in the UK,designed by professional fly fishing instructors and fly rod engineers with more than 14 years rod building experience, and 100's of collective years of fly fishing.
Manufactured from the latest super-graphite integration of extra high module T-46 carbon IM10 grade, which allows smaller diameter blanks with a superb progressive Fast action. The blend of high modulus graphite fibres creates a perfectly balanced lightweight blank that is more sensitive than anything available on the market today. Lightweight with a delightful crisp, fast action, these rods make distance casting easy, whilst maintaining tremendous 'fish ability' throughout a wide range of fly line densities. Utilising only the best components and materials has produced a rod range that will appeal to the most demanding .
When you’re out dawn till dusk You'll need a rod that will punch a sinking line or saltwater fly far out into the wind and Later it must present a buzzer, emerger or dry fly with feel and delicacy. You're looking for lightness without frailty, power with sensitivity.
The construction of high-modulus carbon fibre, the advanced performance taper, the ultra-slim blanks and the lightning tip recover combine to give you distance, accuracy, improved presentation and instant feel.
ALL rod features a Black matt no glare, scare, matt finish, with no rod flash while casting, and less chance of spooking fish An essential feature when fishing spooky fish in our Tasmanian waters.
All rods come in a tough cordura covered case complete with rugged zip closure and handy carry strap.
Test drive our rods anywhere, anytime with our 10-day money back guaranty trial program that lets you try the rods at home or on the water!
All rods come spare tip in a tough cordura covered case complete with rugged zip closure and handy carry strap.
Test drive our rods anywhere, anytime with our 7-day money back guaranty trial program that lets you try the rods at home or on the water!
Don't let the price fool you, they out perform and compare with rods costing 40 to 50% more!
Rod & Fly 3 weight rod
Dave Anderson gets some cheap twiggy thrills.
Let’s start with this rod’s most obvious feature—$189.95 with spare tip and hard tube. At that price I wasn’t expecting much in the way of action or feel from this 6'6" Rod & Fly 3-weight. In fact, like a few other cheap twigs out there, I was expecting the rod to be a complete dog. If it had barked on every back cast, sniffed at my crotch and fetched the paper it wouldn’t have been any surprise.
To test the rod I put a weight forward #3 XPS line on it, headed to an overgrown and tight little creek I know, and because I’m a complete rod snob and was afraid to try it, let a friend who’s very new to fly fishing use it for the day.
Right away he was making nice casts into tight spots and catching fish. By the end of the day he looked like an old pro (who occasionally hooked trees), such is the forgiving and lovely nature of this rod. Intrigued, I thought I had better try it myself.
My own test over grass only furthered my admiration for it. The blank is fairly fast for such a light rod, but still manages to have a lot of feel in the tip and will throw very short lines with no problem. Adding a quick 50 feet to the cast is also no problem, tight loops and all. It will cast further, but starts to get a bit sloppy.
The blank itself is made from IM10 graphite. It’s very thin, with a classy matt black finish and black wraps. And the build quality is good for such a cheap rod. So surely it’s too good to be true. What’s the catch?
Well, if I have any complaints about the rod, it’s the reel seat. It would look fine on a 5-weight and might even balance up, but on the little 3-weight it adds too much weight to the butt of the rod, unless your reel is very light. I’m sure having the same reel seat for a lot of rods keeps the price down, but I would be willing to pay more for this blank with a classy little all-cork sliding-band number on the end.See Our New and Improved Cork and reel seat 08/09 model
It is a minor complaint given the quality of the blank and the low, low price, and I suspect that on the water all would be forgiven after the first couple of casts.
Rod & Fly Tasmania's tuition and Guiding service Introduces its Fly Rod range that delivers new levels of performance. Developed by us with other Guides in the UK,designed by professional fly fishing instructors and fly rod engineers with more than 14 years rod building experience, and 100's of collective years of fly fishing.
Manufactured from the latest super-graphite integration of extra high module T-46 carbon IM10 grade, which allows smaller diameter blanks with a superb progressive Fast action. The blend of high modulus graphite fibres creates a perfectly balanced lightweight blank that is more sensitive than anything available on the market today. Lightweight with a delightful crisp, fast action, these rods make distance casting easy, whilst maintaining tremendous 'fish ability' throughout a wide range of fly line densities. Utilising only the best components and materials has produced a rod range that will appeal to the most demanding .
When you’re out dawn till dusk You'll need a rod that will punch a sinking line or saltwater fly far out into the wind and Later it must present a buzzer, emerger or dry fly with feel and delicacy. You're looking for lightness without frailty, power with sensitivity.
The construction of high-modulus carbon fibre, the advanced performance taper, the ultra-slim blanks and the lightning tip recover combine to give you distance, accuracy, improved presentation and instant feel.
ALL rod features a Black matt no glare, scare, matt finish, with no rod flash while casting, and less chance of spooking fish An essential feature when fishing spooky fish in our Tasmanian waters.
All rods come witha spare tip in a tough cordura covered case complete with rugged zip closure and handy carry strap.