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Thinking about a new 5wt

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Re: Thinking about a new 5wt

Postby Papasequoia » December 15th, 2010, 8:57 am

fancyboy wrote:I do not care for very fast rods. It's probably "medium fast" and I've yet to encounter a graphite rod that actually calls itself "medium", so it's no broomstick.

FWIW, my go to rod is a Winston BIIt 3wt and it is called a "medium" by Winston. Great rod.
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Re: Thinking about a new 5wt

Postby MattyD » December 15th, 2010, 11:15 am

The a-5 is a great rod. I also like the guideline rods. I can also recommend the VT2.
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Re: Thinking about a new 5wt

Postby Sasha » December 15th, 2010, 11:53 am

I think you should cast them both and get the one that you like the best :bananadance:
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Re: Thinking about a new 5wt

Postby Gary C. » December 15th, 2010, 2:43 pm

stanbery wrote:Gary

You will really like the VT2. Ask Dennis how he likes his.
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Vapor for $170
Vapor blank only $100
Accent $120
Accent Blank only $70.00
Winston Boron B2X 4 Piece Fly Blank $229
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VT2 for $290
VT2 blank only $165

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Jon, one of the other options I"ve been thinking about is having you build me a 10 footer. Maybe I'll give you a call and what you think.
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Re: Thinking about a new 5wt

Postby stanbery » December 16th, 2010, 2:49 am

Gary

Give me a call whenever you like.

There is a few very nice 10 foot blanks that you would really like.

Would need to know what you will be useing the rod for. If you like I have 3 or 4 10 foot rods that you could try and let me know which one you like the beat.

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Re: Thinking about a new 5wt

Postby briansII » December 16th, 2010, 9:15 am

MattyD wrote:The a-5 is a great rod. I also like the guideline rods. I can also recommend the VT2.


They did some hardware upgrades this year, and they are on sale right now. The 5wt is on backorder, but it's a great deal, on a darn good rod.

http://www.albrightflyfishing.com/items ... s/list.htm

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