Pic: In the office and hanging on to a solid Botsford Brown on the 9′6″ 5wt Penstock
The new Wild Creek member has just arrived and is absolutely brilliant. This is a rod for every lake fishers repertoire. Personally I find this as close as I have found to the perfect lake rod. Why? For the following reasons:
- Medium Fast, throwing a superb cast.
- Enough tip to absorb any distant strike and return to playing fish with the rod, not your forearm.
- Lightness of a 5, strength of a 6, control of an 8′6″ and the aesthetic presence of a rod twice its value.
- The ideal rod for fishing drys on stillwater, chasing windlaners with rapid fire beetle presentation, or casting to that distant midger.
- A tip that will absorb striking a fish hard at distance.
- The ideal rod for gaining control on that final draw that provokes so many follows and takes at the boat. The extra length allows you to “hang” the fly just that bit longer.
- Versatile length for fishing larger open rivers where across and down nymphing may be employed - giving great control and contact on the swing of the fly.
The rod casts beautifully with a weight forward 5 and performs equally solidly with a double taper 5. Wild Creek Rods are incredibly consistent throughout their range for quality and this rod has just pushed the bar that little bit higher again.
September 20th, 2007 | Uncategorized