8wt Fly Rod Shootout

And while a 9 weight might cause your backpacking friends to question such a heavy rod you know better.

8wt fly rod shootout. There are a lot of excellent options out there for 8wt fly rods with almost every major fly rod manufacturer presenting several models. Read the review in its entirety here. An interesting observation is that the 8 represents the heaviest model in many freshwater rod lineups sometimes referred to as all water rods and also represents the lightest model in many saltwater lineups. If you chase big fish northern pike in the boundary waters summer steelheads in the cascades or roosterfish in costa rica you need a rod that can.

The big question for george and co. Loomis asquith from the top spot of their list as the best 8 weight available. So we decided to join the crowd. I matched it for distance with the sage x rod and it hung in there.

Following the success of our 8 weight reel challenge we wanted to take on fly rods. Magazines fly shops bloggers virtually everyone has an opinion on which fly rod is best. Normally we wouldn t do two shootouts in the same year but after seeing how well the nrx rod did winning our 2020 5 weight shootout we were excited to see how the nrx 8 weight would compare to our 2018 8 weight shootout winner the g. This 8 weight shootout follows up their 2018 shootout the last time they reviewed 8 weights.

An 8 weight fly rod is a versatile tool that can be utilized in multiple fishing applications and there are a ton of 8 weight fly rod uses. I recently did some test casting with the redington vice. Out of a rod design point of view the 9 foot 8 weight is massively important like its smaller brother the 5 weight the 8 represents a popular model in most fly rod builder s designs. 100 of our funding comes from your gear purchases so if this shootout helps you on your next fly fishing adventure please support us by buying your next fly reel.

We spend a lot of time testing gear and writing shootouts to give you all of the tools to make your next trip a success. New 8 weight rods to test. A 5 weight rod would snap moments after you set the hook on a summer steelhead. But in typical trident fashion we re going to take a different twist on the traditional fly rod review.

Perhaps more so than any other weight of fly rod. You will not regret this rod and is easily one of the best rods on the market and a guides choice across the board. 2018 8 weight fly rod shootout by george and james anderson with comments by the yellowstone angler staff note the final results and performance charts on this page are george s figures. With all the great new rods on the.

G loomis nrx lp photo source. What a great rod. As always this shootout will be completely data driven and we re going. We are not a blog or a review site and there are no ads.

To read each staff memeber s casting notes and performance finishing order please click on their photo above.