just bought this rod for my g/f. they had it at outdoor emporium as a combo w/ a very smart reel and line. (sorry, can't remember the reel name) all for just over $100. a no-brainer....
s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Awhile back, somebody on the list recommended picking up the 4 pc. Griggs fly >rod at the Sportsmen's Warehouse in Spokane for $49.99. I was a little >skeptical that any fly rod for $50 could be decent so didn't rush right out >to check them out. > >Last week I had to go to this store on business for EWU and got to play with >a bunch of rods $50 and under. Let me tell you fella's this rod is the real >deal. It will make you shake your head and question your sanity about >spending mid 3 digit numbers for our designer label rods. It was so much >higher quality then anything else in the sub $150 price range that it wasn't >even funny. > >Now before you go and think I have gone off the deep end let me say that it >certainly doesn't have the vibration dampening of a Sage and the guides are >not the same quality but it casts very nice. Very much like the St. Croix >rods and the Cortland GL series at 3-4X the price. In fact, it reminds me of >a little nicer action Loomis GL 2. > >Here is what you get for your $50. A nice medium action rod with a good back >bone, decent quality wrapped guides with the smaller diameter thread like I >use when I build a rod, a wooden real seat with black hardware and a nice >padded case with the same heavy duty cover you find on most rod cases today. >The rod also has a 1 year warrenty on craftmanship and lifetime warrenty of >$25 or less to replace any section you break no matter the cause. > >So how does it cast? Very nice. The rod loads well, picks up both small and >large amounts of line and appears very accurate. I was casting in a 10 mph >headwind and had no trouble putting the tippet where I wanted to. I plan on >taking this rod out tomorrow to get into some fish so will post a field test >report when I get back. > >Griggs also offers a 2 pc version in a 5/6 wt. for $39 and a neat little 6' 3 >wt. for about $30. Combine that with your favorite low cost real and you >have somebody on the water with nice gear for under $100. > >Mike > -- NOTE NEW ADDRESS: Steve Duda Editor-in-Chief/R�dacteur en chef, Canada http://www.amazon.com 1200 12th Avenue South, Suite 1200 Seattle, WA * 98144-2734 206.266.2471 heavy rotation: nikki sudden, the last bandit delroy wilson, 20 super hits king tubby, the sound of channel one robbie fulks, the very best of... nofx/rancid, split "only the idiot is equipped to breathe." --e.m. cioran
