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The rods we handled

Click to see "The Graphite Fly Rod"

The Graphite Fly Rod

Review: A nicely produced DVD set (2 discs) covering in depth all aspects of building a graphite fly rod featuring Russ Gooding of Golden Witch Technologies. Gooding builds modern rods in the bamboo rod style. Very thorough and very instructive.
Read the review here

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Shooting head talk

Listen up: Shooting heads give a couple of advantages, which GFF partner Martin Joergensen will try to explain in this podcast episode. You can join him on the Danish coast in his usual pursuit for sea trout while he introduces you to the world of shooting heads.
Join him for about 27 minutes here

Jump to "Rod review, Lamiglas Blue Ridge and XMG50"

Lamiglas

New Blanks for the Rodbuilder: This past season, I had the pleasure of fishing rods built from two blanks from Lamiglas, the XMG50 and the "Blue Ridge". These two blanks are Ying and Yang, fast and slow, high modulus graphite and fiberglass. As different as can be.
Click here to read the entire review

This link takes you to "Four stream rods"

Four stream rods

Fooling around: This is not a review as such, but then again. GFF partner Martin Joergensen got the chance to play with four great and very different rods from ECHO, Harvest, Partridge and Scierra. All are light stream rods, but they still display large differences when fished side by side.
Read about it here

Skip to "Taking care of your fly rod"

Rod care

Equipment: The first part of a three part harmony about maintaining your precious fly fishing equipment - Rod, Reel And Line - by tropical fishing guide Roland Henrion. Learn how to prolong the lifespan of your fly rods.
See lots of good advice and instructional pictures in the article.

This link takes you to "Rod review, Allstar Austin 9 4wt 2pc Blank"

Rising Star

Review: The Austin blanks from All Star Rods are quickly gaining a reputation among custom rod builders as being among the best performing blanks on the market, regardless of price. Bob Petti had a chance to build and fish a 4wt recently.
Click here to read the review of All Star Austin 9 4wt 2pc blank

Directly to "Lamiglas Appalachian 76"

Lamiglas Appalachian

Rod Review: On your knees, casting to a small spot fifteen or twenty feet away. Float the line behind you and then "flick" the line foward. Man, I love this rod for that kind of fishing. It's like it knows what I want to do and casts a perfect narrow loop with impressive speed.
Read the rest of Bob's review.

Click to see "Choice pike fishing tool"

Choice pike fishing tool

Esox fishing: The Sirrus COMATRIX 9 wt. is in many ways the perfect pike fishing tool - able to lift and cast large and heavy flies, and with one serious butt section. Dutch Henk Verhaar test fished it in his favorite pike waters and was very pleased.
Read his review here.

Read more on "The Making of a Prize Rod"

The Making of a Prize Rod

Rod Building: The grand prize for the Flymeister 2001 contest was a custom built fly rod made by Neal Hall, owner of Classic Destiny rods and president of the Custom Rod Builder's Guild.
Click here to see how the rod was designed and built.

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Rainshadow Xcel

Rod: Not only do all the major rod companies sell their blanks, there are several companies that produce and sell only blanks. Where to begin? Rainshadow might be one choice. Great, afordable blanks.
Read Bob Petti's review of RXF905 - their 9'0

Go to "Tough rod!"

Tough rod!

For biggies: You do not get to fish a 12 weight one hand rod every day. GFF partner Martin Joergensen has had the pleasure of field testing a Sirrus 12 wt � an impressing rod at a very good price.
Read the test and see the pictures here

Find "Lamiglass Ti2000" on this page

Lamiglass Ti2000

Rod: A rod with a titanium section built in! Strange maybe, but the reviewer's verdict is clear: "All I know is that it's better than most other rods I have fished with." Read the review here.

Go to Sirrus Co-Matrix

Sirrus Co-Matrix
"While the mention of modulus does continue to pop up from time to time in advertising, most anglers, and indeed most rod and blank manufacturers, have gotten over their numbers fetish.". Read Bob Petti's review of the excellent and interesting Sirrus Co-Matrix 9' 2pc 6wt.

Go to St. Croix Legend Ultra

St. Croix Legend Ultra
St. Croix has long been known for superior spin-fishing rods... until know. Read the review here.

Go to East Branch Rod

East Branch Rod
"I had heard about East Branch's $20 "test drive" program so I gave them a call. Sure enough, come the Friday before opening day, the mailman delivered a large tube with a pair of fly rods." Read Bob Petti's review of the 9' 3pc GTX 6wt.

Go to The Technology of Fly Rods, by Don Phillips

The Technology of Fly Rods, by Don Phillips

Spring preparation
This time of year is usually accompanied by a boost in personal energy level. Though sometimes difficult to describe, we can "smell" spring in the air. As our semi-hibernation comes to a close we notice an increased desire to plan for upcoming outdoor events. By Roman Scharabun

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