GungasUncle
Pretty straight up question - and a good easy discussion.
Mine, without a doubt, is my Grigg made North X Northwest (old GI Joes house brand) 8' 4 weight. It's a lovely light little stick with what orvis would call a "full flex" action - everyone else used to just call it a slow action. Lovely rod to cast - it'll push a 40 foot cast out easily and delicately, it roll casts very nicely - and it makes every fish, even the dinks, feel big.
The rod is well made for an Asian manufactured import. For the last 4 or 5 years, it's worn a Ross Flywater #1 reel - and I underline it with a Scientific Anglers DT # 3 floater.
I've had this rod now for about 6 years or so - and I'm never, ever going to part with it. I can fish dries, nymphs (not really gracefully, but it does it) and small streamers, as well as toss small poppers and sliders for bass and panfish.
It's definitely the best $100 I've ever spent on a single rod.
I can't wait for the water and weather to warm and have the panfish moving in shallow to spawn - and come May, we're going to be flogging the little creeks and streams from Clackamas County to the coast chasing wild rainbows and cutties.
I've had other rods that cost the same or more - but none of them, with the exception of my little TFO 2 weight, ever made me smile as much to fish with.
Mine, without a doubt, is my Grigg made North X Northwest (old GI Joes house brand) 8' 4 weight. It's a lovely light little stick with what orvis would call a "full flex" action - everyone else used to just call it a slow action. Lovely rod to cast - it'll push a 40 foot cast out easily and delicately, it roll casts very nicely - and it makes every fish, even the dinks, feel big.
The rod is well made for an Asian manufactured import. For the last 4 or 5 years, it's worn a Ross Flywater #1 reel - and I underline it with a Scientific Anglers DT # 3 floater.
I've had this rod now for about 6 years or so - and I'm never, ever going to part with it. I can fish dries, nymphs (not really gracefully, but it does it) and small streamers, as well as toss small poppers and sliders for bass and panfish.
It's definitely the best $100 I've ever spent on a single rod.
I can't wait for the water and weather to warm and have the panfish moving in shallow to spawn - and come May, we're going to be flogging the little creeks and streams from Clackamas County to the coast chasing wild rainbows and cutties.
I've had other rods that cost the same or more - but none of them, with the exception of my little TFO 2 weight, ever made me smile as much to fish with.
