I have one and use it where I have room to cast and bang through our high winds.
Take the line that comes with it and put it in a box and buy a Skagit Flight 550 gr and a set of the MOW T11 tips...
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A great Spey Rod and all the long rod we need in our waters
I have one and use it where I have room to cast and bang through our high winds.
Take the line that comes with it and put it in a box and buy a Skagit Flight 550 gr and a set of the MOW T11 tips...
Get a good deal on a Sage ZA 7110 and buy it
Buy a new one from Kiene's as they close out the ZA two handed rods, or buy a good used one from someone trading up to a new Sage One or TCX.
Put a Rio Steelhead & Atlantic Salmon WF10F line on it...
What company was your provider?
Weekly, I average getting 2+ hacked emails using the email address of friends, people we know and people in business.
Everyone involved/s a Yahoo or ATT/Yahoo acct.
Apparently, they can hack...
What a great picture of a future fly fisher!
Wind with the two handed rods becomes less of a problem.
My Sage ZA7110 switch with the Rio 600 Skagit or Rio 550 Skagit Flight with the Rio T11 MOW tips can handle most wind with minimal need of...
Is the action of these rods between the ZAxis and TCX
Are the rods made for the two handed casting gods or for the rest of us?
Do their action fall between the ZAxis and TCX?
If these rods are as good as we have heard and they are easily matched...
You might want to consider the Outcast OSG Commander
There are a couple of 30 something fly fishers in the Napa river using the OSG Commander.
The first time I saw one was the Friday after Thanksgiving and a young man was in one of the marinas...
Mirage Drives if not covered will eat up fly lines.
Great picture and story.
We took the straps off of our Mirage paddles on our Oasis two years ago. It took us about 1-2 minutes to get used to pedalling without straps. Without straps we can...
A thorough look and review of Freedom Hawk Pathfinder
Ken Morrow of FishCampReHab has submitted a very thorough analysis of his new Freedom Hawk Pathfinder in/on the water.
His comments re the stability of the Pathfinder in wind, waves and in the...
My Dad warned me about stuff catching my fly lines
About 6 decades ago, I bought my first fly rod, a telescoping metal one. My Dad was an excellent fly fisher, however as a teenager I knew better. I told my Dad, I could do it by myself and didn't...
If you are young, strong and athletic, these could be great
They certainly beat using a SUP board to fish from. Most of the SUP users we see are under 40 and often about 30-40, and they were surfers and came to the SUPs as they are easier on their bods. ...
Hobie has a new Pro Angler 12' with the mirage unit
Hobie has listened to potential and current customers, and will have on the market a shorter/lighter Pro Angler 12.
Hobie has put a lot of work into listening to customers re this model. It still...
A simple approach re Poly's
If your goal is go deep in our changing flow rivers, buy yourself a set of Rio's MOWs for your Skagit/Scandi heads. My T11 package works on my ZA7110, ZA7136, DeathStar and Meises 5/6 and 9/10...
Boca, the link doesn't work.
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To DFrink, don't forget the Shad season
Switch rods are great for Shad.
Seldom do you need to cast long casts in our Shad areas. Often, we have a lot of brush/trees behind us. That eliminates the need/use of long two handed rods.
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If you are a mortal not a Spey God, contact Steve Godshall
I bought a DeathStar a couple of years ago and a lot of lines that never worked.
Steve Godshall took pity on me at a Speyorama and sliced and diced one of his SGS lines for my Death Star. The...
Two reports on my new Freedom Hawk Pathfinder
I have been able to get the Freedom Hawk Bassyaks/Pathfinder on our local lake twice to see how it works.
The good news is it works and is very stable.
The great news: I can get the main body...
My new Freedom Hawk Pathfinder should get me there
http://bassyaks.com/wp-content/uploa.../625111406.jpg
It is powered by a MinnKota 40 with two batteries.
My wife and I have a yak for speed and just touring, a 2009 Hobie Mirage Oasis with...
Quick dry land comparisons of Freedom Hawk 12 and...
Quick dry land comparisons of Freedom Hawk 12 and the new Pathfinder.
The PF is a longer yak at 14' and designed to handle bigger water, winds and other situations that might put the FH12 into bad...
Thanks, my new Freedom Hawk Pathfinder was registered yesterday! With no problems!
My new FH Pathfinder arrived Wed, and I registered it yesterday.
I went to the site below and filled in the data and printed out the the form.
...
Kneedeep, a BOL as I have had the same experience with Gary's Sage Rods
Gary has wrapped and done his two handed cork magic/art on 3 Sage Rods for me, the 5120, ZA7110, and ZA7136.
Gary brought the these rods down to the Speyorama the year of his finishing the rod,...
The Death Star TCX 6126 might be an alternative
I own the ZA 6126, 7136 and 7110. The later two are strong rods, but I went to the Death Star just in case.
At my age, a battered old 73 year old, I don't think that I would want to run into a...
Rob, what video camera did you use?
Did you have it on your head?
Your comment about trying to paddle and fly fish is so true!
Which is why I have bought the Freedom Hawk Pathfinder with a BassYak electric motor installed. I will be able to park it, stand and cast just like with a small Jon boat.
Even more important, I...
I noted the paradigm change from long rods to short rods a few years ago
http://www.speypages.com/speyclave/showthread.php?t=22246&highlight=short+rods+versus+long
02-25-2006
Are we in the middle of a Paridigm Shift re two handed rods, lines & casting styles?
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FH 12's, new are going for $1000 to 1200$
I will be getting a new Freedom Hawk Pathfinder in week or two. Stephen of Bassyaks is installing an electric motor so I get to and from fishing sites.
So I will be selling my Freedom Hawk 12 for...
