New rod arrived, having to wait .

I received my 5’6” 13 Fishing Omen ULF this morning, but………
It’s most likely going to be awhile before I try out and report on what I think about it .
It seems like it’s going to be a nice addition to the stable , but …………
I picked up one of my flyrods yesterday and now it’s going to be tough to go back to my UL spinning for awhile.

This morning I took two of my flyrods with me to the pond . A 5’9” Cabelas CGR 3wt., and a 6’ TFO Signature 2wt .
I started off with the CGR with a bigger spider bug I kinda copied from one made by Betts that I picked up the other day .
Fished it for a few minutes in a spot that was productive yesterday and got a couple leg nippers , but no takers .
Instead of changing bugs , I walked back to my vehicle and swapped rods .
The TFO had a small spider already on it .
Instead of going to the dam side of the pond , I decided to give the bridge a try , since there wasn’t many folks walking this morning. And nobody feeding the geese and turtles.
I’m glad I did . I hooked seven good gills and landed five of them .
Ended up catching 10 in about an hour and a half .
I wish I had my measuring board with me , I think one of them may have been 10” . If not , close to it .

Another sweet flyrod. How does it compare to glass? And some very nice gills, had to be fun on a 2wt.

Awesome

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Originally Posted by moonrunner

Another sweet flyrod. How does it compare to glass? And some very nice gills, had to be fun on a 2wt.

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The TFO is a sweet flyrod. It’s a faster rod , the glass is slow depending on which glass . S glass is almost as fast as graphite. I’m not sure what glass the Lamiglas rod is , but it’s slower than slow :) . I have to really slow down my casting to get it to sidearm or overhead .
The TFO shoots the line better sidearm and overhead casts better than a glass rod , but it fails in the roll cast . Or it’s me .
Once a fish is on , they both are awesome, bending into the handle .

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Another sweet flyrod. How does it compare to glass? And some very nice gills, had to be fun on a 2wt.

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The TFO is a sweet flyrod. It’s a faster rod , fiberglass rods are slow depending on which glass . S glass is almost as fast as graphite. I’m not sure what glass the Lamiglas rod is , but it’s slower than slow :) . I have to really slow down my casting to get it to sidearm or overhead .
The TFO shoots the line better sidearm and overhead casts better than a glass rod , but it fails in the roll cast . Or it’s me .
Once a fish is on , they both are awesome, bending into the handle .

Did you get a weight on new rod?

Regards


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Very nice gill. Nothing like pans on light weight fly rods.
Bob

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Did you get a weight on new rod?

Regards


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I haven’t yet . Feels nice .
I strung it up this afternoon and put a bend in it . I think it’ll work .
Definitely a nice looking rod .
No hook keeper , which isn’t a deal breaker , but I was surprised.

What a fun looking outing:highfive

Nice catches

Did you get a weight on new rod?

Regards


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Did you get a weight on new rod?

Regards


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I posted info above in All Things Ultralight

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Originally Posted by Alphahawk

Did you get a weight on new rod?

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I posted info above in All Things Ultralight

That was a great trip on the fly! I’m happy with anything I catch these days and the fly rod makes it even better. Nice looking rig and it clearly agrees with you.