The swell in the middle of the grip is a little more forward than most. Most of the rest score 9s, which was a $60-$75 fee for repair or replacement. Now it tracks perfectly and Im getting nice tight loops. In all, one of the best guide set ups weve seen. Then we progressed to the mid-priced rods and finally the least expensive rods. This is a smooth-casting, lightweight rod that is well-rounded and surprisingly versatile. Our deflection charts have been very popular in past Shootouts, so we are giving you more this year. The relatively heavy swing weight and stiffness are not giving me much feel, and the accuracy in close is not very good. Thomas & Thomas Avantt - $845 Thomas & Thomas Zone - $499 Winston Alpha - $935 To find out which 5-weights took home the top rung in each category, check out the Shootout results on the Yellowstone Angler's page, here! The Expeditor service fee for the Asquith rods is $250.00 for ground or $275 for 2-day air. Call us at 406-222-7130, or e-mail us at [emailprotected] and we can discuss your needs and wants. Nice and light in hand and pretty good feel, but the accuracy is not as good as I was getting with the Aetos. Just about any rod can turn over a 9-foot leader, but only the best casting rods can turn over a 12 footer at short distances. Add to Cart. (tie) TFO FINESSE TROUT 79 #4 $229.95. Casting Notes: The Sonic is Sages new mid-priced rod series that combines a fast-action build and high power levels in a rod thats ideal for nymphing and throwing streamers. This rod uses the more conventional slip over ferrule design as on all but one of the other rods in our Shootout. Orvis 25 year warranty to original owner. Thomas & Thomas introduced the Contact series of Euro-nymphing rods a handful of years ago and they almost immediately garnered a cult-like following, with many an experienced nymph angler raving about their performance and build quality. The accuracy was not good either. Performance at 60 feet: 8.5 points out of 10. The blank is finished in a medium brown with brown wraps that complement the blank. $50 handing fee. Wow It is super light in hand, and 2. The handle is a half wells design and the quality of the cork is decent better than what we saw on the Loop Q and the TFO rods. Rods are repaired, not replaced. Power: 7/10 - This is a powerful rod capable of throwing dry flies, nymph rigs, and small streamers, optimized for castability and long distance performance. Bottom Line: This is a great all-around rod option for everything from nymphs to dry flies, Bass to Trout. The blank color at first glance looks black, but is a very dark green called Black Spruce. The thread wraps are dark green, trimmed with metallic gray on the butt section. $169.99. The epoxy coatings are pretty good but a little heavy. Dont make this mistake. We were all especially anxious to see how the Orvis Helios 3F and the new Winston Pure would fare, compared to our favorite 4-weight, the Hardy Zephrus. But in looking closely at the Hardy Zephrus, Ultralite, and the Douglas SKY, they are also definitely near the top end of the craftsmanship ladder. Performance at 40 feet: 18.0 points out of 20. What gives? Feels equal to the Avantt and Recon at mid distances. I also like the alignment dots. For most of my fishing with a 4-weight rod in critical conditions Im using one of our 12-foot leaders down to a 5X or 6X tippet, but in the Shootout we stick with 4X Rio Powerflex as a tippet in order to minimize breaking off the yarn indicator. #15. The epoxy coatings over the wraps were a little heavy, but Ive seen worse. Equal to the IMX Pro but thats about it. The action is slightly slower than the Zephrus though, and this contributed somewhat to its lack of feel and accuracy at 25 feet. Casting Notes: The Helios 3F is built for feel. Now the lack of butt power becomes evident and it is hard for me to get any decent accuracy. Flytyingonline.com.This domain provided by wildwestdomains.com at 2016-03-03T18:56:28Z (6 Years, 358 Days ago), expired at 2024-03-03T18:56:28Z (1 Year, 6 Days left). In fact the JXP had one of theheaviestswing weights in our Shootout, tied with the IMX Pro and Clearwater. Usually takes 2-4 weeks. The guide wraps are in blue with some silver trim on the butt. 4. The quality of cork is pretty good, but not in the same class as Avantt. A slightly oldie but goodie. Fly selection is far less important. The Aetos was dramatically better for an inexpensive rod. Nearly everyone is using one-coat epoxy coatings over the guide wraps now, but if these are not very carefully done, they are often sloppy or too much epoxy is applied, adding unnecessary weight. Only out long did I feel at a disadvantage to the best rods and I think part of this was due to the lighter Trout line. Feel is good and the rod is very light in hand. This rod gave me better control and accuracy at long range than any other rod in our Shootout. The accuracy was good but not as good as the DXF or all of the best rods. A stack of thin diameter corks is used and the quality is good. I dont have the feel I can place the fly just where I want it, as I can with the Zephrus. It has been several years now since our last 4-weight Shootout, as we have concentrated on both 5-weight and 8-weight rods. The DXF and both Scott rods were better, while the Zephrus and Pure were in a totally different league. The Orvis Clearwater rods are designed in Vermont and built in the orient. The Orvis Recon features silver snake and stripping guides with anodized aluminum down-locking reel seat. The guides start out with a hook keeper, then one SiC stripper followed with hard chrome snake guides that are nice and light on the tip sections. I was hitting the plate almost every time. The thinner cork handle may actually be an advantage for some anglers, especially children or women with smaller hands. . I could hit this distance easily enough, but I had much better feel and accuracy with the faster, lighter rods. The brown dull coating of the blank and the red wraps provide an original look. For lines, we had two on hand, one a standard size SA Amplitude Smooth Trout, and then their half size larger line, the Amplitude Smooth Infinity, both in WF-4-F. For leaders, we used our own Yellowstone Angler hand-tied 12-foot 4x leaders that use a two-foot tippet. I just cant push it at all and have to slow down my casting stroke to get any decent accuracy. Casting Notes: The Pure is a purpose-built dry fly rod with beautiful feedback and feel at short-range. It also has one of the heaviest swing weights in our Shootout. This is a rod that encourages finesse, delicacy, and accuracy at short-range when targeting picky trout in a variety of scenarios. Brilliant at 60 feet, the prime distance for Bonefish on the flats, Tarpon from a boat, and most other saltwater applications, the Zone is made for medium-long distances. All rights reserved. Lastly, the rod sock is superior, and will dry out quickly even if you put your rod away wet. The epoxy coatings are painstakingly done and close to perfect. With more line in the air Im getting nice loops and good accuracy. Orvis HELIOS 3F 86 #4 $849.00. In fishing to wary trout, I often set my false casts up short and to the side of the fish, and then shoot a little line in on that last cast. The single uplocking reel seat is plain anodized gray aluminum with no insert. Im convinced that the key to catching more trout, (and especially larger trout), is casting accuracy. Here it matches the NRX LP and the Recon. Winston gives us two new rods, the Winston Air and their beefy Alpha+. The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. Light Tippet Protection 20 points available. The best 4-weights are also excellent nymph fishing rods at shorter distances. Wouldn't it be a better general 5# rod choice than Pro3 with MF action ? This rod is absolutely the winner for our Best Buy (best inexpensive) 4-weight Rod. The epoxy coatings over the wraps are very good but a little heavy in spots, as around the feet of the guides. Orvis Helios 3D Fly Rod. 1 Review. $25 handling fee. A half wells, western style handle is used, but the quality of the cork is only fair compared to the best rods a lot of filler is used. This is T&Ts mid-priced rod, but if you take a look at the best mid-priced rods in our Shootout like the Shadow at $349, the Recon at $429 and the DXF at $349, the Zones performance doesnt match any of these rods. We actually cast two #4 line Pure rods- the 8 footer you see here and its 86 brother. Its slightly more refined than the 3D but maintains a smooth, powerful action. Im having trouble casting off the tip well and this is hurting the accuracy. Fly rod power and fly rod action help answer the question 'what kind of fishing is this fly rod best suited for?'. Then the dark green finish just sparkles. T&T designed this rod to cater to the widest range of anglers and its versatility shows through in its power and action levels. Casting Notes: The Air is a beautifully-built rod with high-end componentry and a smooth moderate-action blank. (tie) Sage X 86 #4 $900.00. And since it was such a soft rod, the lack of butt and mid-section power killed its score at 60 feet, especially if there was any wind. Power: 8/10 - Loomis built a ton of power into this rod so you can feel confident throwing streamers, nymph rigs, and dry flies at long distances. This rod is great for dry flies at long distances or small streamers. The guides start with a hook keeper on the butt, then a single SiC stripping guide, followed with hard chrome single foot guides that seem sturdy enough, but are not nearly as good (or as light) as the nickel/titanium single foot guides used on the NRX LP. Built for versatility, this is a stand-out rod in this price range. Site is running on IP address 64.91.249.91, host name cloudvpsserver.hosting.atekweb.com (Lansing United States) ping response time 17ms Good ping.. Last updated on 2023/02/26 Naturally, you must use a double haul and form good tight back cast loops to deliver accurate casts at these longer distances. As youll shortly read, our top rated rod, the Hardy Zephrus is $679.00, nearly two hundred dollars less than the next three rods, which are each close to $850.00. G. Loomis IMX PRO 86 #4 $495.00. Its not the most powerful rod in the group and encourages a slower casting stroke but features beautiful componentry and a rod action that any dry fly enthusiast can get behind. If you want to economize, look carefully at both the Hardy Shadow at $349.95 and the Orvis Recon at $429.00. The Helios 3 rods are available in both the D and F Series with the D series more designed for distance and power. In close, I could not cast off the tip of the Ultralite nearly as well as with the Zephrus. A dark green graphite insert is used that complements the color of the blank. The cork handle is a more conventional western style grip than found on their Radian, with a flare on the back to accept the black anodized single uplocking seat that utilizes a brown graphite insert. Performance at 60 feet: 9.0 points out of 10. The soft, slow action produces a delivery I noted as mushy. Now that we have dropped our Perfect 4 category, this category gives you our opinions on the best rods and how they stack up. This 86#4, however, is just too heavy and too stiff to perform well as a 4-weight. (tie) St. Croix IMPERIAL 86 #4 $270.00. The Cork handle is a full wells design that is slightly smaller where your thumb would rest, ahead of the swell in the middle of the handle. The big reason it didnt do better than middle of the pack was the action. That's a lot. And, if it does, help us by purchasing your next 5wt from us. We are just trying to call it like we see it, in an unbiased manner. $35 handling fee. The DXF was significantly better. Performance at 25 feet: 18.5 points out of 20. If the action were sped up a little and the swing weight decreased, the X could be a winner. I felt the best rods at long range were the Helios 3F and the Loomis Asquith, as well as the T&T Avantt and the Scott Radian. Below are all the 4-weight rods in the order they finished. Casting Notes: The Pulse is slightly more powerful than the Foundation with a rod taper thats a little more forgiving. Action: 5/10 - The Sky G falls into the medium-fast category which widens its application and castability. (tie) Scott G SERIES 84 #4 $845.00. Perhaps the best example here is our winner, the Hardy Zephrus. The wide single ring was easy to grip and tighten. Rods that are light in overall weight and swing weight, and ones that have softer tips, eliminate a lot of break offs caused by an inadvertent heavy-handed hook set. Another stiff rod, the Avantt, was slightly better. Accuracy is good, just not great. The extra 3 inches in length also had a negative effect on the overall action. Classic Trout. For guides, they use one SiC stripping guide followed with hard chrome snake guides that are thin and light on the tip sections. Light in hand but the stiffness in the tip is not giving me as much feel in close as the Zephrus, and the accuracy is not as good as the best rods. I look for rods that feel totally solid and track well. Action: 6/10 - The AETOS is a fast action rod but not as fast as rods like the BVK and others. There is a lot to like about the SKY though, and foremost is its appearance. I did not find that to be the case. The Shadow and Pure were far better. Some good alignment dots and lines are used. The accuracy suffers too. The spacer is not fancy burl or birdseye maple, but laminated wood as often seen on inexpensive rods. Better than the Sky but cant match the Shadow. Only the Loop Q was worse. Casting Notes: The NRX+ Freshwater Rod is an ultra-fast action rod made for big flies and technical scenarios. The skeleton uplocking seat is one of the most unusual Ive seen. A hook keeper is used along with a single chrome SiC stripping guide. The cork handle is a western style grip with a flare on the lower end to accept the uplocking seat, and a nice taper forward providing a very comfortable grip. There is no question that the craftsmanship is better on the very best rods, and with a few exceptions they do perform better than the less expensive rods. Casting Notes: Loomis new LP rod is built for delicacy and finesse. At $650 I expected it to do better. The blank is olive green with matching olive wraps that are trimmed in gold on the two lower sections. We like the looks of this new Mystic rod and the craftsmanship is better than we found on the Reaper X, but the price is a lot higher also. Power: 8.5/10 - Higher power levels make this rod a great choice in wind or large water. Performance at 40 feet: 20 points out of 20. Good, just not nearly as precise but the Zephrus and Pure. The lock rings were a little harder than most to grip and tighten. The wraps are brown with some amber trim. (tie) Douglas DXF 86 #4 $349.00. Nickel silver is used for the winding check and rear grip check as well as the hardware on the reel seat, which is a sliding band and one wide locking ring. The very light swing weight confirms this. Bottom Line: If youre looking for a rod design thats optimized for distance casting, versatility, and chucking double nymph rigs, the Crux is one of the best in its price range. Now I can really feel the heavy swing weight. Pros The guide set up starts with a hook keeper, then one relatively small SiC stripper, followed with good sized black hard chrome snake guides that are nice thin diameter wire. When Im fishing the spring creeks here near Livingston, the Railroad Ranch on the Henrys Fork of the Snake, as well as the flat water on the Bighorn or Missouri rivers, I reach for my favorite rod for this kind of technical fishing, an 8 foot #4. Ive helped many manufacturers like G. Loomis, Sage, Winston, Loop, Douglas, and Scott with their rod design process. Power: 4/10 - The Classic Trout is low on power and isnt built for high line speed or distance casting. If you have something about the right size and color, you can often force-feed a selective fish by making repeated accurate and delicate presentations that are right in the fishs window. There are not many situations when youll be fishing this far with your 4-weight, but Ive certainly had many situations, especially fishing dry flies on larger rivers, like the Missouri, where Ive had to throw it this long yet still get good accuracy and a delicate presentation in order to catch a nice fish. Rods with softer tips help you avoid break-offs like these. Next, holding the rod in a horizontally, we position the grip over the foam pellet so that the pellet is centered under the exact spot where you will most likely hold the rod with your hand. The epoxy coatings on the guides were good for the most part but a little too heavy on some guides. The 8 foot Pure had a much heavier swing weight, and would not be as much fun to false cast all day as this 8 footer. Does the tip of the rod load well enough in close to give you the feel and accuracy you need with little line or only the leader out of the guides? Performance at 60 feet: 7.0 points out of 10. This is the best way to examine the action of each rod the faster action rods have tips that bend more, with stiffer butt and mid sections, while the more medium action rods will have softer butt and mid sections and stiffer tips. The Galvan Torque reels have proven to be wonderful reels. A little better here but the DXF still puts it to shame. Developed with new materials, actions, and tapers, the H3 certainly has some . The best rods are not always the most expensive ones. It depends on how much I want to spend to not catch any more fish, LOL. The epoxy coatings are good but too heavy for my liking. The craftsmanship is second to none and it earns a perfect score along with the Winston Pure and T&T Avantt. Both the newWinston PUREandOrvis HELIOS 3F put in impressive performances, securing podium finishes. Now the stiffness is becoming an advantage, and Im getting some nice tight loops. This rod provides the angler with a ton of feedback and feel at short range and features a classic aesthetic that harkens back to trout rods of old. This 8 foot Pure is somewhat like the Zephrus in acti0n with a fairly strong butt and mid section and then a nice soft flexible tip. #8. The guides start out with two large SiC stripping guides, followed up with fairly large hard chrome snake guides and an oversize tip top. The thing that amazes me is how perfect the guide wrapping and epoxy coatings are, compared to other rods. Douglas uses a dark green anodized double ring uplocking seat, with an attractive brown wood burl insert. Power: 6.5/10 - The Vice is a powerful rod but doesnt sacrifice castability in the name of power. $998.00. $60 handling fee. We have fished all over the world in both fresh and saltwater for a variety of fish, and well be glad to answer all of your questions, to help you choose the perfect rod or outfit. The rings on the seat were fairly large and easy to tighten, giving a secure lock up. Performance at 40 feet: 19.3 points out of 20. Forty feet was definitely the sweet spot for this rod. Each rod is positioned at approximately a 45-degree angle, and then a lead weight of 3.9 oz. The reel seat is a single uplocking skeleton seat in anodized gray that has a very attractive burled wood insert. Here youll find our recommendations in three price ranges: The Ultimate Outfit, Mid Priced Outfit and Best Buy Outfit. Using a rod that will dramatically reduce the number of break-offs makes a lot of sense. The rings should be easy to grip and tighten. The guides start out with a small hook keeper, then a single SiC stripper, followed with black, hard chrome single-foot guides. Softer tips on these 4-weight rods almost always equated to better accuracy and more delicate presentations, especially at shorter distances. Action: 6.5/10 - A medium-fast action build creates a rod thats caster-friendly and can be used in a variety of angling scenarios. Loop Cross SX. Performance at 60 feet: 9.3 points out of 10. The Helios 3F and G Series Scott were also slighty better at mid-distance. We knew it would be good when the Pure won an award for the Best New Freshwater Rod at the 2018 IFTD show in July. Cortland MKII Euro Nymph Rod. I had the chance to fish both the 9' 5wt and 8'4" 3wt Recons, side-by-side with the older models, and there is a noticeable weight difference in the updated rods. Guides start with a hook keeper and then one SiC stripper, followed with fairly thin diameter black hard chrome snake guides. Heavy in hand! Nothing beats this rod at 40 feet. It was very light in swing weight, and quite accurate in close, but it just didnt have much feel in close like the best rods. Reel seats should lock up easily and hold firmly, without having any tendency to come loose. Mystic Reaper X 86 #4 $299.00. The cork handle is Winstons cigar grip, like the Pure, with the center swell a little forward of the center of the grip and a flare on the bottom end. Hardys half wells cork handle is used, similar to the Zephrus. In Livingston we usually have plenty of wind, so we had to wait until we got some fairly calm days, to do the casting. Add into the mix the Scott Radian and G-Series, the T&T Avantt, the Sage X, as well as the G. Loomis NRX LP and Asquith, and you have a full array of the best 4-weight rods on the market. Performance at 25 feet: 16.5 points out of 20. To improve on the previous Zenith, which won our original 4-weight Shootout, Howard gave the Zephrus a slightly stronger butt and mid section as well as a softer tip. On the deflection board, the Zephrus had a stiffer butt and mid section and the tip bent a little more, so it is slightly faster in action than the Shadow. It tracks well and I was getting very nice loops and good control, especially at mid to longer distances. To read each staff members casting notes and performance finishing order, please click on their photo above. Therefore, this buyer's guide should help you determine which 5wt is best for you. R.L. The JXP is also very stiff. The reel seat is an uplocking black anodized skeleton seat with a dark gray graphite insert, (pretty plain looking but it works well). I wish there was a hook keeper, which I find very useful on light rods, but there is none. Scott Sector Fly Rod. $60 handling fee. We have awarded scores emphasizing the lowest repair charges and the quickest repair turn around. The feel is perhaps not quite as good, but the accuracy is excellent. The insert is a gorgeous piece of bamboo, sourced from the same company that uses it for Lexus steering wheels. Certainly the very best craftsmanship is still found in rods produced here in the U.S. We gave perfect scores to the R.L Winston Pure, the Thomas and Thomas Avantt, and the Loomis Asquith. We have found that the Asquith rods are terrific rods in the heavier line sizes from 6-weight right up through 12-weight. 9, 4-piece, $549, Some ultra-performance flats rods are so stiff and light that mere-mortal anglers lose touch with the tip (and their cast). Rating: 91%. Action: 5.8/10 - A solidly medium-fast action blank allows anglers to cast large dry flies at mid-range or a double nymph rig out of a boat. #22. Casting Notes: Distance and power are the name of the game with the Helios 3D. The 79 rod has a nice medium fast action, while this 8 9 model is far slower much more of a medium action rod. Out at long range it performed extremely well and was one of the very best, pretty much being equal to the Helios 3F and Avantt. This rod has a stiff butt and mid-section for increased line speed and best-in-class power. First, it is very light in swing weight and the fast action is a lot like the Zephrus in that it has a stronger butt and much softer tip than most of the other rods. The Douglas Sky was both heavier and stiffer, and didnt perform as well, except out long at 60 feet. Both offer terrific performance at half the price of the best rods in our Shootout. . For 4-weight rods, when you are fishing at shorter distances, (most of the time), it is particularly important that leaders turn over well. Also, by having 8-10 rods set up, 2-3 testers can simultaneously do the casting. Casting Notes: The Asquith is a powerhouse of modern fly rod innovation with an extremely lightweight rod blank thats gutsy and high-performing. The epoxy coatings on the guides are top notch. The rest of the guides are their terrific nickel/titanium single foot guides that are light and flexible but will never break. Nothing Ive cast yet is better in terms of feel and accuracy from in close right out to 40 feet. The length and model on each rod section is inscribed as on the K2. We have liked the Mystic Reaper that has done well in some of our early 5-weight Shootouts. Certainly the Aetos wins points in the price category, but the biggest reason is its performance. First we try to determine what we felt were the best performing rods. Sometimes the whole rod is replaced. Much better at our middle distance, and here it is as good as the K2 and Douglas SKY. Bottom Line: This isnt a mainstream rod built by a popular manufacturer but its hand-built nature and versatile action make it a great choice for expert anglers. The G. Loomis Asquith rods are designed here in the U.S. but the blanks are rolled in Japan and then the rod is completed here in the U.S. There are dozens of 5wt rods on the market at a variety of price-points and each rod offers something different to every angler. Rather than give us their beautiful nickel silver uplocking seat with a fancy wood spacer of birdseye maple as on the Pure, the Nimbus uses a silver anodized uplocking aluminum skeleton seat with one wide ring and sliding band. The heavy swing weight hurt, and I wasnt getting the kind of feel or accuracy I got with the G Series Scott or the Orvis Helios 3F. For the lighter rods, we used their Amplitude Smooth Trout. But is that high priced rod really $400-$600 better? A darker composite cork ring is used on the bottom of the grip that is flared out to accept the uplocking seat. Orvis has totally revamped the Recon series and this is a much different (and better) rod than the original Recon 8-weight. However, as youll see in the Performance Only scores, it finished much higher in 12thplace. Line Recommendation: Scientific Anglers Amplitude MPX Fly Line. The shorter rod is nice and light, and faster in action than its longer brother. Build quality. Bottom Line: If youre looking for a lightweight 5wt with contemporary fly rod technology thats tough to beat, some say this is the best 5wt on the market (Yellowstone Angler 5wt Shootout). Still, I felt it could be our 4-weight winner until I finished casting the Ultralite heads up with the winner, the Zephrus. I liked the use of alignment dots. The epoxy coatings are excellent as is the overall craftsmanship, which we have come to expect from Scott. Scott feels that this gives the rod a smoother one-piece type action, and I agree as this is a very smooth casting rod that gives me a lot of feel at short to mid distances. Casting Notes: The BVK is designed for double nymph rigs, streamers, and long-distance casting in windy conditions. 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