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Apr 17, 2014 19:07:36 GMT
Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2014 19:07:36 GMT
It is at least three weeks since I bought a new rod and was getting withdrawal symptoms. Having tried one of these in March at our Assessment Weekend at Cockermouth I just had to get hold of one as they are absolutely fantastic to cast with. I know, I know most will find the ethafoam handle a bit of a harem scarem. The thing is though it is a fantastic rod. www.silversalmon.co.uk
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Apr 17, 2014 19:20:55 GMT
Post by allysshrimp on Apr 17, 2014 19:20:55 GMT
Does it come with a guid pair o shades Geoff
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Apr 17, 2014 19:21:39 GMT
Post by G Ritchie on Apr 17, 2014 19:21:39 GMT
Are they quite tippy or deep loading like some of the more recent Vision rods?
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Apr 17, 2014 19:47:49 GMT
Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2014 19:47:49 GMT
They are about a zillion miles away from the GT4 Catapult. It would however be a little bit premature of me to start offering an in depth review of a rod just yet. I will be taking it out tomorrow for a full series of rod trials on the Lower Eden and will post a full report tomorrow night. www.silversalmon.co.uk
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Post by devronmac on Apr 17, 2014 22:51:10 GMT
How many rods you got now Geoff ?
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Apr 18, 2014 20:29:29 GMT
Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2014 20:29:29 GMT
Does it come with a guid pair o shades Geoff Bill I need a guid pair o shades to go on my heid. What say ye? How many rods you got now Geoff ? Mel I honestly do not know any more but It is certainly more than 3. It gives me strong migraine type headaches to think about it. Are they quite tippy or deep loading like some of the more recent Vision rods? After fishing all day with a 13ft Loomis Stinger in low water and bright and very hot sunshine I set the Vision Tool up and the river keeper on one of my club waters and I put the rod through a series of challenges. Appearance wise it is one of those Marmite type affairs. For my own part I feel that cosmetically it is very cutting edge. An ultra skinny blank and a very very thin front and back grip section and yes of course the much quoted ethafoam sponge. I set the rod up initially with a Vector Ballistic Spey Line rated at 9/10 650gr and 63ft long. Upon sweeping the rod around to form an anchor and then a V loop the sense of feeling transmitted through the foam was like no rod I have ever cast before. The loop formed very readily indeed and with the merest hint of a tap with the bottom hand the whole line absolutely energised and carried forward with absolutely no effort. It sounds quite bonkers but upon making some subtle and some not so subtle changes to my casting style the rod seemed to adapt itself to these changes and compensate. I would not in any way describe the rod as tip actioned as it flexes all the way down the blank. I think most of you would agree that this would not appear to be set up then to make efficient casts with shooting heads. Upon replacing the Spey line with a 38g floating shooting head and a 10ft long fast sinking Versileader the rod cast the head with consummate ease and with some extremely tight loops. The same went for full sinking heads. Once again as the keeper and I started playing silly casting games the rod seemed to adapt itself to deliberate changes in casting style. Most of you are familiar with my unquenchable thirst for buying rods which is of course expensive, very expensive indeed. I honestly thought that rod technology had reached its peak and the stage must be fast approaching whereby there is nowhere left to go with rod design. I feel that this rod is the next generation and there is plenty left to do which frightens me because I need to stop spending money on fishing tackle I hasten to add at this stage that although I recently qualified as a salmon fishing instructor I have absolutely no commercial ties or financial interests with Vision Fishing or Guide Fly Fishing their UK Agents www.silversalmon.co.uk
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Apr 18, 2014 20:47:02 GMT
Post by G Ritchie on Apr 18, 2014 20:47:02 GMT
Sounds interesting, I will have to try and get a cast of one. I guess the handle will put some off, it reminds me of my first fly rod, a fibreglass Milbro, bought in the 1970's, but it may prove to be more durable than a lot of the cork handles on many of the more recent rods. Personally I would go with function over looks every time with a fly rod.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2014 19:39:18 GMT
I took a venture out this afternoon to my beloved River Lune which was in desperately low water and bloody gale force winds where my beloved wife (NOT!!!!) was kind enough to shoot some video of the new stick in action. Here are a couple of clips utilising a Vector Ballistic Spey line 650gr 65ft long and another clip with a Rio AFS 38g floating shooting head. I am not making excuses but the very low water and very high downstream winds did not make good for particularly big directional change casts shooting line. Please believe me however the rod shoots line for Smarties Clip 1:Clip 2: Clip 3:www.silversalmon.co.uk
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Post by lunesman on Apr 21, 2014 20:54:00 GMT
You know how to give a girl a good day out, you old smoothie .;D
Sent from my GT-I9100 using proboards
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Apr 22, 2014 9:32:21 GMT
Post by devronmac on Apr 22, 2014 9:32:21 GMT
She's good with the camera ! A bit of showing off there Geoff. I think you need the Lune to be about 50 yards wider. What happened to the good old left hand up double spey ?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2014 16:47:08 GMT
She's good with the camera ! A bit of showing off there Geoff. I think you need the Lune to be about 50 yards wider. What happened to the good old left hand up double spey ? Be careful what you wish for Mel baby, you just might get it www.silversalmon.co.uk
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Apr 22, 2014 17:49:36 GMT
Post by devronmac on Apr 22, 2014 17:49:36 GMT
That's the one. A lot less work in a dowstream wind.
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Apr 22, 2014 18:01:43 GMT
Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2014 18:01:43 GMT
That's the one. A lot less work in a dowstream wind. I wouldn't necessarily agree. Certainly it is an iron clad cast in a downstream wind particularly if you have a sinking front end or heavy gear or both. The Snake Roll however when preceded by a roll cast to bring your sunken treasure to the surface is quick and can be most elegant even from a ham fisted thumper like yours truly www.silversalmon.co.uk
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Apr 22, 2014 18:10:37 GMT
Post by devronmac on Apr 22, 2014 18:10:37 GMT
I'm really impressed that you went back down to the river to do that additional demo video. You even managed to arrange a strong dowstream wind again. Each to their own I suppose.I like to keep it simple.
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Post by davidturtle on Apr 23, 2014 22:09:43 GMT
The snake roll is a pleasant and easy cast to do with either hand when the conditions are right and makes a change from the double spey but really comes into its own when fishing from a boat. Not so easy if you are hard against a bank with whin bushes!
David
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Apr 24, 2014 6:19:33 GMT
Post by allysshrimp on Apr 24, 2014 6:19:33 GMT
Nice wee Video's Geoff, thanks for posting sir.
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