Five or so years ago some fishing buddies of mine noted, with much humor and candor, that my dawn to dusk overhand casting deteriorated throughout the day, even with a light rod and line. Casting a 9 weight overhand for Steelhead may be a passion when your are young, but it becomes a labor when you are older. I resisted the spey and switch revolution, maintaining my traditionalist spirit as an overhead caster for years. I wish the age induced tinnitus in my ears was simply the soft click of that medalist reel, and all would be right with the world! My father gave me my first fiberglass fly rod when I was 8 years old with a Pfuleger Medalist reel. I have bought and built flyrods and tied flies most of my life. I love fly fishing rods, reels and flies. In my case it was a Christmas Gift from my wife. It is very light! My 9 wt is much lighter than the 7 wt Deer Creek. It needs some experience in casting and care. To sum up, the Deer Creek are strong rods that take a beating and are easy learning tools that will also keep faith as a caster progresses. I only need to shoot 30′ with this to fish my primary rivers and this is effortless. It works well with RIO switch 8/9 but, I usually run RIO Versa Scandi Short 8. This is a progressive rod with a sensitive tip. My favorite is a Meiser 11’7″ Highlander 6/7/8 wt. This makes for some deep D loops so, watch 6.
#Orvis helios 2 switch rod 5wt review full#
Both rods easily cast the full transition section so, you have a 55 foot head out before needing to shoot. The 8 needs the 8/9 (the 7/8 doesn’t fully load the rod). The 7 requires the 7/8 (won’t load with the 6/7). I’ve cast Skagit on the 8 but most of my use of these rods is with RIO switch lines. The 7 wt seems more refined and accurate and, is more pleasant for a full day of dancing. I find a definite difference between the 2. They seem to be tolerant to wider grain wts. They have a progressive character and load into the grips. I’ve taught my wife and 2 grandkids to spey cast with the 7 wt. Easy rods to use and, seem to be bullet proof.
7wt for steelhead and 8wt for kings & steelhead. Easy to break but, Orvis fixed it 2 times. Pretty and refined but, I always treat it carefully. Called Steve Godshall and defined my fishing & casting styles and he made 2 lines for me. Tried a number of lines and always thought it a dud. I’ve learned to rely on scandi and long-belly switch lines.ĩwt Helios 2, hardest rod to line for me. Rivers I fish for kings, cohos and steelhead don’t need Skagit lines as I usually toss smaller flies in shallow rivers. I highly recommend trying out the T&T Switch Rods. We have swung big streamers and nymph-indicator rigs without any problems. We also picked MOW tips, Poly tips and the Airflo Tactical Compact Scandi Shooting head and Loop Custom’s. We picked up the Rio Switch Line (now called the In-Touch Switch Line) that came out at the same time. We have over 74 rods, 50 different lines in our collection (I build rods and enjoy collecting anything fishing) and this rod has been great with every line within the grain window which is wide compared to a lot of our other rods. It seems to work well all around and I can make farther casts with that Switch rod than I can with any of our 14 Spey rods. My wife has a slower delicate style casting stroke and I have a more aggressive (beating a bear with a baseball bat) aka stuck in Saltwater surfcasting mode cast lol. Their Switch Rods seem to cast any and all of our lines and is a dream to cast. They were just getting them ready to start shipping them out and we’re nice enough to sell us a pair of them early. So he stopped by to say hi and had it with him because he was doing a review of the rod. The gentleman was a friend of our relative who is a well known guide up there. My wife and I picked up a pair of Thomas & Thomas SW1008-4 (10’ 8wt) Switch Rods from T&T’s shop after getting the chance to try one out on the Salmon River in Pulaski NY.
What’s your favorite switch rod/rods of all time and why?.We also know that asking for your favorite, is a bit of a loaded question. They’re versatile, effective, and just down right fun to play with, but there are tons of options out there! We’ve used them for everything from grayling to king salmon, and have even swung flies for tarpon (but we’ll be the first to admit that was a bit of an uphill battle). And so do your fellow readers! So, without further ado, today’s poll topic is Switch Rods! What’s Your Favorite Switch Rod We love hearing from you, our readers, about your gear of choice. That’s too long, so today it’s poll time!
It’s been a while since we’ve ran a poll on the Deneki blog.
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