I hated the thought of the travel series. All those joints adding
weight to the fly rod and ruining the action. So what
if a fly rod tube looks like a missile launcher, surely
the stewardess will understand. So anyway… like a good
soldier I did what I was told. I took the wonderful tapers
that we used to make our guide series. I pleaded with
my composite engineer to make it out of IM8 graphite.
I measured my over head luggage and brief cases, as it
could not be a travel rod if you could not board the
plane with it. And in the end I came up with 7 piece
construction. When it was done and ready for field testing,
again like a good soldier I fished it hard. In the end
I had caught my biggest steelhead ever and the prototypes
all vanished like thin air. Some of the rods were gone
on a trophy bonefish expedition another went to a world
traveler and so on. The truth is you can not tell they
are seven piece rods. The IM8 graphite and titanium eyes
made the rods light, the fabulous tapers from our Guide
Series made the rods excellent to cast and the seven
piece construction made the rods easily stowable. In
fact, I lost the first one in my pick up truck. How can
any one lose a 9'0", 8wt rod in a pick up truck? These
rods will be available in the US in the 5wt and 8wt by
the end of May and in the 5wt, 6wt and 8wt sizes in the
UK in early June. All rods are 9' long and will come
with a sock and tube.
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