2 Weight Fly Rod Shootout

Anglers use 5 weight fly rods not just for trout but also for bass bluegills perch whitefish carp and even catfish.

2 weight fly rod shootout. Ern 2 0 2 9 2 weight. An ern of 2 5 is dead on for a standard 2wt line. Click on the picture to be taken to the review of this fly rod. 2018 european style nymphing fly rod shootout and fly rod review.

Ern 3 0 3 9 3 weight. To read each staff memeber s casting notes and performance finishing order please click on their photo above. With all the great new rods on the. A new format for our 5 weight shootout.

If there s one thing that orvis gets it s that lighter weight rods are better. Normally we wouldn t do two shootouts in the same year but after seeing how well the nrx rod did winning our 2020 5 weight shootout we were excited to see how the nrx 8 weight would compare to our 2018 8 weight shootout winner the g. In our 2018 8 weight shootout the q finished in the middle of the pack but the 8 weight had a swing weight that was pretty good while here as a 4 weight the swing weight was one of the worst. The recon doesn t disappoint.

3 weight fly rods will make fighting these fish feel like you re fighting a 20 inch fish on your 5 weight. When choosing the perfect 3 wt fly rod you ll likely be looking at a price that s best for you as well as the length and the quality of the build in the list below i ll include all of this valuable information plus some pros and cons for each rod. 2018 8 weight fly rod shootout by george and james anderson with comments by the yellowstone angler staff note the final results and performance charts on this page are george s figures. 5 weight fly rods have become the single quiver rod for many freshwater anglers.

A 2 9 rating would make the rod a heavy 2wt or very light 3wt. It s the lightest rod in the test by every measure though it is 6 shorter than the sage. In picking the best 6 weight rods it was hard to overlook the scott meridian especially when this rod won our latest 8 weight shootout. Ern 1 0 1 9 1 weight.

In these situations you ll be using roll casts bow and arrow casts high sticking dapping and any other method you can utilize to get your fly to the fish. New 8 weight rods to test. These techniques don t require heavy rod weights to make the casts. 5 best 3 weight fly rods 2020.

A 2 0 rating would make the rod a light 2wt or heavy 1wt. Since this is a 2wt shootout we ll use the 2wt range of numbers to explain the ern more clearly. Lefty kreh signature series rods offer astounding performance from a medium fast action rod. The radian is perhaps better suited to trout fishing for most people but this new meridian is lighter and more powerful at long range.

6 2 piece msrp 109 95 aa 65 ern 2 67.