Hi,
I’m thinking of getting an Orvis 7 piece travel rod, 5 wt, tip flex. I love my 5 wt mid flex, 4 piece. Why? Easier to store in the RV. So, thoughts on 7 versus 4 piece, tip versus mid flex. I will certainly, if the rod does not sell, to test cast, but that is at least 2 days away. Fire away with thoughts!!
Thanks,
Mike
The two will cast a lot differently from each other. With the tip flex, you will likely not “feel” the rod load like you may be doing with the mid flex now. Your casting skill level will enter into the enjoyment you get from the tip flex, too. Faster tip flex rods are great for precision at distance but require a skill level that most of us do not have to be consistant with. The slower rods are more forgiving of the average angler’s mistakes and are therefore more fun to fish.
As for the 7 vs. 4 pieces, the 7 pc will take longer to rig up which means less time fishing. :lol:
Mike
Why not posting your question on the Orvis face book page? Tom Rosenbauer or someone there will answer your question.
It takes me only a few seconds more to assemble my 7-piece. The case is 18" long, versus 26" for a 4-piece. That’s not a big difference, but it can be an important one in some storage and transport situations.
Facebook!! Man, I have enough trouble looking at this face in the mirror! Good idea but I have resisted it. I appreciate kbproctor’ input, kind of my thoughts too.
Keep the thoughts coming!!
Thanks all,
Mike
All things being equal, a 7-piece rod will be stiffer than a 4-piece rod, so I think your new fly rod will be a lot stiffer than you’re used to. For nymphing and small stream fishing, I prefer a mid-flex rod.
Randy
Of course you do not say what the length of the rod is, I’m assuming for a travel rod it 's an 8 footer.
The problem with a multi piece rod is that it’s a PIA to assemble and dis-assemble. I should think your present 4-piece, especially since your pleased with it, and your toting it around in an RV, would be the ideal. If you were jumping on airplanes and wanting to carry it with you, I could see where the 7 pieces might be the way to go.
Not necessarily. I can get mid flex 7pc blanks. The one he is looking at is stiffer being a tip flex. My 9ft 5pc 5w Matrix is a medium action which is much slower than most blanks these days.
In a similar vein, I own a number of Orvis rods, all two-piece. The four-piece Orvis rods I have purchased in the past have all snapped right at the ferrule - the first day of fishing.
It’s now been about five or six years since my last rod purchase from Orvis or anybody else. According to members on this board and others, this was a not uncommon occurence then. Has this problem been fixed?
Hi Mike,
Thinking outside the box, my only reason to own an RV, would be to spend even more time streamside.
There must be something else onboard that can go ( the badminton gear, the kids big wheel, the salad shooter, her rock / pine cone collection, that emergency collapsible water bottle, the solar powered donut / bread machine, the ping pong table, the sixty inch wide screen T.V., the toboggan, the boogie board…) , to make room for a half dozen more 2 and 4 piece fly rods.
They’re even making one piece fly rods again…Maybe a nine foot long section of six inch PVC pipe with end caps, secured along the roof line.
Gearin’ Up, Dave
[QUOTE=Dave E;431204]Hi Mike,
the solar powered donut / bread machine,
What!!! Give up the donoughts!!! Heavens!! 
Did spot a 6 piece TFO 6 wt Pro for $100 at a close out store. Hmmmm, could be better! Of course, we ALL need more excuses to buy more rods!!
Thanks,
Mike