Interested in how the ‘top’ five weight rods in the country match up? VERY surprising stuff.
http://www.yellowstoneangler.com/FlyRodComparisonAlbrightG.LoomisOrvisSageScottTempleForkThomasThomasTomMorganRodsmithsR.L.Winstonrodtesting.asp
George Anderson and staff have been doing this sort of thing for a while now, and they seem to have a system. I’ll bet you are surprised too.
Hugs.
LF
i think one has to remember that article is probably 4 plus years old and may not represent todays technology of fly rods
from the website “X-mas 2006 (5 weight shootout)”
I can easily think of five bamboo rods I’d prefer over any of these, 2006 or any date.
That’s just me and my opinion.
I’ve got a $85.00 Cabela’s graphite rod I bought around 1970 that I would put up against any of these in a casting and fishing contest. Again, just me. Haven’t fished it for about 25 years now.
Bob
I may have missed something, the date on this article is Thursday, July 22, 2010. The Albright rod he mentions is brand new.
I also wondered about that, but the Orvis Zero Gravity was replaced by the Helios several years ago and isn’t even produced anymore. Maybe the date on the article is actually the current date? We’ll see if it changes tomorrow.
Today it says Friday, July 23, 2010 at the top. It changes every day.
I read the article at least 3 years ago. There was a big outrage on the Winston forum over the piece.
the date on EVERY article was july 22, 2010 (yesterday)
i believe that date was for the website
the albright A5 has been out for a few years now
the A5 has also been given a new name http://www.albrightflyfish.com/fly-rods/a-5-ns-fly-rods-new.html
Old news is good news as they say. I’ve had the review bookmarked for a couple of years now and I value George’s opinion. I would certainly buy the A-5 if I was in the market. I did drew-el over the Albright sale this spring but I congratulate myself for not spending the unnecessary cash on stuff I really didn’t need.
1970 seems early for a graphite rod. I thought I purchased one of the first produced in 1974. In the interest of history please correct me if I’m wrong.
Maybe I’m missing something but when I read the article it shaped up how I would have guessed. In the final results the order is Sage Z-axis, Loomis-GLX, Tom Morgan, Scott G2, Winston BIIx, and then the Albright A-5. I guess having the Orvis rod score 9th is a little bit of a surprise, but then again I’m not the biggest orvis fan.
Just my thoughts
Clint
I’m sure you’re correct Hairwing.
I’m getting so old now I’m lucky to hit the correct decade!
Bob