Someone is giving me either an 8’ or 8’6" Trout Bum Fly Rod and was just wondering what some of you had to say about them
I have the RED 7’ four weight that was the first called the Trout Bum. It is a four piece full flex. I will NEVER get rid of this rod.
Well, that’s good to here. Any idea when they were introduced and then stopped manuf. Are they glass/graphite what weights were they made in ect…
Back in about 2003 (give or take) is the time I think this rod called “The Trout Bum” was introduced. It was in the Superfine Family and I have the RED Far and Fine as well.
The cool thing about it was the fact it was a four piece 7 footer. It fits in a back pack. They are Graphite. Orvis hasn’t made a glass rod for years, but that would be way cool if they did.
The red/burgundy Trout Bum rod is one of the rods from an older Superfine series. That was the last series that they ‘named’ the rods. (Trout Bum, Tippet, Ultrafine, Flea, Far&Fine, Trout, Henry’s Fork, One Ounce, Tight Loop, etc)
After that, they called the Superfine series, ‘Superfine Trout Bum’. They used newer technology in the blanks. So that was the end of the loved Far&Fine, among others. The blanks were no longer finished in the burgundy red color, but a darker olive. I read that the tapers were different also. I think the change was somewhere around 2006.
I should have more information at home on these.
Brian
Sounds about right. There was also the Flea, Henry’s Fork, and Far and Fine before the red. The unfinished grey. In fact the two piece Far and Fine were not an even two piece. I have one of those as well plus the One Ounce 7 foot 4 weight with the two rinds for the reel seat. And now with newer technology yet, the new Touch.
They are suppose to be the lightest yet, but I have no idea as the Trout Bum I have weighs 2 1/8 oz. The new Touch 4 pc 7’ four weight is the same???
I almost bout the 7-11 in red but there was something about it I didn’t like back then. Now I think I would love it, as I am using a lot of full flex 8’ers.
Would love to see that! It would be interesting to see whose blanks they would use or if (gasp) they might devise their own tapers and roll their own??
Nah!!
Just U.S. made, that is all I would ask 
Scott,
I looked around a bit and I didn’t find my Orvis catalog that has that rod series in it. I know that the technology in those rods made them supposedly lighter and stronger with better impregnation resins in the graphite. From reviews I’ve read, they were faster then their older Superfine counterparts.
As far as the older two series of Superfines before that (the burgundy Superfines, and the older, gray unsanded blank Superfines), many of them shared the same taper, etc. Joni pointed out that they Far&Fine on the older model had unequal length pieces, while the burgundy series had same length pieces. Orvis added some models to the Superfine series as years went on. The Flea model was in the original Superfine series, but wasn’t added to the burgundy series until almost the time that they stopped making the series.
I’ll keep looking around and see if I can dig up that catalog. It may be downstairs with my tying stuff.
Brian
Thanks All. The rod went in the mail today and will tell you about it when it comes and post some pictures.