fly rod

[fflutterffly]

Who makes a 10' 3wt?

[tie2fish]

The Grey's Streamflex (Hardy) gets a lot of praise from users and it's not terribly expensive.

[michaelgmcgraw]

All the big name & mid priced outfits do now.( 10ft rods )

[willowhead]

Ariel.....Misa has this way cool 10 ft. 3 wt. It's actually two rods in one.....i think it's a total of 5 pieces, with two different butts.........somethin' like that. i can't remember exactly. email Misa [email protected] and ask her.......... Set up one way, i think it am 8 & and half ft. 4 piece 4 wt., and the other way it's a 10 ft. 5 piece 3 wt., or some dang thing. She'll tell you........put my name in the subject line, and i tell her to look for that.............it's made by TFO. She's had a deal with them for up to 3 rods a year at a rediculas savings, for a while now. So every 6 months or whatever it is.....here comes "somethin'." i got a real nice switch rod outta the deal last year. TFO is a really nice bunch a folks....... i mean they treat the customer very well.

[fflutterffly]

Will do. Thanks. Yes TFO is a great company. I've got several of their rods in my stable. Hey I just picked up a new 4wt TroutBum (story behind how I lost my first one..someday.) and an Orvis TLS 5wt for Karen. Still have not received my 10-4wt Allen, but I'm sure it will arrive the day I head for the river. Not to Misa on it's way.

[William Anderson]

The Grey's Streamflex (Hardy) gets a lot of praise from users and it's not terribly expensive.

Ariel, if I could put any amount of money toward a rod, I would still pick up the Grey's Streamflex 10' 3wt. I am more pleased with that rod than my scott g series. Wait. What? Really? Yeah, I really like it that much.

w

[fflutterffly]

Great input. Let me see. This week I already purchased a 104 Allen, 904 orvis TLS, 804 Troutbum, a new Iphone, received a $200.00 power bill. Yeah one more rod won't hurt me. Thanks for the advice.

[letumgo]

LOL!!

That's the spirit!!!

[fflutterffly]

If anyone has one they want to sell used...just let me know and I'll print up more $$$ or grab it from the tree in the back.

[skunkaroo]

I can pipe in here as I own 3 10' 3 wt rods...

IMHO The best value for money is the Grey's Streamflex (around $300). The 10' 3wt is easy to cast and while it theoretically isn't geared towards dry presentations I haven't had any issues casting long DT or WF lines. It's action is less "tippy" than most of the rods in this size range which are normally (or at least have been to this point) geared more towards European nymphing styles. The Streamflex has more flex through it's mid section and as a result gives more sensitivity than many of the rods in this class.

I haven't tried the Streamflex X2 (?) which in a 9'6" configuration expandable to 10' with a little 6" section stored in reel seat. Sold as a dry/nymphing rod it looks intriguing. The best of both worlds?--I don't know. Time will tell.

Rods I would pass on include the 10' 3/4 Snowbee Diamondback which for all intents and purposes casts like a stiff 5 wt (good beach rod for sea fishing), and the 10' 6" Echo Shadow PE which is really a nymphing only rod being very flexible in the tip portion and stiff through the mid and butt sections.

If you're made of money you might want to look at the Sage and GLoomis offerings in the 10' 3wt configuration. I really like the GLoomis Czech nymphing rod. While it's ostensibly for nymphing, it is a real joy to cast and fish over a range of conditions (it should be for the price though LOL!).

Aaron