![]() The rod casts very smooth (I strung up a reel with a Sage Quiet DT #3 line) as could be expected of a fiber glass rod. The shorter grip and the slightly shorter up lock reel seat keeps the proportions nicely compact. The pea color blank reminds us of the Golden Eagle glass rods (blanks by the way made by now defunct Phillipson rod company) Orvis sold during the 1970’s. Functional and typical of Orvis as I know. I received the rod (7ft #3) about a month ago. This little rod is a gem and maybe a sign of even better things to come.Ĭome fish with us in the Bahamas! Louis Cahill Gink & Gasoline Sign Up For Our Weekly Newsletter! I’m truly impressed with the direction Orvis is taking. It’s been a few years since a rod impressed me like the Orvis Superfine Glass. Tom Rosenbauer put one to the test in Orvis’s industrial rod breaker and I was shocked at what it took to break the Superfine. The reel seat is cork with delicate up-locking hardware and the grip is a half wells. It’s finished in a good looking olive with dark brown wraps. The Superfine glass is available in 7′ 3wt, 7’6″ 4wt and 8′ 5wt. It’s all around a veritable, precision fly fishing machine. The slow pace of the cast makes reach casting a dream and the deep bend of the rod means great roll casting. It drops a fly as soft as a whisper and has surprising range. When the bugs do come out the Superfine can not be matched for delicate dry fly presentation. Now I get the fun of fishing fiberglass on those days too. I fish a lot of small streams in the colder months and a 7 1/2′ 4wt is perfect. That means the Superfine Glass is a year-round rod. Enough ass to throw a tandem nymph rig with split shot and a Thingamabobber. This little gem has all the feel and delicacy of presentation that I expect in a great fiberglass rod, and something I didn’t. ![]() I’ve spent most of the colder months fishing my new Orvis 7’6″ 4 weight, Superfine Glass. Though they may be pure bliss with a dry fly, they can leave you a little under-gunned when old man winter demands a little weight. The problem is, a lot of fiberglass rods don’t come out of the tube until summer arrives. The pace and the feel of the rod just puts me in a good mood. I can not be tense or angry or anxious with a glass rod in my hand. It’s as if all of my stress is just absorbed by the material. I love the feel of fiberglass rods for trout fishing. Photo by Louis Cahill Warning: Fiberglass is highly addictive.
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