A personal rod I decided to rebuild recently.
The TCR was Jerry Siems ultrafast series back in 2002 that I consider one of his greatest rod designs. Also a rod that was quite controversial, marketed as only for expert casters. I do not consider this to be true, and it is more of a rod that needs a bit more casting work in order to learn how it works. You should learn how to cast afterall no matter what rod you are casting.
Despite what some folks say, it is not quite a broomstick in the hands of a skilled caster and paired with the right line. It still has a usable 5wt. tip for casting in closer range but lot of power down the butt for big fish, casting into the wind and reaching out on the other side of a river with a hopper or a streamer if you need it.
For picking up lots of line off the water and shooting long distances with a long bellied line like a Barrio GT125 is what this rod is best at. In lakes, this thing excels with sinking lines. And with some newer fly line designs for single spey casting works pretty good as well.
I remember when I first got my hands on it about 15years ago...we paired it up with a Wullf TT wf6 line and damn it could cast! I still consider that line one of the best line picks on this rod.
I decided to give it some magic wand and revamp it. Because I have small hands, I have always struggled with the huge factory western grip it had so I decided to do a 6.5" snub-nose half wells grip and also shaved about 15-20grams from the total weight by adding this gorgeous REC aluminium reel seat that looks pretty close to the original if not better.
The rusty red wraps with Sage gold signature wraps are simply beautiful on the chilly pepper red blank.
A special Sage rod all the way. Thanks for looking!
The TCR was Jerry Siems ultrafast series back in 2002 that I consider one of his greatest rod designs. Also a rod that was quite controversial, marketed as only for expert casters. I do not consider this to be true, and it is more of a rod that needs a bit more casting work in order to learn how it works. You should learn how to cast afterall no matter what rod you are casting.
Despite what some folks say, it is not quite a broomstick in the hands of a skilled caster and paired with the right line. It still has a usable 5wt. tip for casting in closer range but lot of power down the butt for big fish, casting into the wind and reaching out on the other side of a river with a hopper or a streamer if you need it.
For picking up lots of line off the water and shooting long distances with a long bellied line like a Barrio GT125 is what this rod is best at. In lakes, this thing excels with sinking lines. And with some newer fly line designs for single spey casting works pretty good as well.
I remember when I first got my hands on it about 15years ago...we paired it up with a Wullf TT wf6 line and damn it could cast! I still consider that line one of the best line picks on this rod.
I decided to give it some magic wand and revamp it. Because I have small hands, I have always struggled with the huge factory western grip it had so I decided to do a 6.5" snub-nose half wells grip and also shaved about 15-20grams from the total weight by adding this gorgeous REC aluminium reel seat that looks pretty close to the original if not better.
The rusty red wraps with Sage gold signature wraps are simply beautiful on the chilly pepper red blank.
A special Sage rod all the way. Thanks for looking!
