This is a word the second guy mentioned in his report! If a rod is at all "stiff" I will know in just a couple test cast. and yes I do think having to have a rod that flexes or has a lot of feel is a handy-cap when looking at fast rods. but now I think I will have to drive across town to test the helio's and the H- 2 and see how they feel. but this new purchase for a "fast rod" and a top of the line at that, is a big purchase for me. I like deep flexing rods (to the handle mostly) maybe why I liked it so much. to me it was very fast and was amazed at the speed the flexing blank could generate. I know my experience with fast rods is nil, but using nothing but mostly full flexing superfines of the 80's I could never push the Z. Well MT, if you sold me your Z you could get that "ONE" but not til next month. this is not an easy task! been looking for the Z but in that length seems to be a real waiting game! but not being able to test the other rods and "knowing" what the Z can do I'm still looking for that Z. Sage one - and xp (already tested the Z and love it)Īll in 9' 6" 6 wt. lake rods are a 9'6" 6wt full flex 81 superfine rod and a 9'6" 6wt b2x for a medium flex rod now I need a 9'6" 6wt fast rod with "FEEL" would love to test = I have one more large trout lake rod to purchase and I want it to be a fast rod and love the Z axes 9'6" 6wt but they are becoming rare to find. I would not want to take the Z axis to a spring creek but by the same token it is by far the best large trout "lake rod" I have ever laid my hands on and cast. by the same token they could of tested a mid flex 8.0 or 7.5 orvis and came closer to the "ONE" in action of the sage. When you buy a Z or a ONE you get a Z or a ONE no in between for "different casting strokes" for "different folks" Sage could of came out with a different version of the ONE for bombing saltwater casting and rated right with the tip flex orvis for distance. I myself (liking a stronger tip) love the mid flex 8.0 configuration and dislike a lot of the soft tipped fast rods - just me - this is something other companies should start doing. In the review they talk about the distance with the orvis "tip flex" well if you wanted a rod that fishes better in close you can always buy a mid flex 6.5 rated rod. Sage makes great fast rods, don't know how they could make the z axis any better - I only cast one z axis A 9' 6" 6wt and what a beautiful power rod with feel!īeing an orvis user since I built my first one in 1981 they have always thought of "feel" instead of power if you ask me. I liked this review because they actually used a tip flex orvis to compare with a top of the line sage.
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