People often worry about catching big trout on light fly rods. In this great video, Dave Jensen shows just how much pressure you can put on a 5-weight fly rod, a 4X tippet, and a size 14 dry fly. Dave is one of our field testers, and you can see that he puts our prototypes through the paces! (When he says, “Sorry, Shawn. Sorry, Sam,” he’s talking to our rod designers.)
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Wrong video?
Yes this is the wrong video, come on Orvis, your’re better than this. 🙂
Jeez Tom Baker, all the great stuff Orvis and Phil provide us and you gotta get a little snarky???
And it’s the Holiday Season! Come on Man, lighten up!
I hope Santa brings you a change of disposition…
I sincerely hope he brings you a since of humor
Yep.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3JPTIUn3vQ&index=41&list=PLVhymbOZ-41k9wdODoAQwBBhlRv_Mj8r2
Sorry all. My bad. Thanks for the heads-up. I’ve fixed the link.
A good rod will tolerate a tremendous amount of stress. Good rod handling skills play a big part in this. My No.1 trout rod is a H2 10′ 3wt that I use mainly for nymphing and dry fly fishing. I have landed many 20+ inch fish with this rod and I have broken it once (operator error while fighting a fish). With a good light rod and the right tippet you have plenty of shock absorption. The H2 3wt in a ten footer has plenty of ass once the rod starts bending toward the cork just don’t high stick and pull back if the fish runs at you. The up side is that the rod makes the prettiest snapping sound when they break.
loved his humblebrag… “for a lot of people, that was the fish of a lifetime”