Well, gentlemen, I still haven't spent more than $150 on a flyrod. My local flyshop was listed on the Reddington website as one of their dealers so I went
for a look. The Predator is new enough that they didn't have them in yet. I ended up buying a 9 foot St.Croix Imperial 2 piece 8 weight. The price was too
good to turn down. Got home and put on a reel with a 9wt. Weight Forward and went out into the fresh snow at the local park for some test casting. I tied a
spinner on the end of the leader and put a piece of foam on the hook about the size of a small Hula Popper. (I was trying for weight and wind resistance.) This
outfit handled this monstrosity beautifully and I was able to cast accurately and with minimal false casting. Think I've found my new bass rod. The 9'
length will come in handy for mending and dead drifting which will be a little tougher with those 7' 11" rods. I'd still like to cast the Sage
Smallmouth, Ross Flystik and Reddington Predator though and see what the deal is on these rods.
God Bless,
Don
God Bless,
Don
