The woods are dreary, dark and deep...

[Dave Westburg]

The woods are dreary, dark and deep but a difficult brushy hike puts you on a pool it takes all day to fish.

First outing for a Sharpes spliced 9' 6.2 ounce spliced bamboo rod. It threw a 15 foot 7 weight sink tip nicely...

We found bull trout on classic supervisor and white ghost new england style streamers...


Noone else around except this little guy whose tracks ran along the pool...

 

[Greg Armstrong]

Is that the new Sharpes… how’d you like it?

 

[Dave Westburg]

It's a keeper. Thows long casts across tailouts with very little false casting. The spliced action makes the rod feel almost like a one piece and comes alive when I'm fighting a fish. It's a 6/7 weight but most Sharpes excel at the high end of the weight range. I was throwing a 15' 7 weight streamer line today and the Sharpes felt great. The only drawback is that is that it's two piece so harder to travel with.

Now I'll start searching for an 8' spliced sharpes.

 

[@Dryflyphotography]

It's a keeper. Thows long casts across tailouts with very little false casting. The spliced action makes the rod feel almost like a one piece and comes alive when I'm fighting a fish. It's a 6/7 weight but most Sharpes excel at the high end of the weight range. I was throwing a 15' 7 weight streamer line today and the Sharpes felt great. The only drawback is that is that it's two piece so harder to travel with.

Now I'll start searching for an 8' spliced sharpes.

Dave, what is a 15' streamer line?

 

[Dave Westburg]

Dave, what is a 15' streamer line?

A 15' Orvis sink tip. Most streamer lines have a heavy belly section to carry the sink tip. Here are the specs.

 

[@Dryflyphotography]

Thanks Dave, that's informative to see both the length and sink rate.