G. Loomis Fly Rods

G. Loomis fly rods are especially adapted to the conditions that we face on our home waters. They have an very strong design/test group in our region. G. Loomis rods are made in Woodland, Washington, just across the Columbia river from our store. Steve Rajeff has his office there.

When it comes to delivering long, accurate casts or dropping a fly on a dime, nobody in the world does it better than the G. Loomis Director of Research & Development, Steve Rajeff. Rajeff has dominated the world of competitive casting for over three decades. He has no less than 29 national and 13 world All Round Championships on his casting resume. Steve holds the current National single and two hand fly distance records at 238 feet and 295 feet respectively. Steve and his brother Tim were winning teammates in the recent Outdoor Life Network Flyfishing Masters Cham pionship. Steve gives G. Loomis a powerful

Steve Rajeff with a British Columbia steelhead.

advantage against the competition with a deep understanding of how fly rods work,

Bill Howland pilots his jet boat with his beegle, Rowdy.

because he can make them perform better than any one else in the world. Working closely with Steve are a whole team of gifted anglers such as "Mild Bill" Howland of Warm Springs, Oregon. You can find Bill testing G. Loomis fly rods below Mack's Canyon on the Deschutes River. Bill is a retired Marine Patrol Officer and worked the waters of Central Oregon for many years. This background gives Bill a unique perspective on the waters that he fishes. Now during the summer and fall months he lives, camping-out in the Deschutes Canyon. This life style give Bill a lot of experience. He is a tremendous fly caster catches lots of steelhead. Besides G. Loomis rods, Bill employs the service of his steelhead dog, Rowdy. This combination gives him a nearly unfair advantage over the fish. Bill is a dedicated G. Loomis user. He

and Steve Rajeff spend a lot of time fishing together. The exchange of information that happens on those trips is added into the mix of G. Loomis design knowledge...local on the water knowledge.

One of the newest additions to the G. Loomis Pro Staff is our good friend Steve Choate of Kalama, Washington. You might remember that Steve won the 2002 International Open Spey Casting Championship at Broadlands on the river Test in England with a cast of 50 yards. This cast was performed on moving water as a "fishing cast". Steve perfected the "Spiral-Single" spey cast and has been one of the major cornerstones of the Sandy River Spey Clave since its beginnings. Right now G. Loomis GLX two-handers will compete with anything in the world. We figure however that Steve Choate working with Steve Rajeff will produce

two-hand fly rods of unapproachable performance. Are we about to see something revolutionary? Rumors are starting to spread. The suspense is building. We can't wait!

The Loomis Team Bags Another Big One! To Top
	Ed Ward joins the G. Loomis team to help design the new Roaring River Dredger Series of "Skagit Cast" rods. This rod configuration and casting style has evolved and steadily gained popularity as means of fishing very large flies for steelhead. Short, heavy sinking-tip heads are cast perpendicular to the current and the fly is dead-drifted deep. It is a method which takes precise casting and line handling. It is deadly when mastered. Ed is pictured at left with a fish taken on the Sandy River. He has fished nearly the entire
native range of Oncorhynchus mykiss. He is universally respected for his highly refined two-hand fly rod fishing skills. Wow! Rajeff, Choate and Ward exploring the dynamics of two-handers; teamed-up together!!?? Sounds potent to us !!!

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Ed Ward helps design new Roaring River Dredger Series of spey rods.


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