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See Winston Pro
Andre Scholz at the
2008 Sandy River Spey Clave !!! Field Test 01/03/07 Field Test 05/30/06 Some Thoughts About Spey Lines. |
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After extensive testing, our shop people feel the Rio Skagit Floater is the best floating fly line choice, for the Winston BIIX Spey Series fly rod action. |
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| FREE LINE-B2X SPEY | Free Free Rio Skagit Floater fly line with Winston B2X Spey rod purchased in 2008 | $FREE | |
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| B2X78133 |
Length: 13' 3" Line: #7/8 Pieces: 4 |
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An extraordinary lightweight medium-action two-hand rod that
will make effective fly presentations at all distances. Andre Scholz Scandinavian Shooting Head Recommendation: 447-478 grains. Rod weight: 6 3/4 Ounces. |
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| Item | Series | Line Wt | Action | Handle | Price | To Top |
| 78133 | B2X | 7/8 | Medium | Spey | $835 | |
| B2X8913 |
Length: 13' Line: #8/9 Pieces: 4 |
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An extraordinary lightweight fast-action two-hand rod that
will make effective fly presentations at all distances. Andre Scholz Scandinavian Shooting Head Recommendation: 493-524 grains. Rod weight: 6 3/4 Ounces. |
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| Item | Series | Line Wt | Action | Handle | Price | To Top |
| 8913 | B2X | 8/9 | Fast | Spey | $835 | |
| B2X8914 |
Length: 14' Line: #8/9 Pieces: 4 |
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An extraordinary lightweight medium-action big water spey rod. Andre Scholz Scandinavian Shooting Head Recommendation: 524-555 grains. Rod weight: 7 3/4 Ounces. |
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| Item | Series | Line Wt | Action | Handle | Price | To Top |
| 8914 | B2X | 8/9 | Medium | Spey | $835 | |
| B2X91015 |
Length: 15' Line: #9/10 Pieces: 4 |
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An extraordinary lightweight fast-action big water spey rod. Andre Scholz Scandinavian Shooting Head Recommendation: 601-632 grains Rod weight: 8.5 Ounces. |
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| Item | Series | Line Wt | Action | Handle | Price | To Top |
| 091015 | B2X | 9/10 | Fast | Spey | $835 | |
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Winston Field Test 01/03/07, Mark
Bachmann "One of the best things about my job is being able to use the best tackle the world makes." |
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The big river had finally dropped back into shape, after being in flood for nearly two weeks. Josh Linn rowed his big pontoon boat through a narrow slot, around a sharp corner, then expertly turned the craft with a flick of an oar and brought it to an abrupt silent stop against the willows. I quietly slid from the bow into the belt deep water. The footing was solid cobble, the water dead calm. Two rod lengths in front of me the texture of the surface changed from slick to riffled. The riffles slowly gained in size and speed as they moved away from me, toward the middle of the river. A 3-inch black and blue cone-head tube fly was fixed to the business end of my short, stout leader. This in turn was attached to the end of a 15-foot long sinking tip. My fly was parked an arms length |
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up the rod, with the hook stuck in a snake guide. The
line made a turn around the foot of the reel. When I plucked the hook
from the guide, the loop to loop connection between the floating Skagit head
and the sinking tip was about one foot out side the rod tip; the perfect
length of line for my first cast. That first cast landed dead straight
across the gentle current. I extended the next cast 4-feet, and the
next another 4-feet, etc. Each extension of the cast dropped fly into
faster water. During each presentation, the fly sunk and swam deep and
slow and broad-side to the current. I think it was about the ninth
cast when the line suddenly tightened. The 7-8 pound hatchery
steelhead buck was very energetic and sporting. We barbequed him the next
weekend at the Tube Fly Round Table at the Shop. The only unique thing about the story was that the water temperature was 37-degrees and the rod in my hand was the same one I had fallen in love with on the Deschutes last September when the water was 62-degrees. The rod was my thirteen-three, seven-eight, bee-too-ex; commonly referred to as a Winston B2X78133. This was my third trip of the winter and each trip this rod had proven to be the best tool for a large number of situations even though most two-handers used in winter are longer and heavier. Granted, I still pack a couple of 14'-15' 9-weight in the boat for longer range situations, but the smaller rod covers the water fine out to 70', even with large winter flies. Currently my B2X78133 is rigged with a Rio Skagit-450, 5' floating cheater and stock type-six, 9-weight Rio sinking tip. This line is very enjoyable and it seems that the new Rio Spey lines have a slicker, better casting shooting line. The way you can tell the difference is that the newest editions have a green spot at the rear of the line instead of a running line that is all green. A Nautilus #12 reel balances this outfit perfectly. There is more information about lines for the B2X78133 in the article below. |
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| Hybrid Lines for Two Handers 09/22/06 | |
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Skagit, Scandi, Long Belly, Short Belly, Shooting Head...., comes down to it there isn't a perfect spey line that will fit every fishing situation encountered on every river. Even if there were such a thing, given what human nature amounts too, it wouldn't fit everyone's personality. There will always be room for experimentation. It is fun to take pieces from different fly lines and put them together just to see what effects you can get. Most often, you will find that factory lines are well thought out and will out perform the |
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average fly caster in most situations. However lines can
be tuned to fit special rods for use in special situations, and sometime
you just get lucky. Where I camped the last ten days, gusts of over 30+
mph buffeted us from every direction 6 of the10 evenings. Short heads and
fine running lines give an edge over any other configuration of line
during howling winds. The first two evenings I used a
Rio
Skagit Floating Spey Line on my
Winston B2X78133. It was good enough to
allow me to stick five steelies in the two sessions. This line has a 45'
head that weighs 600 grains. I found if I fished a double fly rig with a
Tail Gunner
in the middle of my leader, I cast better. The extra fly gave me more
grab in the anchor to store energy to throw against the wind. Later in
the week I switched to a
Airflo Northwest Skagit Head fastened to the end of some
GuideLine Shooter hollow mono shooting line. To the business end
of this head was attached the prescribed 9-feet of Super-Extra-Fast
Sinking Airflo sinking line. The Shooter was straightened in
1-yard
sections as it came off the reel. It became remarkably trouble free in a
short while. Various flies were fished at depth. The water was covered
with both broadside and quartering downstream casts. The water available
ranged from 4 to 8-feet and was more than 100-feet wide. I came to the
conclusion that a longer tip was need, about the same time as my two
fishing partners ran out of gas. No fish were hooked, and I was only
moderately impressed with the performance of the line I had used, and had
the feeling that if we had stayed, I could have come up with something
that would have produced fish. That evening the wind returned. A
Rio
AquaLux tip from an
8/9/10 WindCutter replaced the 9' sinking tip. This resulted in a
47' head of 595 grains. A hand tied 6' leader and single size-4 fly
completed the terminal tackle. The effect was astonishing. The Airflo
line is denser than the head on the Rio line, therefore it rides lower in
the water than the Rio. The extra density aides line velocity. The dense
AquaLux tip turns over steadily, but not as quickly as did the shorter sinking
tip. When cast, this combination of densities and tapers stays in the
loop for a long distance before straightening out and losing energy. This
enables the head to stay in a very compact package longer to optimize
long distance casting. This concentrated mass also slips through
the wind more easily than lines that turn over quicker. Coupled to the
tangle-free GuideLine Shooter, this head allowed me to fish at distances
unobtainable with any other fly tackle I have ever used. It got me three
hook-ups one morning. Also, because of the turn-over characteristics of
the head, this line is also a smooth/precise performer at close and
moderate distances. |
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Winston Field Test 05/30/06, Mark
Bachmann "One of the best things about my job is being able to use the best tackle the world makes." |
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When Winston initially introduced their new line of B2X Spey rods in 2005 there was a favorable reception in the market place, but no big stir. They were different, maybe too different for the average caster to appreciate. They were too powerful for their weight, they recovered so fast it was hard for the average guy to feel the "kick" as the rod unloaded, therefore a little hard for the average guy to time. I know because even though I get lots of time on the water, it's sometimes hard to adapt to a new rod/line setup. My initial interest was the 8914 model because that's a rod size that fits our fishery very well. Brian Silvey and I experimented with WindCutter fly lines and came to the conclusion |
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that if we over-lined the rod one size, it loaded down into the butt and delivered real power. At the last Sandy River Spey Clave, I got to cast this same rod with Andre Scholz, Winston's Spey Pro. Andre prefers a Scandinavian Shooting head system with a much shorter and lighter head and loading the rod off the tip. The results were blazing, narrow, pretty loops. Incorporated into Andres system were Poly Leaders and and extremely long tippets. This kind of set up will present small flies with maximum delicacy and stealth, great for Atlantic Salmon and east-side summer steelhead. Marty Sheppard Talked about using a 550 Skagit with a 5-foot Cheater and a standard Rio fast sinking tip on this same Winston rod. He said it was the easiest outfit for his customers to learn to cast and fish with. That caught my attention, because there ain't nuthin' the matter with easy. He was right! It is an easy outfit to fish the rivers on the west side where we use larger flies fished deep. My wife Patty used this comfortable outfit the last two trips we fished together. I Mostly fished a 13' 3" 7/8 Winston with a 450 Skagit, using a 5-foot cheater and standard tip. I could cover all the water I wanted too with this lighter weight outfit, even when fishing with larger tub flies. Then I tried the new 15' 9/10 weight cannon with a 650 Skagit. Wow! The limitation on distance was keeping the shooting line from tangling. This is the new big water tamer. Might be interesting to see someone use one of these rods at Spey-O-Rama. |
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