3 Weight Fly Rod Shootout

A new format for our 5 weight shootout.

3 weight fly rod shootout. Note to anglers with larger hands. Normally we wouldn t do two shootouts in the same year but after seeing how well the nrx rod did winning our 2020 5 weight shootout we were excited to see how the nrx 8 weight would compare to our 2018 8 weight shootout winner the g. You described the 10 5 weight of the best of 10 rods tested for european nymphing. With all the great new rods on the.

New 8 weight rods to test. In these situations you ll be using roll casts bow and arrow casts high sticking dapping and any other method you can utilize to get your fly to the fish. 5 best 3 weight fly rods 2020. 5 weight fly rods are the most popular and versatile of all fly rods for freshwater anglers.

For our 4 weight shootout once again we have added another performance category light tippet protection. Ben i m surprised you did not include the hardy zephrus 10 3 weight as the zephrus won your 10 5 weight shootout. This is especially important for 3 and 4 weight rods when you are often using very light 5x 6x and 7x tippets while fishing small dries emergers and spinners. Anglers use 5 weight fly rods not just for trout but also for bass bluegills perch whitefish carp and even catfish.

The radian is perhaps better suited to trout fishing for most people but this new meridian is lighter and more powerful at long range. This is a rod that that is very easy to fall in love with. Also you can get great quality at a respectable price with 3 weights. I focused on 3 weight fly fishing rods because of their ability to make short casts accurately handle light tackle and pack down into a tight little package.

These techniques don t require heavy rod weights to make the casts. When choosing the perfect 3 wt fly rod you ll likely be looking at a price that s best for you as well as the length and the quality of the build in the list below i ll include all of this valuable information plus some pros and cons for each rod. 2018 8 weight fly rod shootout by george and james anderson with comments by the yellowstone angler staff note the final results and performance charts on this page are george s figures. In picking the best 6 weight rods it was hard to overlook the scott meridian especially when this rod won our latest 8 weight shootout.

3 weight fly rods will make fighting these fish feel like you re fighting a 20 inch fish on your 5 weight. Here the cream of the testing crop with setups ranging from super light to best all around caster. To read each staff memeber s casting notes and performance finishing order please click on their photo above.