Echo Boost Blue Fly Rod

Echo Boost Blue 9wt, nice rod at attractive pricing

I bought this 9wt to replace some stiff-as-a-board 9 and 10wts with a lighter, easier casting rod. For lawn casting, I used a Rio Mainstream 9F Saltwater.for lawn casting, and found it to be a good casting rod. A smooth tempo gets you accurate casts between 35' and 60'. Using a single haul, you can pick up about 35'-40' of line and shoot to about 60'. A couple of false casts and single haul will get you cloast to 80' (my casting area runs out at 78'). For casts longer than 60' feet, I added a small "punch" late in my fore cast. I still plan to try our at least one other line and also have a redfish trip coming up. I will update the results at that time. All in all I am pleased with the rod and with the customer service at Stillwater, though the true test is yet to come.