FIRST CAST Pro 6wt / 8.5ft – Travel Fly Rod

My only gripe is that I find it very hard to feed line through the rod sections on the cast, however, for a little travel packer, it's real slick. Takes up no space in the backpack and it seems very well built. Think like a tenkara rod with a drag system more than a bona fide fly rod.

I really love this setup! I’m very short on time- during work breaks and 15-20 minutes after this Rod saves on setup and break down time. It took me a minute to get the casting down. I notice a little more friction which was to be expected ( I’m a beginner too)! I take it everywhere I go now!!

My fly fishing friends are snobs and wanted to hate this rod...but changed their minds when I caught fish on it, and then asked to try it and THEY caught fish on it. It's a little less whippy and precise than a traditional rod but I got the hand of it quickly. The only weakness is feeding line through the rod on a good downstream drift...it's hard to strip line and whip the end fast enough to overcome the friction of the line passing through the hollow interior of the rod sections. Possible with practice, but not as fluid. For all other applications I thought it worked great. Fairly precise casts under overhangs, dry flies and nymphing, targeted casts to small eddies all worked fine. No one outfished me on the Deschutes and the rig landed 15" redbands with ease.