What about with a fish at the end ? Well, we can say that we’ve been lucky, because the two nice 86 and 96cm pikes (the poor guy has had a difficult love season) caught this day were a perfect test ! Moreover, they took the fly close to the snags, and they’ve made their best to get back in there. The result ? Imperial. Despite a powerful rush under the boat from the biggest fish, kept tight, the rod was not yet on its knees. The fish all went quickly to the boat, and that is really something we appreciate for those big and old fishs health. As a summary, a wonderful day fishing, with a beautifuly casting rod, that has been able to tame some very nice fish.
For pike, I’ve also tried the #8 weight, but it’s better to fish it only with small streamers. Just for fun, I’ve practiced a little bit of casting with a #9 weight rod, with no fly. And what a delite… that’s the same impression as her grand daughter, easy-casting, powerful, light, confortable.
The Cross S1 Flatsman series is undoubtly one the very best product we can find on the market today. Congratulations to Loop, that is some achievement !
