Unboxing and first casts with the Echo Musky Fly Rod: echoflyfishing... What Tim Rajeff has to say about the design: vimeo.com/4686... My Website: www.streamersb... Instagram: / gunnar_brammer Facebook: www.facebook.c...
Awesome combo. I too can appreciate the thought process behind making and marketing of these two Musky rods. Keep it simple and streamlined. Since I don’t own a boat outside of a kayak I too would go with the 8’8” 11 wt version.
So stoked to see you try the echo musky rods! It's the front runner for me right now, but I've been trying to find more reviews like this before I pull the trigger. Thank you!
That's REALLY a great casting rod. I agree. I own one (9 ft. 4 in.) too. Ian turned me on to it at The Compleat Angler in Darien CT where he works. Very light feeling (in casting) for an 11 wt., which is the way it should be!
Gunnar I appreciate the discussion of hardware related to use of tungsten sinking lines. I went with the Chippy Stick because of trashing stainless steel guides. But I agree that the 11wt 8.8 size of this rod makes it a winner, but without ceramic guides this rod can only be considered a beginner or backup musky rod IMO.
Gunner... you seemed to really like the Echo 8'8", you also seemed to really like the TFO BC Big Fly 9'er. Does one stand out as better (fit, finish, components) than the other? If you had to pick one over the other, which would you take on your next Musky trip??
well,I purchase 9 ft 4 last spring did the research and evaluation of the Chippewa rods. I bought the four piece You demoed too. lets next season Be the year of Musky. Jim.
Nice review and yes, there is mostly not much going on on why they picked a specific design choice without f.e. searching for a video from a sales person of that company on that rod. Gotta say, the only thing I really hate about American Rods (or fishing gear generally) are the prices Europe (or the shipping costs) ;) The Echo Musky is around $470 in Europe and $330 in the States... Short heavy Rods for Pike/Musky are heaven for belly boats (float tubes)!
Companies generally don't use marketing to educate their customers because most customers are dumb, which is why marketing works to begin with. Signed, a guy in marketing
Hi, what do you think about 9’4” for single hand casting, please? Is it really long and heavy for single hand casting or not, please? 9’4” is also possible to use as short double hander.
The length issue also depends on the boat you are in. The 8’8” is great for rafts , drift boats etc. the longer rod makes fishing from a deep v multi species boat much easier