I will say that I've never owned a high-end fly rod but have caught a lot of fish on fly rods over the past 60 years. I decided to to replace some of my old fiberglass rods and bought 3 Maxcatch rods to cover small stream trout to northern pike and am not disappointed.

After the first shot the rest are just noise.

Make mine a Minaska

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