Well, my new AJ Thramer 8' hollowbuilt for a 4-weight has gotten a couple of good tests over the past week or so. First, because of wind and second by a
few wild Henry's Fork rainbows. I had asked AJ for a rod that would handle casts of 15' as easily as 50'. He did the job. I wade with 8 feet of
line off the tip and an additional 30 in loops in my hand. I was a little worried about the post-noon winds that seem to hit the Fork almost every day from
June through September. Today we had those winds, and I had no difficulty placing the fly on feeding fish at 40-45 feet. The third concern was handling the
fight-to-the-death rainbows one encounters here. So far, no problems on fish up to a very deep 20" fish that was definitely in the 4# range. Had an
18" today that jumped 5 times and another of about the same size that took me within 5 turns of the backing. The rod did the job not yielding a bit when
I decided to test the 5X tippet by clamping down on all three fish so they could be led to either the bank or the net.
This is my fourth Thramer. I was pleased with the first three, but this one is a total gem!
EP
This is my fourth Thramer. I was pleased with the first three, but this one is a total gem!
EP
flood watch for the past two weeks. Upper Henry's Fork is running
at prime fishing levels in the 800 range, but hatches seem a tad scrambled by the cold weather. People are seeing green and brown drakes already, and we
haven't even had a solid flav appearance yet. Weird.
