The Ambush Clear Head adds a new dimension to Ambush lines – stealth. Now a fly fisherman can enjoy all the roll casting, Spey, Skagit, switch and Scandi style casting advantages of the ambush floating fly line with the added benefit of a clear, 20' intermediate sinking head. Intermediate sink rate 1.25 to 1.75 ips. The Ambush just got sneakier!
New: Tri-D Line ID (Laser Printed Line ID on line)
Notes:
Gary Sandstrom, designer of the Ambush Line, talks about why he created it:
Originally designed on the Deschutes River in Oregon for fishing in areas with very little back cast room. I wanted a line that would load the rod with only 10-20 feet of line out, turn over large bead head flies with an indicator and shoot 30 feet with one roll cast. The first lines sizes, 4-6 (195-235 grains) were primarily for the trout guys. As switch rods became more popular as a tool for trout and light steelhead fishing, requests for larger sizes were answered with Ambush lines being made in sizes 7- 10 (266-400 grains). The tricky part in trying to line switch rods is some manufactures rate these rods as a true single hand, while others rate them as spey rods, both with the same line designation. Typically a good starting point for switch rods is an Ambush 8 weight (290 grains) will load a 5 weight switch rod, Ambush 9 for a 6wt switch and a Ambush 10 for a 7wt switch (rated for spey application). If the rod is a true single hand, then just match the same Ambush line weight to the rod line weight. Of course, the best thing to do is visit your local fly shop and see if they have some sample lines to cast or attend a spey event with your rod and cast the lines on the water. The next production of Ambush lines, the 11-14 weights (450-600 grains) are for the double handed casters that wanted a line with a very short head for fishing in really tight areas. They require a very short casting stroke and work best with the shorter 11-12 ½ foot rods typically used in fishing smaller rivers or big rivers with little or no room for a D-loop. These lines have a slightly longer head to accommodate the extra length in the rod. What I really like about the Ambush lines is that you can attach either a long mono leader, a poly leader of any density or a heavy chunk of T-14 and the line will still cast well. Another nice feature of Ambush lines is the integrated shooting line to head (no loops to hang up when casting short or when landing a fish ) and the cool two tone color, designed specifically for easy detection of the head/shooting line junction in low light conditions.
High def. mix.Easily swap out spools on or off the water with the Remix HD in both sizes, -7+ and -9+, in a 3-Pack style! The 3-Pack is an extreme value with one reel and two spare spools in a nylon carrying case for the price of one reel and one spool.
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All together now.The Liquid 3-Pack includes one Liquid reel and two spare spools in a nylon carrying case all for the price of one reel and one spool. Liquid offers everything you need in a fly reel at an absolute bang for your buck—and this new combo pack opens up easy interchangeability for the multifaceted angler at even more of an extreme value.
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Format: Large Arbor Materials: Pressure Cast Aluminum Frame and Spool Finish: Polyurethane Case and Spool Drag: Sealed Conical Drag
If you've got a boat, you've probably got some streamers and poppers knocking around somewhere on deck. Our Boat Boxes solve all of your on-the-water storage problems. Manufactured of a durable plastic and fitted with slot foam on both the lid and in the interior, the Boat Box is the perfect home for all your articulated streamer and bass popper creations.
Features slit foam on the lid and interior
XL holds over 200 flies of just about any size; L holds over 150
Mangum's Dragon Tail fly is made from an amazing new material that moves and undulates as it swims. Poly-based synthetic fabric with exceptionally diverse applications. Great lifelike movement in the water. Perfect for streamers ( tigermuskie flies), or shorten, apply adhesive, and use for a variety of body, wing, and tail applications. Comes in packs of 5 hanks. Colors in order from left to right: black, dark olive, purple, gray, hot pink, fluorescent orange, tan, chartreuse, mustard, fluorescent yellow and white. 9"L
Nothing swims quite like marabou, and this fly has a lot of it! This is a proven steelhead fly from a proven guide and outfitter, Tom Larimer. Really good Cowlitz river fly, and they have all the right colors and action!
NEW FOR 2017! Some things are just faster than others: Usain Bolt. ECHO E.P.R.. Designed by Pat Ehlers, this new stick has a super fast tip to load easily at short distances and the most powerful bottom half of any ECHO rod we have ever made to insure you will never run out of gas when casting into the wind. Going after fish that weigh more than you do? The E.P.R. is ready to tip the scales.
Action vs Power Comparison
The Action vs. Power matrix is used for comparison between ECHO rod models. Utilizing this chart, you’ll be able to choose an ECHO rod that best fits you and your personal casting stroke. The vertical axis indicates the rod’s power, while the horizontal axis indicates the rod’s action. In simple terms, single-hand rod action is derived from the top half of the rod, while power is derived from the bottom half.
Action: Fast action rods feature softer tips than medium action rods and provide a ‘stiffer’ feel. Fast action rods excel in the hands of anglers with more aggressive casting strokes and greater stroke control. Medium action rods are ideal for anglers with more fluid casting strokes and have a larger ‘sweet spot’ for a wider range of casting strokes. Consistently throwing a tailing loop? Your rod’s action may not be a good fit to you and your casting stroke.
Power: A rod’s power is its resistance to flexing under load. Powerful rods are ‘beefier’ through the bottom half, generate higher line speeds, and are more adept at keeping big fish pinned. Delicate rods are more presentation-oriented, protect light tippet, and are a better choice for picky fish.
Rajeff Sports would like your ECHO experience to be a good one and we ask that you take care of your equipment with the following regular maintenance:
Wash all components with warm freshwater after each days use in saltwater. Pay extra attention to the space where the guides meet the blank and the metal parts of the reel seat. Try to keep sand and dirt out of the ferrules. Occasionally use a few drops of any reel oil or grease on the reel seat threads to keep it operating smoothly. Paraffin wax can also be used on the ferrules if needed to ensure a proper fit.
Do not use tape on your ferrules. If you do we’ll come steal all your bacon and PBR.
Reel Seat: Wood insert seat for standard models, black anodized seat on saltwater (S) models
Warranty: Echo Lifetime Warranty
Saltwater-grade rods in this price category are usually better utilized as a coat hanger than a fishing tool. The Ion XL series does not fit that mold. Featuring a remarkably low swing-weight and a more forgiving action, the Ion XL is equally at home stripping flesh flies as it is dropping a merkin to a tailing permit. All models feature salt corrosion-resistant componentry.
Action vs Power Comparison
The Action vs. Power matrix is used for comparison between ECHO rod models. Utilizing this chart, you'll be able to choose an ECHO rod that best fits you and your personal casting stroke. The vertical axis indicates the rod's power, while the horizontal axis indicates the rod's action. In simple terms, single-hand rod action is derived from the top half of the rod, while power is derived from the bottom half.
Action: Fast action rods feature softer tips than medium action rods and provide a 'stiffer' feel. Fast action rods excel in the hands of anglers with more aggressive casting strokes and greater stroke control. Medium action rods are ideal for anglers with more fluid casting strokes and have a larger 'sweet spot' for a wider range of casting strokes. Consistently throwing a tailing loop? Your rod's action may not be a good fit to you and your casting stroke.
Power: A rod's power is its resistance to flexing under load. Powerful rods are 'beefier' through the bottom half, generate higher line speeds, and are more adept at keeping big fish pinned. Delicate rods are more presentation-oriented, protect light tippet, and are a better choice for picky fish.
Rajeff Sports would like your ECHO experience to be a good one and we ask that you take care of your equipment with the following regular maintenance:
Wash all components with warm freshwater after each days use in saltwater. Pay extra attention to the space where the guides meet the blank and the metal parts of the reel seat. Try to keep sand and dirt out of the ferrules. Occasionally use a few drops of any reel oil or grease on the reel seat threads to keep it operating smoothly. Paraffin wax can also be used on the ferrules if needed to ensure a proper fit.
Do not use tape on your ferrules. If you do we'll come steal all your bacon and PBR.
Find the rod you want a recommendation for and click on it. A dialogue box will appear with our recommended Airflo lines. (click here)
10 metal J hooks to secure the eye and running foam slits to lock trailer hooks down. Holds up to 20 articulated, moal leeches, Skagit Minnow, and any fly that has a trailer hook.
Looking for a better trailing hook? OPST Swing Hook is barbless, with an offset point for increased hookups. A slightly upturned eye allows for proper trailing hook rigging, and the short shank and upturned point has the effect of a circle hook: more corner-of-the-mouth hookups
EP Sommerlatte's UV Grizzly Foxy Brush come with six brushes per pack and is 3 inches in width. Each brush is grizzly barred with alternating colors of fox and EP fibers mixed. Easy to wrap and trim if needed. Baitfish patterns, steelhead and salmon flies, and saltwater streamers are all easy to create with Sommerlatte's Grizzly Foxy Brush.
Now you can match the color of your trailer hook wire to your fly with Senyo's Intruder Trailer Hook Wire. Senyo has tested this stuff, doubled over like you'd tie it on an intruder, at over 50lbs tensile strength. Stiff enough to hold your hook in the right position without fowling, this product is our new go-to when tying any articulated fly. For hook sizes 6 or larger, package includes 4 yards of material.
With a loop eye up and in five anodized colors, these new articulated shanks from Fish Skull are changing the way we tie intruders and other shank-style flies. Use these with new colored intruder trailer hook wire.
Grip-Glove is a quick and easy way to handle any size Fish in a humane way. An essential tool for larger fish and perfect for handling fish out of any type of boat. These gloves make life a whole lot easier. Once you use one you will realize the tremendous advantage. The perfect tailing glove. Each glove is made with the highest quality netting and is virtually indestructibly. The wrists are wide so they are EZ to slip on even when fighting a fish. After use the fast drying glove can be rinsed in the water and given a quick brisk shake for storage. It will fit in any pocket and comes with a hook tether. 100% guarantee.
A $140,000 grant will pay to study the recycling of summer steelhead in the lower Cowlitz River this year with an eye toward improving angling in the popular stream.
The Columbia River Salmon and Steelhead Endorsement Advisory Board approved the grant in February. The money comes from the $8.25 fee paid by anglers who fish the Columbia and its tributaries.
Historically, summer steelhead returning to Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery were recycled to the lower river to give sportsmen a second chance.
Recycling ended over the concern that non-native hatchery steelhead might stray into lower Cowlitz tributaries and cause negative effects on the native wild steelhead known to spawn in the streams.
Wolf Dammers, district fish biologist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the money will pay for 60 radio tags and 440 visual tags to be inserted in steelhead captured at Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery.
The tagged fish will be taken to the lower Cowlitz and released. Their movement will be monitored using an array of telemetry stations. Also, a creel sample will check for the harvest of the steelhead in the sport fishery.
Summer steelhead enter the Cowlitz beginning in May and return to the hatchery through early December. Some are used as spawning stock, while the excess go to food banks.
“The results of this study could support the reinitiation of a recycling program to enhance the summer steelhead sport fishery,’’ Dammers said.
The fish are expected to do one of four things: return a second time to the hatchery; get caught by an angler; remain in the lower Cowlitz or a tributary through the spawning period, or leave the Cowlitz before spawning time.
Dammers said radio tagging and fish movement monitoring is being subcontracted to the U.S. Geological Survey Biological Research Station at Willard in Skamania County.
“This USGS group is recognized as having a very high level of expertise in the region in radio-tracking studies dealing with fish movement,’’ he said.
Summer steelhead fishing in the Cowlitz River was about a $3 million business in 2009, supporting 59,000 angler trips and a catch of 7,200 fish.
A large number of guides fish the Cowlitz, helping the economy of Longview, Kelso and Toledo.
Every now and then, we come up with something in our lab that has the potential to change fly fishing forever. The SONAR Titan Big Water Taper is one of those creations. Built on the industry’s first 100-lb. monofilament core, the Titan BWT is the world's strongest fly line and can handle even the world’s largest game fish. Arapaima? Check. Giant Trevally? Double check. If you’ve got a bucket list full of huge fish, we’ve got your line right here.
Loads quickly and delivers the biggest flies to the furthest targets
Excellent turnover due to short, powerful head and short front taper
Who says you can't be stealthy when you're chucking foot-long streamers at pike or muskie? The SONAR Titan Clear Tip fly line provides all the advantages of our Titan taper--easy loading and effortless turnover to name a few--and tops it off with an intermediate sinking clear head. When your quarry has eyes the size of dinner plates (almost), every little bit of stealth helps.
Loads quickly and delivers the biggest flies to the furthest targets
15? clear tip for stealthy presentations
Excellent turnover due to short, powerful head and short front taper
You are the lord of long-odds. Experienced. Focused. Packed with grit to grind. (NEW for 2019)
Nothing's easy about coaxing musky with a fly. With massive tactical demands, the battle is downright physical. Because your rotator cuff just isn't enough, IMX-PROm feature "allday" actions that ooze shoulder-saving sweetness. Mega-durable cloud cork top/bottom grips keep both hands busy long after everyone else is warming theirs back at the cabin. Partnered with professional guide and Elite Ambassador, Chris Willen, our motivation to forge the most advanced tools for modern musky angling match your intense drive for ultimate success on the water.
CONDUIT CORE Traditionally, as the blank diameter increases, so does the total amount of material used. This was the only way of ensuring strength/durability in the bottom half of the rod. Conduit Core technology removes excess wraps of graphite and replaces them with a proprietary material that's of equal strength, but dramatically lighter in weight. Casters exert less energy to move the rod, increasing the efficiency of total energy required to manipulate the line when casting, mending, and animating flies.
o High-modulus graphite construction o Balanced swing weight + incredible durability o Multi-Taper Design reinforces potential stress points within the blank while reducing unnecessary graphite material
Features of the IMX-PRO Musky Fly Rod:
o High-modulus graphite construction o Balanced swing weight; incredible durability o Multi-Taper Design reinforces potential stress points within the blank while reducing unnecessary graphite material o Chrome single-foot guides o Chrome stripper guides (3 total for increased durability) o Cloud Composite "Magnum Grip" o Custom aluminum up-locking reel seat o Tube and cloth rod bag o Handcrafted in Woodland, Washington
As practiced anglers know, feeding trout aren't often available to receive offerings sent in a straight-line path. Perfect, delicate drifts require slinging unconventional slack yielding casts. Drag inducing micro-currents, obstacles, and other natural variables can limit tactical opportunity. When success is unpredictable, take control with balanced fishing tools built to boost effectiveness in ultra-technical scenarios.
NRX+ LP is the ultimate tool for accurate and effective dry fly presentation. Tailored for supreme versatility over a wide range of casting techniques, actions are sweet, smooth, and stable, with plenty of "spank" when conditions call for an additional pinch of power.
Features of the NRX+ Light Presentation Fly Rod:
o Single-foot recoil guides o Titanium SiC stripper guides o Hook keeper o Half wells, AAA grade cork grip (Line #: 5-6) o Cigar style, AAA grade cork grip (Line #: 3-4) o Custom aluminum reel seat with amboyna hardwood insert o Aluminum rod tube with cloth rod bag o Handcrafted in Woodland, Washington
The NRX+ is designed to level the playing field and conquer edgy environmental factors such as sustained wind or complex hydraulics so as to peak the angler's productivity. With a primary focus of maximizing versatility, these adaptable actions improve angler capability and expand tactical opportunity in complex fishing situations.
The NRX+ is rolled with the most advanced compound taper construction to date. It provides the power, line speed, and loop stability expected from modern fast-action rods, without compromising “feel” and finesse in the short game. This means, regardless of casting distance or difficulty, NRX+ empowers anglers with confidence-boosting control in difficult situations.
Features of the NRX+ Freshwater Fly Rod:
• Single-foot recoil guides • Titanium SiC stripper guides • Hook keeper (Line #: 4-6) • Micro full wells, AAA grade cork grip • Custom aluminum reel seat with walnut hardwood insert (Models: 490-4, 590-4, & 595-4) • Custom aluminum reel seat with fighting butt (4100-4, 5100-4, 690-4, & 6100-4) • Aluminum rod tube with cloth rod bag • Handcrafted in Woodland, Washington
Four-season speyanglers face a horde of tricky obstacles. Wildly fluctuating water levels and clarity, alternating directional wind, and complex hydraulics are just a few of the familiar factors two-hand casters must regularly overcome. Successfully securing a hook-up onthe swing is difficult enough. Take control, and conquer common variables with balanced fishing tools forged to amplify effectiveness in volatile fishing environments.
Regardless of line system used, these adaptable actions were developed to boost performance, enhance angler ability, and maximize versatility. Rolled with our most advanced compound taper construction to date, NRX+ SPEY provides the power, line speed, and loop stability expected from modern two-hand rods, without compromising "feel" and finesse through each stage of the casting cycle.
DYNAMIC RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY
Dynamic Recovery Technology is a blended system of several elements. Our all-new Mega Modulus+ graphite matrix and GL8 resin system, combined with the industry's most advanced compound taper construction process, creates crisp actions with smooth, rapid recovery. The key to achieving these performance characteristics is a reimaging of our proprietary Multi-Taper Design technology. Traditionally used to enhance durability and swing weight, the G. Loomis design team developed a method of applying a similar process to improve loading efficiency and feedback. This widens the power and recovery "sweet spot", providing performance with feel regardless of casting distance.
Mega Modulus+ matrix is 15% lighter than original NRX, improving overall balance and feel, and limits casting fatigue
Smooth, rapid recovery,allowing casters to develop stable loops with less effort
GL8 resin possesses the same strength and impact resistance as past resin systems with less material. This reduces overall weight, and ultimately, limits fatigue
Materials dampen quickly, delivering a crisp, positive feel in handFEATURES
Change it up.Remix your spool picks with all sizes, -3+ through -9+, available in a 3-Pack style for easy interchangeability on or off the water. The 3-Pack is an extreme value with one reel and two spare spools in a nylon carrying case for the price of one reel and one spool.
Available inSmokeandSublime.
Format: Large Arbor
Materials: Machined 6061 Aluminum Case, Pressure Cast Aluminum Spool Finish: Type II Anodize Case, Polyurethane Spool Drag: Sealed Conical Drag
80% US Manufactured, 100% Idaho Built
MODEL
DIAMETER
WIDTH
WEIGHT
ROD WEIGHT
LINE
BACKING CAPACITY
Remix -3+
3.34″
0.99″
4.29 oz
2,3,4
WF4
100 yds 20#
Remix -5+
3.61″
1.00″
4.54 oz
4,5,6
WF6
100 yds 20#
Remix -7+
3.85″
1.14″
5.49 oz
6,7,8
WF8
200 yds 20#
Remix -9+
4.65″
1.37″
7.07 oz
8,9,10
WF10
250 yds 30#
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