Albright

[Capt.Dan]

Albright is having a 50% off sale!
http://www.albrighttackle.com/index.html
Does anyone have any imput on the albright Fly rods? I was thinking about getting a 7wt for the salmon river...

[lowwall]

Capt.

I have a A-5 5106, (10' 6 Wght.) I have not used it for steelhead.

I love this rod , it is a light weight high performance rod and casts like a rocket. Throws a 250gr a mile. Great for windy still water conditions or a big river. But , I don't think it would be a good steelhead rod. You want a rod with a soft tip for steelies, you don't need a nice casting rod you need a long rod that can lob your indicator and shot a good way's but with a soft enough tip to protect down to 6X (4lb).

I have a 10' TFO Pro Series 6,8 for Salmon and steelhead, Heritage is another popular one. Both are right around $200

Heritage
http://www.eflytyer.com/tackle/heritage.html

TFO
http://bearsden.com/page157.html

My budy brought up a nice Orvis trident for salmon , he broke fish off with lite tipet and then when he hooked up with heavy tipet the rod exploded. High performance rods are not the best up there. I would be using one of these if they came in 10'!

http://www.fishusa.com/tackleshop/catalog_product.asp?ProductFamilyID=%7BD2F249E7%2D 06C7%2D4A4B%2DA27B%2DB32198DAD248%7D&i=81413666FB8B4432B646BDD82FF03A1D&fx=1