Any experience with St. Croix Triumph Rod/Reel combos?
I'd like to get into fly fishing, and I love St. Croix rods of any kind. The Triumph rods that come with a reel sounds like a great deal bewteen $150 to $180. I know you get what you pay for, but it is St. Croix, so I'm thinking there is some definite quality along with the budget conscience price. Any help is appreciated
Originally Posted By adrock1978:
I'd like to get into fly fishing, and I love St. Croix rods of any kind. The Triumph rods that come with a reel sounds like a great deal bewteen $150 to $180. I know you get what you pay for, but it is St. Croix, so I'm thinking there is some definite quality along with the budget conscience price. Any help is appreciated
I have never fished that rod but any fly rod can catch fish. I find rod selection is much like gun selection. If you ask 10 different people their opinion you will get 10 different answers. I would go and cast it and see if you like the feel of the rod and then make your decision. One does not need to spend all sorts of money to get a “good” rod. I have both expensive and inexpensive rods. I can catch fish on my TFO rod/reel combo that I paid under 150 for just as well as I can catch fish on my Sage TXL. However I will say for me I do prefer the casting and fish on feel of most of my higher end rods.
Originally Posted By Adder13:
Originally Posted By adrock1978:
I'd like to get into fly fishing, and I love St. Croix rods of any kind. The Triumph rods that come with a reel sounds like a great deal bewteen $150 to $180. I know you get what you pay for, but it is St. Croix, so I'm thinking there is some definite quality along with the budget conscience price. Any help is appreciated
I have never fished that rod but any fly rod can catch fish. I find rod selection is much like gun selection. If you ask 10 different people their opinion you will get 10 different answers. I would go and cast it and see if you like the feel of the rod and then make your decision. One does not need to spend all sorts of money to get a “good” rod. I have both expensive and inexpensive rods. I can catch fish on my TFO rod/reel combo that I paid under 150 for just as well as I can catch fish on my Sage TXL. However I will say for me I do prefer the casting and fish on feel of most of my higher end rods.
Agreed. I've just never used a fly rod of any kind, and never fly fished. I'm afraid if I tried the rod, or even bought it, I wouldn't know if it was lacking in some way, compared to a better rod. Knowing that its a St. Croix though makes it much easier though.
The St. Croix rods at any level are definitely good to go. No, they're not top quality, but they work fine, especially for the money.
Also, I've found that the mid- to low-end rods by te big makers, St. Croix, Orvis, even Gander Mt. and Cabelas to be nice, soft rods that are easy to learn on. Many of the high-priced rods are wonderful but take some mastery (that I don't have) to fish well. The softer graphite or graphite/glass rods are more forgiving of beginner's techique, and allow you to feel the rod load, which leads to better casting (for me).
I've got, uh, I guess close to 12 fly rods (not sure, exactly), nothing super expensive, but some very nice rods, and my favorite light-duty rod is my 5wt Orvis Clearwater which was $150 as a kit about 12 years ago. Not a lot of backbone but a pleasure to catch brooktrout and small bass on.
I love my st croix 3wt
