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The all-new PREDATOR is the ultimate fly rod for big flies, heavy lines, and aggressive-fighting fish. It features a powerful, intuitive fast action that commands enough power to combat big gamefish and pick up and cast today's heavy lines and massive flies. Its action is designed to perform in both freshwater and saltwater scenarios, and all components are saltwater-ready.
The PREDATOR family encompasses models ranging from spooky-bonefish duty 5-weights to tarpon-ready 12 weights, including unique specialty models like a 7'10' 8-weight and dedicated PIKE and MUSKY models with extended fighting butts for boat side figure-eights. The all-new PREDATOR is the ultimate fly rod for big flies, heavy lines, and aggressive-fighting fish. It features a powerful, intuitive fast action that commands enough power to combat big gamefish and pick up and cast today's heavy lines and massive flies. Its action is designed to perform in both freshwater and saltwater scenarios, and all components are saltwater-ready. The PREDATOR family encompasses models ranging from spooky-bonefish duty 5-weights to tarpon-ready 12 weights, including unique specialty models like a 7'10' 8-weight and dedicated PIKE and MUSKY models with extended fighting butts for boat side figure-eights.
North West Classic Tackle is dedicated to offering the bestequipment available for fly fishing; fly tying and all otherrelated fly fishing items to include DVD's and Books andClothing. We offer both Classic previously owned equipmentand also new equipment and we are dealers for all of thebest companies. We will be adding a website for our newequipment shortly that will be linked to this site so thatyou will be able to choose both new and classic equipment.You can always call our shop at 208-772-0372 for informationabout our new gear. I have been fly fishing now for 56 years and I had my first'love affair' with Bamboo over 46 years ago. I got my firstBamboo Fly Rod, which was a Hardy Palakona in Frederickton,New Brunswick, when I was 16 years old. It was an 8 footthree piece rod and the price was $60.00.
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I have been adevoted addict ever since. There is nothing in fly fishingquite like the feel of a good Bamboo Rod as you false castand feel the rod load and deliver the fly just where youintended and then set the hook on a sizeable fish that youhave been watching rise. I was very fortunate to have livedand grown up in the East and at a time when many of thegreat rod builders were still creating their works of art. Iworked for William Mills & Son as a young boy and learned ofLeonard and Payne and Gillum and Garrison and Edwards whilethey were still making rods and was also very fortunate tohave met them and watch them create their rods and learnfrom them. I worked at Mills until they went out of businessand then bought the name at the auction along with quite acollection of items of both historic and trivial importance.At that time I was also publishing Fishing & Hunting Booksunder the name of Freshet Press. In the middle 70's I movedto California and met some of the rod builders of the west.I met Andre Puyans and Gary Howells and Doug Merrick.
Iconsidered Gary Howells to be the best rod builder alive atthe time and Gary and I became great friends. Andre and Ibecame great friends also and Andre was one of the finestfly tyers that I have ever known.
A great friend andsoulmate. All are gone now but I think about them every day.Now new Rod Builders have stepped into the spotlight and arecreating some of the most beautiful and functional rods Ihave ever seen.
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