Fly outfit help..again

[halibuthitman]

You'll wish you had no less than $200 when you walk into Griggs, they have a variety of rods from ice fishing ultra lights to Sturgeon rods and fly rods of course, the ice rods were prototypes so I am not sure they have them anymore, you can find nice Salmon rods for about $45, last time I was there he had a deal on three Salmon rods for $100.

Im not gonna attack or slam griggs.... but how on earth could a guy be building 3 rods for a hundred bucks... and be beating cabellas qaulity?... google the price of the absolutely cheapest crappiest rod components.. and see what that cost

 

[bigsteel]

Im not gonna attack or slam griggs.... but how on earth could a guy be building 3 rods for a hundred bucks... and be beating cabellas qaulity?... google the price of the absolutely cheapest crappiest rod components.. and see what that cost

i have always wondered this about griggs as well,i have never casted their rods but 33 bucks a rod?there is something going on there

 

[Growbug]

I love my Griggs 5 wt. I snapped the tip off when we were fishing at trillium. Took it into the factory and got handed a new rod.
The $33 sticks are ones that have been returned / broken and rebuilt by the guy. as he puts it, he doesn't want to sell them at full price as they arent exactly 'perfectly matched'

 

[brandon4455]

brad your inbox is full

 

[halibuthitman]

gotcha... i,ll go sweep and take out the trash- thanks Brandon

 

[Markcanby]

The 4wt I got from was a combo that he sells to Big-5 people were stealing the spools out of the reels so he got a couple dozen sent back to him. He said it wasn't his fault but he wasn't about to disagree is a customer that buys 3k rods at a time. I paid 35$ for the rod retail for the combo was 125$

 

[brandon4455]

gotcha... i,ll go sweep and take out the trash- thanks Brandon

no problem bro

 

[brandon4455]

but yes, it does seem kinda fishy because they are so cheap, makes mne wonder if i should still consider buying one or not, i just need a little 5wt for trout no big deal, i don't need the best quality ui usually make my gear last a while regardless of the quality. i need somthing thats under $80 so it will be a lower end combo for sure.

 

[troutramp]

brandon did you check out the redington combos? I know somebody on here mentioned them, but I would check it out more thouroughly if you get a chance they are a good beginer set up 80 bucks is not to work with but i think you can find something. let us know how it goes.

 

[brandon4455]

brandon did you check out the redington combos? I know somebody on here mentioned them, but I would check it out more thouroughly if you get a chance they are a good beginer set up 80 bucks is not to work with but i think you can find something. let us know how it goes.

my 8wt is a redington, i love how it casts so far (in my yard) yes i am considering them if i can manage to spend $100 hopefully everything works out well, ill let you know how the search goes next month


brandon

 

[brandon4455]

well, i found the same exact model outfit as my 8wt but a 5wt for around $60-70 ill probably grab one of those

 

[markasd]

Griggs fish fine.. Redington fish fine as well.. good rods for the price.. my 5wt Redington landed my first 13lb steelhead, as well as many many redsides, bows and yes - sea runs cutties - taken a 24" sea run on my 3wt redington - WHOA!

Any hoo - you'll get more rods down the road, get what works for you and your budget... I'd let ya try some of my outfits, maybe we could set up a trip?

mark

 

[brandon4455]

Griggs fish fine.. Redington fish fine as well.. good rods for the price.. my 5wt Redington landed my first 13lb steelhead, as well as many many redsides, bows and yes - sea runs cutties - taken a 24" sea run on my 3wt redington - WHOA!

Any hoo - you'll get more rods down the road, get what works for you and your budget... I'd let ya try some of my outfits, maybe we could set up a trip?

mark

sure that sounds fine, next month? pick a river and alet me know




brandon