Orvis superfine touch review full#
Orvis superfine touch review plus#

Some people are fond to the old reel seat which is a cork with ring, making the rod lighter.

The new reel seat is a blessing for some and a course for others, it adds as much as an ounce to the over rod weight, but allows you to put a reel in there with confidence.

Orvis superfine touch review plus#

The rod came with a very light graphite rod tube which is a plus for me as you can see in the above picture.

Orvis superfine touch review full#

Don’t be fooled by it full flex action, it has the backbone you need to use nymphs and defeat wind. They worked hard on the tapers of this blanks, they really hit the nail here, because this rod loads great at short and long distances. What its really new to this model is the real seat, which is an uplocking real seat with a nice wood spacer. So Orvis listen to their customers and launch the Superfine Touch on november 2010, going back to unsanded blanks and a more full flex action. They where launched in the mid 00’s till the Superfine replaced it this year (2011). There is an exception with the recently passed out Superfine Trout Bum, they have their blanks sanded and the rod action was toward the mid to mid-fast action. The unsanded blanks, the Superfine style grip and the action of the rod are part of the distinctive points of the Graphite Superfine along those days till now. The idea behind this graphite rods was to resemblance the slow casting stroke an delicacy of bamboo with a new lighter material such as graphite. This type of finishing was used on the new graphite blanks, also the blanks where left unsanded. On of its things was the style the cork handle and rod blank was finished, instead of using a winding check they wrapped silk from the blank up to the cork giving them a unique style and beauty. On that time a 4 weight AFTMA rod was among the lightest an delicate rods to fish with in small rivers and creeks. Orvis launched the Superfine line of fly rods in the 70’s, the first Superfine fly rods where made of bamboo with soft and delicate tapers targeted on the low AFTMA numbers. The weight of the rod is a mere 2.125 oz. The Orvis Superfine Touch 761-4 is a full flex fly rod, the 761-4 means that is a 7 feet 6 inches long, 1 weight AFTMA rod and 4 pieces.