Thinking about the Prime 4wt considering the price could currently be at it's low point at $50.
Be interested in hearing comments from anyone whose cast or fished the rod.

Thanks AB. I've done a search on the internet and youtube; lots of reports on the
CGRs but have found little on the Prime.

I have the 4 wt CGR and like the rod but would like a longer, at least 7', 4 wt.

The 7' 4 weight is a fun rod to fish, even more so when you hook a good sized fish. It is a slow and buttery-smooth casting rod. I never fished mine with a 3 weight line (which I want to do) and I suspect it will respond just fine.

Mass trout:

If this is the end of the Primes, take a chance. It is a hoot, and then some.

I have the 6'4" 4 wt and love it. I also use it with a 3 wt line.

Picked up a couple more today, talking to the guy, they are indeed being discontinued. As are the current cgrs. The new cgrs will be more "modern" as he calls it. A mix between the cgrs and as he put it, "sage". Which I took to mean faster. He also went on to say how glass is more forgiving and less skill is needed. Whatever. I've got enough of both. Now I'll turn my attention back to collecting diamondbacks..

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I was told when I picked up my 3 wt Prime last month that they were discontinued. Shame, as most of the Prime rods are great bargain rods. I am torn over which of the Primes is best - I reeeeally like the 6' 3 weight but I think the 7' 4 weight edges it out as a better fishing tool.

I just fished yesterday and got to give my 3 weight a workout - I fished three different lines on it to see what it would do.

The 175 grain OPST commando head is a perfect match to it - I was mostly throwing it with a 3' floating tip made from one end of a DT7 line, and a 7' mono leader off that swinging small intruders, and big wet flies. I also tried a 6' floating tip made from the front of a #8 WF line and ran a standard knotless 7.5' leader off that with a big caddis dry fly and used more of a touch & go style cast and that worked great.

Switching back to a standard Cabela's Prestige trout line I was happy throwing size 12 dries and weighted hares ears.

Then for giggles I lined it with a #5 SA GPX sharkskin line and did some more single hand spey casting, and short range nymphing with a pair of weighted nymphs and a split shot.

Of the pairings I like the standard WF3 best for conventional flies and conventional casts. For hucking the shooting head and bigger fly the rods action is great BUT I really wished the rod was a tad longer - almost smacked myself with the line a couple times.

Comparitively the 7' 4 weight was better for throwing weighted nymphs and it was a great single hand spey rod. I found it liked true to weight lines as well, and I think a 175 Commando would sail on that rod and I think 7 feet is a more reasonable length for a fly rod. The 6' length of the 3 is great for brushy small streams but most of the waters I fish a 7 to 9 footer works well.

Having owned samples of the 3, 4,and 5 weights my favorite is the 4.

Kind of sad to hear they are redoing the CGRs again - Glass rods don't need to be Sage fast.

The 7'1" 4 wt is my favorite rod to use for small stream fishing. I like how it balances with the CGR1 and for $60 I think that setup is one heck of a deal. I took it out two weekends ago in the IA driftless area and had a blast. No matter the size of the fish, the rod is just pure fun.

Very nice!
I have an amber handled Progress 60 that I use with my CGR 2 wt.

My Prime 4 wt. is still on its way. I'm hoping to get it by the end of the day tomorrow.