There was some press back in the Fall about this rod but nothing since. Does anyone know if T&T still plans to introduce this rod in 2017? Nothing glass-wise on their website aside from the Heirloom.

Thanks, Joe. I'm looking forward to casting one of these, but as a new retiree I probably won't be able to afford one. I do have the 3 wt. Heirloom that I picked up during my working days and it's an incredible rod. It will be interesting to see how the 2 rods compare.

Did they mention when they are available for sale to the public?

Heirlooms have fast progressive tapers and stiffen up into the handle to give a swelled butt effect. Not slow at all.

they are offered now on T&Ts website as well as Bearsden. $595, not at all unreasonable. Wish they had spigot ferrules. I didn't think the Heirlooms were slow at all but faster is OK too. T&T hasn't made many clunkers over the years, I'm anxious to see a review.

I could have sworn they were listed at $595 on Bears Den yesterday. $760 is the price of the Heirloom, hopefully an error by a confused employee.

Well the price is more or less in line with high end custom rods - - the real question is how do the rods cast?

Hope T&T keeps the proportions of the rod right.
Too often I see huge (especially in length) grips and reel seats (especially the screw part sticking out) on short & light rods.

+1

I've seen many T&T rods with way too big grips. T&T seems to 'specialize' in too long screws on their unlocking seats

Just a few images that's easy to identify being a factory built T&T:














Way too long grips:

A long grip which can be held comfortably at different positions is merely versatile - so probably a good thing more often than not. A long Ritz, Cigar or superfine is usually quite nice to fish with. Granted some specialty rods don't need long grips and less is more.

The long screw on the handles that effectively forms a short fighting butt is not to my absolute favourite but it's hardly a capital sin - speaking of T&T appointments. Personally I do wish they would bring back their great cap and ring reel seats. Obviously the market doesn't widely appreciate them as most manufacturers move away from them - look at the Scott F2 and G2 series.

We agree to disagree

I like grips that are in balance with the length of the rod.
The older (pre 2000) T&T rods had smaller grips than the post year 2000 rods.

The Lotic seems to have pre formed grips (as 99% of factory rods do these days).