Got in one more day of fishing for big bluegill. 15’ leaders, breakaway indicators, size 14 olive buggers and the NFC 580. This rod handled the long leader well and was a blast to catch the fish on. The air temps at the lake are 100 degrees and the water is very warm and full of algae. The fish will be retreating to deeper water for the next few very hot months. I’ll try again in the fall it was a great run.

Jeez, those are big 'gills!

Hawgs! Love it. I've got a NFC 7644 arriving on Saturday that I'm really looking forward to putting together.

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

Humongous !

Forgot to ask, how is the action of that rod? Did those ‘gills give it a good bend? Moderate or maybe fast/moderate?

Thank you. Building mine right now. It’s for trout - at least in the beginning on the Tailwaters but going to see how it performs with Smallies and panfish too.

Amazing fish!!

Here is one I caught in October. This one pulled really hard.

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Nice, I love me some bluegill and glass fly rods.

Odonata, I love my Meeker 2wt. Highly recommend. I have never had a 2wt before so I bought a reasonably priced line to start out: the Piscifun Sword WF2. Works very well with this rod. I’d say the action is soft but nice and crisp, exactly as they pitch it. I didn’t feel like I could do anything with my meager skills that it couldn’t handle. Curiously, Diamondback’s social media is nearly non-existent, which may be intentional, or may be they don't have or want to commit the resources. I bought the Meeker glass 2wt in part because of this insane video of Tom Bell catching massive carp on it (he switches from the 6wt to the 2 about the 6 minute mark but you’ll want to watch the whole thing. This is what convinced me to cast it for Texas lake bass (of which I caught many along with the bluegill this fun day): https://youtu.be/ZRwy8p1WlVQ