Last Fall I was fishing with my 5 ft Eagle Claw feather light and an Eagle Claw light reel (this reel was made in Italy and I have had is since I was 12) and with some of the fish I was catching in the lake at the cabin, I was out gunned...


So this year I have put togather a rig with a little more oomff...I didn't go crazy, the rod is a Fenwick FS70 and the reel is a Penn 712. Still looking for a 714 as that would be the perfect fit for the Fenwick, but for now this rig is ready to take on the bigger fish that laughed at my Eagle Claw rig.

I still fish the FS79 and Dam Quick reel that was my grandfather's retirement gift in 1973, and it still looks great. I caught a LOT of Coho on that sucker and one big Chum that made a horseshoe of it. Man, they are tough rods! I also just last night snagged an SF75-5 off ebay that I can't wait to put to work on bass this Summer... as a spinning rod.
I've no idea how it is that I still haven't tried a single Fenwick fly rod!

Nice combo. I have fished a similar outfit for years. It is a Fenwick FS50 and a Penn 716. I use it for small Ozark streams and canoe float trips. Can handle decent bass and still fun to use catching Goggle-Eyes and sunfish.

Eagle claw calls that series reel their 'mediterranean' (sp?) line'.

I still love that line of Penn Reels !

Pecos