Friends and fellow fisherman of fiberglass fly rods,
I am pleased to announce the Bozeman Rod Western Glass Series. When we set out to design a new series of fiberglass rods we were inspired to create fly rods for our own backyard, the Greater Yellowstone Area. I feel this is exactly what we have achieved, a fiberglass rod with a distinct Western feel. They are unsanded, unidirectional Sglass which creates a smooth, responsive rod, that is enjoyable to fish.
When I started thinking about this series of rods (quite some years ago) I thought specifically to many of the rivers/streams I fish and how I like to fish them, whether wading a stream or fishing from a drift boat. For example, I love Yellowstone National Park especially the Lamar River where Cutties have what I refer to as the "Hey look, a bug!" syndrome. In July through September we fish everything from Green Drakes, Stoneflies, and my favorite... grasshoppers and thought that an 8'6" 5wt glass rod would be perfect to handle the size 8 dries I throw and the 16-20" Cutts I catch there.
Further upstream Soda Butte Creek flows through a wide open meadow and is filled with 8-13" Cutts with occasional 16-20" fish. I felt that this was perfect water for an 8'6" 3wt.
The Spring and fall out west is a lot of fun. In a day of fishing you can throw double indicator rigs, streamers, and dry flies. I felt that a 8'6" 6wt would be a perfect on a day when you are walking miles of stream and only want to carry one rod. Think the Ruby, Beaverhead, Blackfoot, Three Dollar/Slide area of the Madison, and Gallatin Rivers....the list goes on.
I love to fish the Firehole starting Memorial day weekend through late June. The mix of baetis, pmd's, and caddis is a godsend when many of our waters are blown out due to run off. An 8'6" 4wt is perfect for these fishing conditions as well as many of the spring creeks around here, and let us not forget the great Trico hatches of the Missouri River and the Bitteroot.
I live, fish, and guide on the Yellowstone River. It's one of the great Brown Trout Fisheries of the Rocky Mountain West and if you want to catch some of it's larger Brownies you have to commit to throwing large and often articulated streamers with Sink Tip lines. I felt streamer fisherman needed a rod with the feel and durability of glass to handle this style of fishing so we developed a 9' 7wt...anywhere big streamers are needed catch big fish. As a side note, I grew up between Cleveland and Akron fishing the Great Lakes Steelhead runs. Perfect for that as well.
Rods are made with the finest components available, Lemke and Snake Brand Reel Seats/Woods, Snake Brand Universal Guides, Flor Grade Cigar Grip (Streamer model will have a Full Wells, all Metal Seat, and Fighting Butt) and will come with a Rod Tube w/logo and bag. Rods come in 2 colors Dark Brown or Clear/White. 8'6" models are 3pc and come in 3,4,5, and 6wts. Streamer model is a 9' 7wt.
Rod prices are
$600,
$675 for agate guide and darkened hardware.
Here is an example of our 8'6" 5wt.
These rods go perfect with Bozeman Reels, both the RS and SC series. We are more than happy to put together a custom outfit for you.
Please PM me with any questions, we are very excited about this series and are confident that you will enjoy fishing them.