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McFarland GTX 586/ 4
Post 28 Apr 2020, 20:57 • #1 
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Re: McFarland GTX 586/ 4
Post 28 Apr 2020, 21:08 • #2 
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Beautiful!


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Re: McFarland GTX 586/ 4
Post 28 Apr 2020, 21:53 • #3 
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Very cool! How does it cast? Comparisons to other ~8.5' 5wts?


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Re: McFarland GTX 586/ 4
Post 29 Apr 2020, 09:44 • #4 
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Nice work Lanny!


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Re: McFarland GTX 586/ 4
Post 29 Apr 2020, 15:21 • #5 
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Driftless, hello to answer your question, the rod is medium fast and very powerful. Allot of butt power with a soft tip (tip diameter is 4.0). It casts wonderfully at all distances. It forms a very nice loops at 10 to 15 ft. and throws razor thin loops to 60 ft. with little effort. It’s very smooth and light in hand.
The blank is a combination of E and S glass and has a large diameter. It will be a wonderful big water rod for indicator rigs, streamers, nymphs but it’s still delicate enough for fishing dries. That’s the great thing about glass a fast powerful rod like this still retains that wonderful lively glass feeling. It will bend well into the butt with a nice fish and have plenty of power to turn it. Because it’s glass small to medium size will be fun on it too. I cast it with a SA Frequency plus WF 5 F which is a 5.5 wt line. I liked the combination allot

Lanny


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Re: McFarland GTX 586/ 4
Post 29 Apr 2020, 18:02 • #6 
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Thanks for the review, sounds awesome!


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