Has anyone tried a Orvis Western 3 rod. Thinkng of getting one in the orvis sale 9' 6" #7 for my general still water fishing.

Comments welcome

Great blank, good fittings, sh!t cork handle.

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Cheers mate. Thinking of buying one for the wife as a first rod as she wants to start fly fishing. God help me

hi
got my westerton 2 replaced with a after the 2 broke twice not a year old yet the 3 is lying in my cupboard broken also when you think this was my second rod 10 ft for 6 wt it is not a very good quality the 3 broke while playing 2-3 lb fish the 2 broke twice once while playing fish of similar size and once first cast of a days fishing when you think £30 plus postage each time aproximatly £28 with post office that is why it is still in my cupboard sorry for the rant

Alan

I take it you wouldnt recommend then. What was Orvis's response surely if its a fault with the blank they should replace free of charge

i have a western 2 comp flex and love it, excellent with a dedicated 7 weight line, struggles a little with a 7/8 weight line tho, half decent fast(ish) action and like mentioned, decent fittings, altho my cork handle is spot on

Price reduced at the mo on the Orvis site and some promotion in store
although they will match there wed site price if it's chaeper





Colin.

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When I want your opinion I'll give it to you..

I've 10' 7wt and I love it. Cork handle could be better as pirate says but I can live with that.It certainly isnt any worst than the one on guideline fario that I also own ...

Bought one one on line 3 weeks ago. 10ft #4 for Grayling Fishing. Nice rod with a top action. used it 3 times and have found it to be a very good rod. matched it with a Orvis Battenkill Reel #5/6. To bvalance it out.

a while ago my choice was a sharpes gordon2 or a western3, tried both in the 9'6" #7 and both were great rods for the money indeed, i was well impressed. Not finding much to split them in performance, i went with the general consensus of forum posts on the subject, that the sharpes has better cork, and MY personal opinion that it has a better finish, and the gordon has seen fair use, and the handle is perfectly intact. Hope to have helped
Scotty

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