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Your go-to destination fly rod. Built with a highly responsive blank for quick shots, and a powerful butt for fighting the most aggressive fish, the 9-foot 8WT Toadfish Fly Rod is the avid angler’s dream stick. Whether you are sight-casting redfish on a flood tide or swinging flies at winter steelhead, this rod has you covered.
9’ | 8WT | 4-piece + Additional Tip-Section in Premium Aluminum Tube
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Built with a highly responsive blank for quick shots, and a powerful butt for fighting the most aggressive fish, the 9-foot 8WT Toadfish Fly Rod is the avid angler’s dream stick. Whether you are sight-casting redfish on a flood tide or swinging flies at winter steelhead, this rod has you covered.
A powerful butt section easily throws a wide range of streamers and accommodates effective sinking tip lines. In addition, it provides the ability to quickly pull aggressive fish out of structure for increased landing success.
9’ | 8 weight 4-piece design with an additional tip-section, 5 total pieces included
- Premium aluminum tube with optional carrying strap and roll-up divided rod bag
- 30/40 ton high carbon graphite resulting in a lightweight, crisp, fast action
- Fast recovering high-performance modern taper
- Reel Seat: Aluminum anodized double up-lock
- Winn grip full wells handle with fighting butt
Overall rating: 4.9 / 5 from 63 reviews.
Very nice rod very lite yet still have enough backbone to handle king salmon with no problems
Store owner replied: Those are some impressive fish! We’re glad the Fly Rod has the perfect balance of being lightweight while still handling those big king salmon. 🎣
Really nice quality, rod flexibility is a bit stiff but that isn’t a bad thing, just a difference in preference. Also the price is awesome!
I have had this rod for a couple of weeks now. I like the action of the rod as it is not a super fast action rod and that makes it a little more forgiving on me as I am not the most experienced fly caster. It handled carp quite well and this last weekend it was very windy and I was still able to get good cast with better accuracy than I have before. I can't wait to take it on a trip to Panama in January and see how it does.
Fished the Toadfish 9ft 8wt for a couple years. Bought it as a back rod and was very surprised, good action and good quality. However the rod does lack some power for punching into the wind with #1 size redfish bugs so it will not be replacing my other more expensive 8wt as my go to rod. I use SA Grand Slam 8wt for both rods. Also, I love that they give you a second tip section but I really dislike that they will not sell you a replacement if you need it.
Casts larger flies well with nice tight loops. Feels good in hand and is sharp looking with a modern flare . I use a 10wt redfish tapered line in floating and sinking with good results. I would love to have these in a 4 , 7 and 10 weight size ! Bonjour de Louisiane mes amis partout . Bonne chance .
7lb Bonefish in the Bahamas, great little rods for insure and bass! Throw streamers and bulky topwaters very nicely and they have the perfect taper and action for more aggressive species of fish on larger flies.
Fantastic fly rod! I’ve been using it off my dock here in coastal VA to catch striper. Great action and punches flies through the wind with ease. I paired it up with a redington behemoth and 8wt Rio saltwater sink tip line. Wish y’all would make a 9,10, and 12wt! I’d buy them all!
Best I've ever had
Loads well. Dig it.
Works great, only thing I would add is alignment marks to make sure you have the sections lined up perfectly.
Fast and excellent products
Have had a chance to use it yet it’s winter here but seems to have nice action
great feeling 4 piece rod. Hefty enough to feel solid with 2 tip sections provided. Very nice aluminum carry case that will provide protection during transport.
Besides being a great value, I love the action on the tip and the rubber grip. This rod packs a punch.
My husband absolutely loved the fly rod. We’re just waiting for the winds to calm down enough to try it out. Excellent quality.
It’s fully winter here, so no fishing for a few months but the initial impression is very good indeed. Looking forward to striper season.
Shipping was quick and product was as expected. I have several of the spinning rods and they are great and I am sure this will perform just as well
Everything was fantastic, product quality and shipping excellent.
I'm still shopping for a reel. The rod is very nice, feels good so far but I will start really casting in the spring. Nice rod! Great value!
Great rod! Excellent quality and shoots line far!
I want to start off this review to say for the money, this is a decent rod. I usually fish a Hardy or Sage in the salt and wanted this rod as a back up. For that purpose it is acceptable, but it would not be my primary stick in the salt and especially not in high winds or chucking big flies. It is very soft imo. But I do realize the price-point here and can't compare it to say a Hardy or Sage or even an Orvis rod, but you will pay double and even triple for those rods compared to this one. So yes, I am glad I purchased it, but it will not replace my other rods, primarily a back up rod. Great company though with a great mission!
Great fly rod with awesome action!! Worth the $$ will buy another soon. See how it preforms in the Bahamas 🇧🇸 in a few weeks!!
This is my 2nd toadfish fly rod. It's a great rod for the price!!
Very well made
Feels great and looks great also, came in no time.
Very nice rod
The rod is a beauty, well balanced and true. It’s helping make improvements in my casting. My goto distance was 35’ and is now a very comfortable 45’. Really looking forward to our first trip to the NC coast in November for redfish and sheepshead. Thany
Looking forward to getting this fly rod some action at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in November. I got a really great deal on this rod and super excited to watch it bend! Tight Lines!
Great rod, lightweight compared to my other 8wt, softer tip allows for my accuracy and ergo handle feels great! Also loved the rod tube that came with, aluminum with sushi roll to protect rod while in the tube.
This rod may replace my present rod if it works well in the coming steelhead season.
Flyrod has great sensitivity. The Winn grips are nice. My only disappointment was the fact it was made in China.
Awesome fly rod used it for the first time yesterday with a cheeky reel. Quality product.
So far so good! Plus it was on sale too!
A great fly rod one of my favorite rods.
Very light fly rod and the carry case is awesome. Great product for the money.
These rods are amazing ,I have a fly rod and 3 other spinning reel model rods ,and they are all great , super tough ,great sensibility, and great back bone !! Highly recommend getting your self a toadfish rod of any kind !!!
Feels like a med flex, cast nice and feels good. I will be trying it for bonefish soon and see how it works is the wind.
Waiting for the reel to make it complete
Only problem is there is no reel
I’ve only casted mine from the bank but it is very nice! In fact, I ended up buying this latest one for my son. Can’t wait to hook some bull reds on it!
