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Angling Publications - Index

Angling Publications - Fly Fish America - September 2007 Issue - Index

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2008 Fly Fishing Retailer World Trade Expo R.L. Winston (Booth 341) Sneak Peek 2008 New Gear
Frog Hair
Knotless Tarpon Leaders
Gamma Technologies, makers of Frog
Hair gamma-irradiated leaders and tippet
material, is introducing a new knotless, Frog
Hair tarpon leader. The new 9.5-foot long
leader incorporates a seamless butt section,
class section and bite tippet. The tarpon leaders
are available with either 16- or 20-pound
class sections.
Frog Hair's unique, patented, gamma
irradiation process produces a leader that
affords higher break-strength-to-diameter,
knot-strength-to-diameter, and shock resistance-to-diameter
ratios, as well as providing
greater suppleness and abrasion resistance.
When applied to the new knotless tarpon
leader, the result is a stiff butt section with
a supple, abrasion-resistant, 80-pound bite
tippet. Gamma processing also allows the bite
tippet to be easily and permanently straightened right out of the package simply by
pulling on it with a pair of pliers. See them at Booth 717 ($9.95), or contact Gamma
Technologies, Dept. FFA; Tel: (800) 437-2971; Web: www.froghairfishing.com
Winston Boron II-MX Rods
Big water. Big fish. Big flies. Big wind. The
new super-fast-action Boron II-MX Rods from
Winston are made to handle them all.
Designed for maximum power, maximum
distance and maximum fish-fighting ability,
these new 4-piece rods feature newly designed,
pewter-anodized, uplocking aluminum reel
seats with twin knurled locking rings, 1.25inch
diameter cork/peppered cork fighting
butts, premium cork full-Wells grips, greenpainted
blanks, tip-over-butt ferrules, twin
strippers with SiC inserts, and wide-aperture
snakes and tip-top. Winston's claim that the
Boron II-MX is capable of 100-foot+ casts was
easily validated by our 8-weight sample rod on
a striper trip to Block Island, RI, earning it a
slot on the 2008 Editors' Choice Award list.
Available in line weights 5 through 12,
they retail for $655 to $715 with a lifetime
warranty. See them at Booth 341, or contact
R. L. Winston Rod Co., Dept. FFA; Tel: (406)
684-5674; Web: www.winstonrods.com