The ISE celebrates its 30 year anniversary in style by showcasing new tackle
in San Mateo, CA (continued)
Powell: Powell made waves recently by
getting into the bass rod business, but lets not forget where the company's
roots rest. When it came to a killer deal on a fly rod outfit Powell had the
deal of the show. We found Keith Bryan, President of Powell selling their
premium Tiboron II rods and Switchback reels for some amazing prices. These
combos normally retail for $724.00, but at the show they were only $399.00,
that's a downright steal. The booth was packed with so many people trying to
purchase rods we could barely get shots of the combos before enthusiastic fly
fisherman wrestled the rods away from us.
The Powell
Tiburon II comes in weights from 4 to 14
Notice the
Tiboron II's attractive graphite seat, and the matching Powell Switchback
reel
A closer
look at the blue threading and ferrule
Keith Bryan,
President of Powell, holds up a Tiboron II
Scientific Anglers: Now that you have a fly
outfit your going to need some line to go with that. We were lucky enough to
hook up with John Stark the inventor of the L2L (Line to Leader) connectors we
learned about last
year. At this show we were shown the next evolution of this system,
the "L2L Reconnect."
John Stark
explains the new L2L design to Zander and JIP
A close-up
of the new reusable connector
A wrench
tool comes with the leader, but is not necessary to connect the leader.
However, it will be helpful when in cold weather and wearing gloves
