ICAST Coverage Day 2 - Its getting hot in the Rod Market (continued)
 

Airrus: When we arrived at the Airrus booth we were greeted by Ken Whiting, President of Airrus Rods, and his collection of pioneering rods from the popular Co-Matrix series to the remarkable N-Sync series. From our preview article you have already learned about the N-Sync which applies Nano-Technology but there were some rods that we’ve never seen before, especially in the fly series. Airrus is one of those companies that keeps turning up the heat on the competition by continually looking for the latest materials and technology to make a better product. There's no doubt that Airrus has helped drive the market forward over the last four years. In fact Airrus had previously won the best rod category the last three years in a row and was viewed as a very strong contender with the N-Sync this year.

Tradition fly: Airrus had the only fly rod that we highlighted at the show this year. We found Airrus’ Tradition fly rods, especially one of the Spey rods, extremely striking. This extremely long rod has more foregrip for better handling, control, and humbling power. Best of all Airrus makes no use of sensitivity dampening cork, with this rod your hands are directly on the graphite the entire time. Ken challenged us to overload and break this rod, but all Zander ended up with was sore forearms.

G.Loomis: G.Loomis certainly has done their part to keep Bass Anglers happy over the last few years but what about those in their very own backyard. G.Loomis is based in the heart of Salmon country in Washington, and thought it was high time they made use of all their experience to make the ultimate salmon rod. After countless conversations with top guides, hundreds of re-designs, and months of field testing the new lineup of Salmon rods has been born.