Favorite Bamboo Midge Rod | Iron Midge | 6'9" 4wt. 2pc.
This is one of my most popular rods going 23 plus years strong. It has caught record fish dating back to 1998. A quick tip and fast loader in tight, The “Iron Midge” is a very versatile rod and is my own personal favorite for smaller spring creeks and high elevation tributaries.
The venerable 6'9" 4wt. 2pc. “Iron Midge” with spalted maple spacer
a highly responsive tip yet soft enough not to break off 7x tippet.
All “warm blued” nickel hardware applied with iron oxide bluing, hence the name “Iron midge”
Blued amber agate stripper coupled with crystal clear wraps tipped with scarlet red
...and I mean crystal!
All of my rods are fitted with a custom finial ferrule plug
Iron Midge 6'9" 4wt. brings it home with a 28" Brown on 6x
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“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains.”
Henry David Thoreau | on small waters
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