Description

The 8-foot 3-weight CLASSIC R8 is at home on bluelines, creeks, and small rivers filled with modestly-sized fish eager for dry flies. Excellent for pocket water fishing and accurate casts in tight spaces, this rod loads easily, casts quick, and has plenty of finesse when delicacy is required.

Technology

The advanced, leading-edge material behind R8 enables us to shape a rod with a stiffer, stronger backbone but a more sensitive tip and more connected feel. The secret is twofold. First, a proprietary aerospace composite with a greater hoop strength enablesus to dimensionally grow taper diameter more quickly from the tipwhile a nano-sintered resin application increases axial resilience and allows us to pack more fiber intothe blank, resulting in that true two-way connection from hand to fly and back forgreater feel, flow and control.

A key characteristic of our proprietary Revolution 8 graphite material is that it naturally likes to bend – unusual in most high-modulus rods. With the CLASSIC R8, weve fully leaned into this characteristic and applied R8 Technology to a deep loading Moderate action, resulting in rod blanks that are astoundingly lightweight and soulful – perfect for fishing at calculated, measured tempos. Due to the fiber purity and resin applications of Revolution 8 graphite, CLASSIC R8 rods retain fast recovery speeds and incredible overall strength while offering an instinctive in-hand feel. This blend of a deep load and fast recovery results in a rod that maximizes smooth energy transfer and overall feel while achieving unprecedented line speed, control, and accuracy. Thanks to R8 materials, the CLASSIC R8 has revolutionized performance at a Moderate action.