Has anyone casted (or fished) the new Loomis Shorestalker or the Redington Predator rods?
I have fished earlier versions of the GLoomis Shorestalker in both 6 and 8 weights. The rods I used were both 8 feet. The original idea was to enter some local bass contests with the rods. These rods were under the rod length limitations. I never got the chance to acutely fish a contest with them. According to the judges i was not allowed to use a fly rod no matter the length of the rod. The rods were both extremely powerful and casted large flies well. They also handled fish well. If the Shorestalker is anything like the older versions i fished, they will do exactly what GLoomis says. I have casted the sage bass rods too, they are short rods as well. They casted nicely and were very powerful, but a very ugly color. I preferred the GLoomis rods to the Sage rods in terms of casting not just color. I have never casted or fished the Redington rod.
