LOOP Q 990-4 9ft #9 4PCS Fly Fishing Rod

Description: Loop Q four piece fly rod with rod sock and travel case. 9 weight, 9 foot medium fast action. This rod never saw much if any use. As the review notes, the cork used is of modest quality. However, this rod was purchased later in the production run and looks to have better cork than the 8wt I have listed. Same components, so I'd expect it to stand up to saltwater use if rinsed after fishing. Like the 8-wt, it does well when matched with Rio Outbound lines or similar. I've since moved on to the Loop Cross series. Here's an excerpt from the Yellowstone Shoot-Out in 2019. Go to the website to see all of it. I would say it's spot on. "We were delighted with the performance of this new rod from Loop, considering its crazy low price. The Q is a medium fast action rod with a slightly softer tip than the Cross SW, and this helped give it more feel and accuracy in close. But at longer distances the Cross SW and the better rods blew it away. The Q is a good-looking rod, with much better components than we expected to see in this price range. Another thing that impressed me was its extremely light swing weight that matched some of the best rods. This will be a very pleasant rod to cast and fish all day. The blank itself is finished in a medium matte gray, with lighter gray wraps trimmed in red on the butt section. Loop uses a full wells cork handle with contrasting cork rings at top and bottom. The cork handle had more filler than I’d like to see – the quality of cork used was not nearly as good as on the Cross SX. Its matte gray anodized double uplocking seat matches the color of the blank. The rings were fairly large and pretty easy to grip. The bottom ring has a thin nylon insert on the top, which helped give a positive lock up with a heavier reel. A short fighting butt is used that has a wide composite cork on the end for comfort while fighting fish. The guide set up is only one SiC stripping guide, followed up with large size hard chrome snake guides and an oversize tiptop. This rod is designed by Loop in Sweden, but produced in Korea."

Price: 175 USD

Location: Richmond, California

End Time: 2025-02-09T22:35:22.000Z

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