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Originally Posted by Troutmonk
Thanks to 4D7 I got a hold of Geoff over at Pieroway and decided on a the
8'3" X-Series. This is the handle the beginning of the rod.
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Very nice setup, that's an awesome looking handle. You will love the feel of this rod, its super sensitive but very accurate with a lot of muscle.
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Originally Posted by draytonv
The problem with Pieroway is they are just asian made blanks dressed up to look nice. If you are looking for a 3 wt you are likely targeting very educated or spooky fish. Thus, I would save your money for a high end rod like the Sage One. When it comes to fly fishing hand made American product is the best.
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There is nothing wrong with asian made blanks, it all comes down to quality. We north americans automatically assume that if something is not made in north america, its a piece of garbage. I had a choice of buying a sage one vs a pieroway x series. I chose the pieorway because the feel was right and I felt that it was more suited for our foothill streams. The sage one was an epic rod, but a little to fast for what I was looking for. Exactly as you stated a 3wt is used to target educated and spooky fish and in my opinion the pieroway x-series was the better choice.
I was very impressed on how accurate and straight the x-series casted when compared to a sage one . My friend and I traded rods for a bit on a drift one day, he owns and sage one and he was quite impressed on how well the the pieorway rod casted.
I wouldn't call pieorway a "bling" factor, it is more about being able to customize something that you enjoy to your own personality. It would be cool if all companies could do that. But in my opinion owning a 1000 rod is more of a "bling" factor.
The point is, there are many different products out there and eventually you will find one that will suit your needs, whether its a cheap or super expensive.
Your always gonna have the debate of "this is better than that", but really the best thing to do is go out and physically try things for yourself oppose to just reading comments on the internet.