I’m catching up here!! This is the one, the SL flagship rod where God came down and lent a hand. And we have spent the last 10 or 12 years trying to replicate it in other line weights.
Really, a 6WT has been my goto line weight for most of my life. Go-to particularly in NZ. But it’s also a good all-round trout weight, certainly if you are going to fish bigger flies. Quite frankly, nowadays my goto trout rod is a 4WT. The 6 is still what I would fish in NZ however.
It’s also the Instructor version that I cast every day, and on my original HT6 I mount a SA Bonefish line to in order to chase Gourami here in the jungle.
I’m not sure I’ll ever make a better rod. I’ll certainly never make a finer 6WT! And I have no need to.
For me I like the true to weight stuff. SA MED, Expert Trout and Bonefish are the floating lines that I use on this rod. I used to drop a line weight for competitions, before comp distance casters (myself included) started dropping 5 or more line weights!
But as a pure fishing 6WT I don’t think there is anything better. In fact, for me, I don’t think there ever will be. And I hope to live a very long life!!!
My HT6 is one of the original builds. Serial no4. I think Trev or Lee did some magic too at one point and I’ve certainly replaced the tip once.
Andy’s builds are exceptional. I must get one for myself! I haven’t seen anything like it.
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Cheers, Paul
