{"id":1448,"date":"2020-11-02T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2020-11-02T08:00:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T08:00:42","slug":"ht6-ready-to-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/2020\/11\/02\/ht6-ready-to-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"HT6 ready to rock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s that Autumn\/Spring transition \u2013 as the Northern Hemisphere turns frigid, the Southern Hemisphere begins to bloom. November\/December are my favourite months in New Zealand, there is usually plenty of water in the rivers and the Brown Trout can be numerous and in prime condition, having recovered from spawning which happened as long as six months before. I would always aim to be touching down in NZ by Guy Fawkes night (5th November).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve heard that NZ is far busier nowadays, compared to when I used to fish there for six months\/year. And I really noticed changes over the 20 year period that I made summer fishing there my home. In the end that became a real problem for me, because I almost always prefer my own company to others when fishing. Anyway this year one would expect the rivers to be far quieter than in normal years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This rod, the HT6, was designed for New Zealand fishing. Typical set-up is three flies on an 18-22\u2019 leader. Top dropper being an indicator style dry fly (like my RFU) and then the bottom two flies being nymphs, one with tungsten and the other a smaller nymph tied off the bend.\u00a0
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Fish are relatively big, particularly so in the backcountry, where they can average 5 or more pounds. 4lbs in the backcountry is small. It\u2019s not even considered a big fish by NZ standards until it\u2019s at least 8lbs.\u00a0
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The HT action is a fast rod that flexes to the grip and feels comfortable at all ranges from up close, poking through the trees, to longer shots. In NZ you often need high line speed to deal with the strong winds that pop up just as you are about to take your shot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is designed true-to-weight. In other words for a fly line that truly weighs 160 grains at 30 feet. If you want to fish a line that weighs 185 grains (7WT) then buy the HT7!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And very importantly, I think, is that it has a matte \u201cno-shine\u201d finish. Shiny rods spook fish in NZ; I\u2019ve seen it with my own eyes.\u00a0
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Anyway, this one is in stock. If you order it today you will probably arrive by next week. Ooh – wouldn\u2019t that be fun!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/index.php\/webshop\/item\/536\/ht-pro-9ft-6wt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can always email me on paul@sexyloops.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheers, Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that Autumn\/Spring transition \u2013 as the Northern Hemisphere turns frigid, the Southern Hemisphere begins to bloom. November\/December are my favourite months in New Zealand, there is usually plenty of water in the rivers and the Brown Trout can be numerous and in prime condition, having recovered from spawning which happened as long as six … Continue reading “HT6 ready to rock”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1448"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1454,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448\/revisions\/1454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}