{"id":1455,"date":"2020-11-05T12:43:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T12:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/?p=1455"},"modified":"2020-11-05T12:43:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T12:43:03","slug":"ht4-to-stralia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/2020\/11\/05\/ht4-to-stralia\/","title":{"rendered":"HT4 to \u2018Stralia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is undoubtedly my go-to trout rod nowadays. Really nice up close with a tip that allows you to fish .10mm\/7X and flies smaller than 22 &#8211; we are talking technical river trout fishing here! But also with the backbone that allows you to throw a long line into the wind when you need it. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was originally designed for fly fishing in the Balkans where long fine leaders are essential (and the trout and grayling a very respectable size) but it very quickly became my all-round trout rod. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think where it really shines is for exactly the sort of fishing this rod is off to do; ie sight fishing for stillwater brown trout in Tasmania. On my last trip I discovered times when I needed to delicately fish leaders of .14mm, which is getting fine for stillwater trout fishing, particularly when the fish are of a decent size!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/DD66C3DE-4E69-4672-8EBC-F2068B7F64B7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/DD66C3DE-4E69-4672-8EBC-F2068B7F64B7.jpeg 707w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/DD66C3DE-4E69-4672-8EBC-F2068B7F64B7-265x300.jpeg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All in all it\u2019s a really fun rod to fish! Email me on paul@sexyloops.com if you have any questions! <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheers, Paul<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is undoubtedly my go-to trout rod nowadays. Really nice up close with a tip that allows you to fish .10mm\/7X and flies smaller than 22 &#8211; we are talking technical river trout fishing here! But also with the backbone that allows you to throw a long line into the wind when you need it. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/2020\/11\/05\/ht4-to-stralia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HT4 to \u2018Stralia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1456,"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\/1455"}],"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=1455"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1459,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions\/1459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}