{"id":1476,"date":"2021-01-07T13:56:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T13:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2021-01-07T13:56:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T13:56:08","slug":"first-order-of-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/2021\/01\/07\/first-order-of-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"First order of the New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An HT10 that\u2019s just left for Japan. One we actually had in stock! Nick\u2019s just ordered one for himself too and maybe I\u2019m about to sell two more. It\u2019s been a while since we\u2019ve sold four HT10s in one week, not since the Italian Team placed an order! <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the HT10 is really a go-to true-to-AFFTA line class 10WT bells and whistles fishing rod, it\u2019s also a really classy 5WT distance comp rod. A significant number of the HT10s that we\u2019ve sold have been for competition, including this one. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DISTANCE FLYCASTING PRACTISE - 90FT CARRY 5WT\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ozVkwFTKVC4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>This is me casting one off a log<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a fun rod I have to say, particularly nice for fishing a 10 line. I spent one year fishing the prototypes on both coasts of Australia and chasing Snakehead first off a kayak and then with my small aluminium jungle boat\/home. If you\u2019re going to do something then you might as well do it properly! <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/CB498026-5213-4FCD-8B89-4F30A0D9DD1C.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/CB498026-5213-4FCD-8B89-4F30A0D9DD1C.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/CB498026-5213-4FCD-8B89-4F30A0D9DD1C-300x229.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/CB498026-5213-4FCD-8B89-4F30A0D9DD1C-768x587.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are going to fish it, and I certainly recommend you do, then you want to go for a 10WT flyline that is actually a ten weight. If the line is \u201cone line weight heavy for today\u2019s fast action rods\u201d then buy a 9WT line (which is really a 10 of course). If you are dealing with a line that is 1\/2 line class heavier then I personally would use a 9 1\/2 particularly for fast shots*. A good example is the SA Infinity Salt, or SA Redfish Line. Back when I was developing this rod I used a Technical Tarpon Taper long belly from R\u00cdO that was bang on a 10. Sorry it\u2019s a bit of a flyline minefield I know. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*there is a common misconception that you should upline for fast shots but this obviously incorrect. You wouldn\u2019t for example recommend a softer rod for speed shots? Anyway you really should try it for yourself. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, feel free to write to me asking any questions you may have on <a href=\"mailto:paul@sexyloops.com\">paul@sexyloops.com<\/a> I\u2019m around most days at the moment. Sometimes I\u2019m further down the lake fishing and I might take a couple of days to reply. it all depends on where the fish are most active! Sunday through Wednesday currently sees me anchored in Internet coverage. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheers, Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An HT10 that\u2019s just left for Japan. One we actually had in stock! Nick\u2019s just ordered one for himself too and maybe I\u2019m about to sell two more. It\u2019s been a while since we\u2019ve sold four HT10s in one week, not since the Italian Team placed an order! While the HT10 is really a go-to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/2021\/01\/07\/first-order-of-the-new-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;First order of the New Year!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1477,"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\/1476"}],"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=1476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1479,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions\/1479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}