{"id":1604,"date":"2021-06-25T11:50:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T10:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2021-06-25T11:50:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T10:50:26","slug":"the-night-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/2021\/06\/25\/the-night-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"The Night Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We have a bunch of rods being built this week. An HT7, HT8, four HT6s and just gone out the door this Instructor 6. This one is off to an instructor\/guide in Devon. If you are an instructor or guide do let us know because we have a Sexyloops pro scheme. Talking of which, next week I\u2019m going to start organising a listing for all the pro owners so hopefully we can drum up some business your way too.
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I\u2019m a huge believer in teaching with a) a white rod that students can see \u2013 for one thing their attention span is far greater \u2013 and b) with a rod that is comfortably suitable for beginners to cast. Imagine using a rod that is on the super distance stiff side without feel. Now I know you as an instructor can make it happen, but then what do you say to your student? \u201cSorry you can\u2019t cast this rod; it\u2019s too stiff, here use this one instead?\u201d
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Don\u2019t get me wrong, the HT6 Instructor will throw a fly 130\u2019 no problems. I\u2019ve done it many times and it\u2019s a great rod for that. For example here\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But what this rod gives is short range feel as well. Complete beginners can cast it. And they love it! So you can cast, and pass the rod to your student and he\/she can cast. Perfect.
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Virtually the entire video manual was filmed with the first Instructor 6. It wasn\u2019t the amazing finish that we have nowadays! But it\u2019s the same rod: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/introduction\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally I think a 6WT is the perfect all-round rod for teaching. Particularly if you are teaching trout\/freshwater. If you are teaching Saltwater I would be more inclined to go up to a 7 or an 8WT. We do have instructor versions of all our 9\u2019 rods. HT7 Instructor blanks we keep in stock. 8 and 10 instructor rods are a special order. We\u2019ve done them both of course. Stu Tripney MCI in NZ has one of each and he\u2019s not the only one. There are even two HT4 Instructor rods out there \u2013 however the finish is going to have more affect on the rod\u2019s action with that line weight I\u2019m sure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As always, feel free to drop me an email for a chat about this or any other rod. I\u2019m in lockdown here, so you\u2019ll actually get a quick and often long reply \ud83d\ude00 You can reach me on paul@sexyloops.com<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

We have a bunch of rods being built this week. An HT7, HT8, four HT6s and just gone out the door this Instructor 6. This one is off to an instructor\/guide in Devon. If you are an instructor or guide do let us know because we have a Sexyloops pro scheme. Talking of which, next … Continue reading “The Night Shift”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1605,"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\/1604"}],"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=1604"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1610,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions\/1610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}