{"id":1794,"date":"2022-08-16T09:38:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T08:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/?p=1794"},"modified":"2022-08-16T09:38:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T08:38:40","slug":"lightweight-ht5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/2022\/08\/16\/lightweight-ht5\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightweight HT5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My favourite 5WT! Ian has a love of super light rods and the Hungarian Latohegy Osage Orange spacer, which looks beautiful!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/88FBDEF5-2467-4F44-A509-96FF9EA76A3D-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/88FBDEF5-2467-4F44-A509-96FF9EA76A3D-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/88FBDEF5-2467-4F44-A509-96FF9EA76A3D-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/88FBDEF5-2467-4F44-A509-96FF9EA76A3D.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I made a short video about this rod sometime ago where I mentioned that my final decision over it came down to throwing short-mid range Accuracy. The 5WT is an extremely versatile rod but I really needed something tangible to work towards.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sexyloops HT905\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oBcBu0x9wnE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A really fun and enjoyable rod to fish. A question I am often asked is if one has the HT4 and HT6 is it worth having the HT5 as well? Which is an excellent question since there is already a crossover in applications between the HT4 and HT6!<\/p>\n<p>Certainly many of our HT4&amp;6 owners have bought the HT5. Ian is actually one such chap! One argument is that there is a 25% weight difference between a 4 and 6 flyline, which is quite a jump. Casting-wise there is certainly a difference when it comes to casting a 5 line at targets! So while it was really built with that in mind, the ultimate question is when is a 5 line better than a 4 or 6 line? And when would I choose the 5? All good questions. For me I would choose the 5 over the 6 when fishing smaller flies and the 5 over the 4 when casting across cross-winds. Of course having all three is a luxury but you only live once, or many times if you are a Buddhist.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about the HT5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/index.php\/webshop\/item\/562\/ht-pro-9-5wt\">on this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/735B9F91-3B98-4E57-A3EC-FDBE31E70C99-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/735B9F91-3B98-4E57-A3EC-FDBE31E70C99-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/735B9F91-3B98-4E57-A3EC-FDBE31E70C99-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/735B9F91-3B98-4E57-A3EC-FDBE31E70C99.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As always for more info feel free to email me on <a href=\"mailto:paul@sexyloops.com\">paul@sexyloops.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Latohegy Orange spacers available on request!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/B1DDAAD0-BE51-4E1E-9B1A-2088A9D540DC-300x238.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/B1DDAAD0-BE51-4E1E-9B1A-2088A9D540DC-300x238.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/B1DDAAD0-BE51-4E1E-9B1A-2088A9D540DC-768x611.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/B1DDAAD0-BE51-4E1E-9B1A-2088A9D540DC.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cheers, Paul<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My favourite 5WT! Ian has a love of super light rods and the Hungarian Latohegy Osage Orange spacer, which looks beautiful! I made a short video about this rod sometime ago where I mentioned that my final decision over it came down to throwing short-mid range Accuracy. The 5WT is an extremely versatile rod but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/2022\/08\/16\/lightweight-ht5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lightweight HT5&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1796,"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\/1794"}],"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=1794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1799,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794\/revisions\/1799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/htoc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}