

I normally prefer an 8 ½ foot rod in a 4-weight but when we cast the two rods heads up, and put them on the deflection board, it was obvious that these rods had two different actions. We actually cast two #4 line Pure rods- the 8 footer you see here and its 8’6” brother.


The Pure puts in an impressive performance, especially at the shorter distances, and finishes in 2 nd place in both the overall and performance results. But confirmation arrived when we were able to cast and compare the Pure with all the other top 4-weight rods. We knew it would be good when the Pure won an award for the Best New Freshwater Rod at the 2018 IFTD show in July. The Pure is a brand new rod from Winston.
