Single-handed fly rods suitable for efficient, modern salmon fishing have often been overshadowed by double-handed rods, primarily due to spey casting.
Not that you can’t spey cast with a single-handed rod, rather you should learn to if you can’t!
We claim that every modern salmon angler should have a proper single-handed rod in the arsenal, maybe except for early season trips fishing very large rivers in high-water conditions.
Dry fly fishing, riffling hitch and efficient swinging on smaller rivers – these are all situations where a single-handed rod excels over a double hander.
Nordic salmon fly anglers tend to prefer a 10 ft single handed rod over a 9 ft similar. Sometimes we recommend people who get worn out by the 10 ft rod to consider a shorter rod, especially if they use it for dry fly fishing, involving much blind casting. With the lightness of the Gravity 10 ft models, this downside of previous single handed 10 ft rods is as good as gone, as far as we consider it. If you didn’t think modern graphite rods could get much better, try these, and dare to compare with your current favourite
CND Gravity
10′ #8 is a powerhouse; here you can use proper sinking lines. Works excellent for spey casting with the recognizable powerful top and the delightful bend down into the cork. This is a rod you can fish really large salmon with. Heads of 19-22 grams or a WF line in #8 make the rod perform at its very best.
