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Welcome to
skywaterrods.com
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The name of SKYwater's highest level of rod
performance is derived from geological period 550 million years ago which
was witness to the greatest explosion of new lifeforms & designs in the
history of life on earth. These animals were also unique and the strangest
ever discovered and still challenge the traditional concept of organism
design and function. Thus, in SKYwater Cambrian series custom rods, every
traditional paradigm of rod design is challenged, evaluated, then modified,
re-invented, or eliminated to satisfy SKYwater's criteria of specific
performance application along every inch of the rod.
Historically, tradition has retarted rod performance and limited the
potential which rod blanks possess. We BOLDLY ignore tradition in the
sequence of selecting, modifying, and use of components, constantly asking
"What is necessary at this location on the blank which will utilize or
enhance the rod's potential & capabilities?" |
Often, the questions are answered with very
unconventional solutions that defy tradition in the quest for performance.
As one example, double foot, chrome, fly rod snake guides are probably the
most obsolete, antiquated, worst rod component in use today. Yet, major fly
rod companies persist in using them. Their length restricts the blank &
requires twice the wrapping; but, most critically, they permit line slap
along the entire casting part of the blank which steals distance, accuracy,
timing, response, et. al. Striping guides cause the same problems, and
create a third-the sharp angle of line entering the guide on a cast, and
from the reel. THE SOLUTION: 1. Decrease line angle with single foot,
narrow, high frame, SiC, spinning stripping guides. 2. Eliminate line slap &
blank restriction with single foot, high frame, slick finish wire fly rod
guides; on heavier rods use oversize, single foot, SiC ringed fly rod
guides. The effect is dramatic! Gone is the customary "clacking" of line
against the blank, and the infuriating wrapping of shooting line around the
blank before the 1st guide. Anglers actually report a period of adjustment
to the new, lightning fast line speeds, scope-like accuracy, and feeling the
line & load as never before! Traditionalists are appalled at the new look --
but what resemblance does modern archery equipment have to the bows & arrows
of decades ago? How have golf clubs & tennis racquets evolved? Why are fly
rods, most of all, stuck in performance-choking tradition? |
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