Scott Announces The F2 Series For 2011

I am excited (and honored) to have been asked by Jim Bartschi of Scott Fly Rod to make the formal announcement of their new fiberglass series for 2011.  This new series has been named the F2 series as it is the new generation of their ever popular Fibertouch line up.

Scott has taken innovations in fiberglass along with tweaking their tapers to offer a smoother casting and lighter fly rod.  Going back to the retro yellow colored blank is certainly a nice touch as well.  
 

Scott sent this press release on the new Fibertouch series...

This year we’re introducing a full new line up of glass rods that both improve performance and pay homage to our long history with the material.

Scott has been handcrafting high performance rods made from fiberglass longer than any other company. We’re approaching our 40^th year designing and building fly rods with fiberglass.

We feel that glass is uniquely suited to fishing applications that call for close range casts, and offer more fun and enjoyment when targeting small fish.

This series of rods incorporate a new S-glass fabric weave with a highly biased fiber distribution and combine that with a new epoxy resin system. The blanks are joined using Scott hollow internal ferrules.

These design features allowed us to significantly decrease the perceived weight of the rods, and get a smoother deeper bending rod curve that recovers more quickly than previous glass rods.

This means the rods can be very light with out sacrificing accuracy or losing control of the cast.

As a tribute to our innovative designs in glass rods during the early ‘70s, we’ve gone back to our traditional yellow/honey colored glass, light brown wraps and touches like finish cork on the grips and cork insert reel seats.

Models come in the following sizes and are priced at $595.00:


6’0” 2 Weight/3 Pieces
6’6” 3 Weight/3 Pieces
7’0” 3 Weight/3 Pieces
7’7” 4 Weight/3 Pieces
8’2” 5 Weight/4 Pieces 

First the Fiberhammer and now a full redesign of the Fibertouch series.  It is excellent to see a fly rod company continue to invest time and research into the development of new ideas in fiberglass to offer to anglers the world over.