Mclean Quiver
Annette McLean provided leadership over operations and rod design during the BIIIx, BIII LS, Pure, and AIR rod era at R.L. Winston Company. She had a fantastic career at Winston and worked for both owners of Winston (Tom Morgan and David Ondaatje) in Twin Bridges. Safe to say, she had hands-on experience with every aspect of rod manufacturing during her tenure. Now that boron is no longer an ingredient baked into Winston's rod manufacturing process, their boron rods are becoming more interesting for me. I acquired a new BIIIx 8'6" 5wt fly rod in 2014 when I was fishing the San Juan River frequently, and other streams known for big trout as well. That rod was, and still is my all-purpose rod for the Juan and tailwaters in Colorado. It can do it all in view of fly rigging options. Still to this day, I have not fished another rod on the San Juan River as versatile and satisfying as my Winston BIIIx 5wt fly rod. My BIII LS 8' 4wt rod was acquired soon after the BIIIx 5wt f...
