One Line Up
The tapers on Winston rods continue to surprise me, in an impressive way. I introduced my nephew to a beautiful freestone stream a couple of weeks ago. He and his wife Jessica had been wanting to return to New Mexico for a few days for fishing, shopping, and exploring the region. They stayed a couple of nights with us in May which brought much laughter throughout the house. Sylvia and I loved it. The morning after their arrival, we all piled into the truck for a day of fly fishing on one of my favorite streams. I packed a Ross Colorado reel with a 4wt fly line. The fly rod I brought for the day was a Winston AIR 7'6" 3wt rod. Yes, I intentionally brought a reel with a WF4F Rio Perception to see how my Winston would handle it. For years I have over lined my Winston WT 2wt rods when conditions called for such, and I was curious how my AIR 376 would handle one line weight over the rod's designation. I didn't make any casts of consequence until we had trekked up the stre...
