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Great Fly rods for fly fishing at competitive prices with game fishing rods from Snowbee, Wychwood, Sonik for Trout, Salmon, Saltwater and all fly fishing techniques. Competitive prices from award winning Essential Fly shipping world-wide.

A fly rod's rigidity makes fast action fly rods more powerful. Enhanced power helps the  rod propel a flyline a longer distance.  

Rod Actions

You can get tremendous fly rods, however all this talk of action, what does it mean. Fast action fly fishing rods like Snowbee and Sonic fly rods are created for long, powerful casts so better suited for large lakes than small streams. Increased line tension during the back-cast means the flyline is loaded & springs forward more rapidly giving a longer cast. Additional speed enables more line movement casting that flyline it a longer distance. Swapping to a fast action fly rod can add 5 yards to my casing distance immediately. Getting fish landed more quickly aids to reduce fish stress and damage so better for large fish so fast action rod's stiffness makes it much simpler to land the fish some people complain fast action rods will not flex the same way a softer action fly rod does.

Beginners find a slow or medium action game rod easier when first learning.

Fast Action Benefits

1. You can cast further - A fast action rod is ideal where the angler needs to make long distance casts.

2. With faster fly line speed generated, casting in windy weather is easier and more effective.

3. Stiffness enable very fast casts regularly as more casts meaning more potential fish to be hooked.

4. A fast action fly fishing rod makes it much easier, and quicker, to land very large fish. 

Fast Action Disadvantages

1. new fly fishermen may discover fast action fly rods more difficult to control as casts will not go where planned.

2. In small streams because rods lack flexibility they are more difficult to cast when a fly fisherman needs very short casts.

3. Due to its inflexibility a fast action game fishing rod is not the ideal fly rod when fishing for wary trout on light tippets. The stiffness of the fly rod creates greater tension instead of absorbing the strain. If you must want to use really light tippets for cautious fish us slower action rods.