You may ask why a fly fishing shop would be selling a travel spinning rod. If it hasn't happened to you yet, it will one day. The trip that you've planned for months finally arrives and you are all set to spend the next few days casting your fly rod at lots of tailing fish. Then the weather goes to solid cloud cover and too much wind to effectively cast.

That's when a backup spinning rod can save the day or the whole trip. This is a Blackfly/Temple Fork Outfitter 9' four piece rod made for us for just such a situation. This rod will throw a smaller jig, down to 1/16 oz.; than any other rod. We have two jig kits that we have put together that are a perfect match for this rod, one kit of 1/16 oz. and one of 3/16 oz. that are heavy enough to cast but light enough to not spook wary fish like bonefish.