Metolius Bamboo Fly Rod 7'6" 5-wt Medium | Payne 101 Taper reel-3.0 Gravel guard with boot clip

Gravel guard with boot clip

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John Day 8'6" 7wt � Launching August 2026

If you're buying your first bamboo rod and you want one rod that does everything

A 5-weight that goes where you're going

Metolius Bamboo Fly Rod 7'6" 5-wt Medium | Payne 101 Taper reel-3.0 Gravel guard with boot clipThe 5 weight for technical spring creek water. The Metolius is one of the coldest, clearest rivers in the Pacific Northwest a spring creek that comes out of the ground already cold, running through ponderosa pine flats with wild rainbow trout that have seen enough anglers to be selective. It's not beginner water, and the rod that fishes it well isn't a beginner rod. At 7'6" in a 5 weight with medium action, the Metolius sits between the Henrys Fork's