SLV Fly Rod

I'm planning on fishing the Boundary Waters for trophy pike this summer so I got the 10/11wt rod. I have quite a few nicer rods that could work but I wanted a cheap one that I could abuse and not worry about breaking a few guides on while I'm packing it in to different lakes and rivers. Overall, the quality is really nice. It's pretty lightweight, performs decent, and has a nice action. Even though it says it is a 10wt, it feels closer to an 11. If you're thinking of targeting big pike, musky, or salt water fish but don't want to drop $400-600 on an Echo or Sage, etc, I'd definitely recommend this one.

it has good performance and is super durable. it is easy to use and it looks great it is a good fit for big trout or deaset salmon

Just got back from my first outing with the SLV 6wt rod. It is an attractive grey color. Craftsmanship appears to be pretty good. Cork handle is better than I expected. Reel seat looks nice. Stripping and snake guide are perhaps a little better than expected for a rod of this price. Performance is pretty good. The fish here on the Snake River are fat and strong. I landed several 18" (ish) Rainbows on the rod. I'd rate the sensitivity as 8/10. For landing power: the SLV was able to turn fish away from rocks pretty consistently. For casting: when the morning was calm the rod really did well on close casts, perhaps out to 35-40 ft. A nice, clean presentation was no problem. When the wind picked up a bit I started to think that I'd have preferred a little stiffer mid in the rod. As the breeze built, I became a little less impressed with the rod's power, feeling that rigidity was lacking in the middle and base, especially for longer casts. Bottom line: I'd buy the rod again. For the money I think it is a fine rod, solidly intermediate. I firmly disagree with the description of the rod as "moderate-fast." There is no "fast" in this rod.

I am currently updating my fly fishing equipment. I bought my 'used' Okuma SLV rod from Amazon for next-to-nothing. It deserves every bit of the 5-star rating that I gave it. The writeups that Amazon presents for the Okuma SLV and the Crisium rods are wrong, inaccurate if you think wrong is too strong. I went onto the Akuma site to get information about these 2 rods. However, I'm only going to write about the SLV rod. Compared to my 25 year old rod the SLV rod is astounding. It's a single wt. rod, not the dual wt. 5/6 wt. rod that Amazon advertized. It is a medium-fast rod which means that you can cast much farther than with a medium rod and, it's going to be hard for many beginner fishermen to control the cast. A little practice will change that. Personally, I've been piling alot of line on top of my flies lately. I'm used to a moderate rod. This rod is going to be dynamite when I get used to it. I paired the rod with an Okuma 5/6 wt. SLV reel. The combination of the rod and reel is ultralite. I'm running 5 wt. line on my rig presently and, 6 wt. line on my spare spool. Even if you pay Amazon's regular price, you will get an excellent deal. Enjoy, I sure am.

Fish don't know what you pay for your fly rod. This is a good fly rod for the money. I own three of them with matching reels.

SLV-8-96-4 - When I got the pole, it seemed great, very nice quality looking and felt good. On the second say of use, the top section snapped right above the connection point. Amazon is taking care of it no problem and 'take two' is on the way. It snapped during overhand casting, no snagged lines just felt the nice load on the 8wt line then fail. I did really like the pole up to the point of failing. In talking to my local Fly Shop they mentioned if any of the connections were lose at all it can cause even the best quality rods to snap. With that being said, I look forward to trying out the next rod. Update - I have been using the replacement for Steelhead on the Feather River, so far so good, sure it does not case like my 6wt TFO but this is an 8wt and does fine. Right now the Feather is loaded with Salmon of which this pole landed 2 in the 20lb range, no problem and nice flex helped protect the 2x-3x tippet. For the $, hard to beat, you can spend twice this much for a lifetime guarantee pole, but if this thing makes it a year, we should be good for many after that.

I really like this rod. I have a few other Okuma rods but this was my first SLV as I have the slightly more affordable Crisium versions. This rod, while being 9.5 feet in assembled length breaks down into 4 pieces and is very manageable. The fighting butt is fixed to the rod which is fine for me but it would be nice if it came off in case you needed to replace it. This assembles easily and casts like a dream. I have no issue casting floating and sink tip lines. I cast further with the floating line but I am just used to that type of weight line when casting. The reel seat and components are top quality and hold the reel in tight. I paired this with the 8/9 SLV reel and it is a perfect combo together.

Ordered the SLV-10 expecting to receive a 10 wt, I got a 5 wt instead. Good rod, I would just like the 10 wt I ordered

A delightful little rod. Amazing value. Handles really well. Great feel and control. Casts a long line with finesse.

First fishing trip out I was pleasantly surprised. It’s a really nice rod for the money right out of the box, seemed to be decent quality. I bought a 4wt and paired it with an OKUMA SLV reel with sinking line. Did some practice casting in the front yard and casts really nice. First trip out though, I just trolled with some streamers in a 12 foot tinny because I was with my older father in law. After finding where the fish were I hooked 5 in about 45 minutes and fought each trout no problem to get them to the net. One of the fish kept getting attacked by a loon and it would drag the fish well into my backing several times. The rod bent over like a taco and never broke so it gets five stars from me. It was like I was fighting a 15 pound fish with a 4wt rod! Good memories. I don’t know if it’ll last long enough to pass it on to future generations, but it sure has done the job for now.

I bought this trip for a trip to Alaska fishing salmon and I could not be more happy with the way it performed. Fished like a rod that is worth 3X the amount. I primarily used the rod for fishing sockeye in AK but also caught bull trout and grayling on the rod in BC on my way north. The rod has a fast action compared to anything else in this price point. My wife ended up breaking the rod on a good sized sockeye that jumped and gave her some slack line. The line wrapped around the tip before taking another big run. Snapped the rod near the tip but this would have happened to any other rod regardless of the price. Literally at the end of 4 weeks of fishing. I will contact Okuma to see if I can get a replacement for the end section but I have no expectations other than paying for it myself. I will update depending upon their response.

This a very decent rod. Very good quality for what you pay for it.

j ai déja acheté des cannes orvis hors de prix a 1250$ chaque et celle ci vaut aussi bien, je pêche la ounaniche