Primal Rod Co

Zone Euro Nymph Fly Rod

Choose from

• 2 weight 1oft
• 3 weight 10ft 6in

Supplied with cloth bag and rod tube.

4-piece construction

We don’t care how seriously you take yourself; you may be an elite comp angler or a casual cat, we’ve created a collection of super dialled euro sticks that are super sensitive, so you’ll feel every bump and hesitation your flies make on their drift.

The Primal Zone is the stick that will catch you more fish whether you’re wanting to keep count or just add to your smirk as you pick fish out behind your buddy.

THE 10’6” 3 WEIGHT – THE ULTIMATE ALL ROUNDER WITH TARN MCEWEN

So picture this, you’ve just fished a pool with nice uniform currents and sure you’ve pulled a fish or two out with your standard nymph/indicator rig or dry dropper but at the head of the pool you’re faced with a swirly mine field of currents and you spy that big brown nymphing away down deep against the far bank.

It’s only natural to want to put a few drifts over him but no matter which angle you approach from your fly line and leader are inevitably being dragged around by the various currents in the back eddy, your flies drag past and the fish slinks away never to be seen again.

If only there was a technique and more importantly a tool that could put that fish in your net right? Well I present to you the Primal Zone 10’6” 3wt.

The Primal Zone is one of the nicest euro nymphing series of rods currently available to us in NZ. The 3wt in particular being 10’6” with its extra length will allow you to suspend a long euro nymphing leader off the water at a long distance with only your flies and tippet entering the water thus bypassing any currents between you and your flies making that impossible drift possible.

It’s also incredibly lightweight for a rod of this length which will reduce fatigue from casting and suspending your rig/leader all day. Everything from the lightweight guides to the fighting butt and down locking reel seat have all been thought out to perfectly balance this rod.

Don’t be fooled by the term ‘3wt’ either, these rods with their length have the power in the butt section similar to that of a 5 or 6wt rod and will handle those tanks no worries whilst still maintaining the finesse of a 3wt in the tip. I personally got to put this to the test a few weeks back on some hard-fighting pocket water rainbows and didn’t lose a single fish all day so no complaints there!

When testing it I trialed a range of different weight flies and it performed great with all, but especially stood out with the lighter flies as I was able to drop them on a dime in the tightest of pockets.

The last thing I’d like to touch on is that even though this rod is designed for and is the ideal tool for the job when it comes to euro nymphing it is not only limited to just that. It cast an Airflo SuperFlo Tactical 3wt floating line with tight delicate loops and can be used to deliver tiny to medium sized dries to fish sipping under the willows.

As well as swing wee wets and even slightly bigger streamers. Once again the extra length helps makes a single hand spey or roll cast a breeze. This 3wt is seriously the all rounder of the series! Now all that’s left for you to do is go add one to your kit and put that fish in your net.