{"product_id":"umpqua-bamboo-fly-rod-86-6-wt-medium-fast-powell-b-taper","title":"Umpqua Bamboo Fly Rod 8'6\" 6-wt Medium Fast | Powell B Taper","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBig water. Big fish. Light enough to fish all day.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Umpqua is one of Oregon's big-shouldered rivers, home to hard-fighting summer steelhead and the kind of wild trout that chase streamers. A 6-weight is the tool for that water. It throws a weighted fly or a big dry, cuts through wind, and turns a strong fish that would rather not come to the net.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 8'6\" in a 6-weight with medium-fast action, the Umpqua reaches across a big run and still loads close for a short cast. Most cane this size fishes heavy in the hand by the end of a long day. This one does not, and that is the whole point of how it is built.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHollow-Built for Light Weight\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Umpqua is hollow-built. We mill crescents from each strip of cane and leave solid dams at the stress points, so the blank keeps its power but sheds the dead weight a solid 8'6\" carries. The result is a big rod that casts like a smaller one, hour after hour. This is the method E.C. Powell pioneered, done by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Powell \"B\" Taper\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eE.C. Powell built rods in Marysville, California, for anglers who fished big western water. His \"B\" taper is a medium-fast 6-weight with authority through the mid-section and a tip that recovers fast enough to control line in wind. It was designed to move a fly and fight a fish, not to baby a size-20 dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowell's hollow-building is what makes the taper work at this length. A solid blank at 8'6\" fights the caster. The Powell B, hollow-built, delivers the reach and the power without the fatigue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBuilt the Way a Bamboo Rod Should Be\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Umpqua is hand-planed to the standard that has defined Headwaters rods since 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe fittings:\u003c\/strong\u003e A finely knurled double-locking downlocking reel seat with stabilized burled maple insert. Full Wells cork grip with fighting butt. Red agate stripping guide. Hard chrome guides wrapped in deep burgundy thread with a narrow black tip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe tube:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cordura rod tube with rod sock included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eChoose Your Version\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Favorite | $600\u003c\/strong\u003e - Single-tip version for the angler who wants to get on the water first. Same rod, same fittings, same hand-planed cane. Clear upgrade path to the Deluxe when you're ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Deluxe | $800\u003c\/strong\u003e - Two tips, two sections of extra security. The complete rod as it was meant to be fished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdd the matching reel, no charge.\u003c\/strong\u003e At checkout you can add a Clark Fork 3.0 fly reel, sized to this rod. It sells for $295 on its own, and it's yours at no charge with the rod. Line it yourself, or add Line It and we'll spool it ready to fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: #EDE3D2; border-left: 3px solid #8B6420; padding: 16px 20px; margin-bottom: 28px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 4px 0; font-family: 'Source Sans 3',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.15em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #8b6420;\"\u003e3-Piece Travel Design\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-family: 'Source Sans 3',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; color: #3a2a10;\"\u003eBuilt for packability. Fits a carry-on, a pack, or behind a truck seat. 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