Core30 11’3" #7/8 Spey / Switch blank (400-550gn) (4-piece)

Core30 11’3" #7/8 Spey / Switch blank (400-550gn) (4-piece)

Medium-fast, powerful progressive action 30T carbon blank in petrol blue gloss finish and supplied with a black rod sock.   

Suitable for surface and subsurface applications including summer grilse and salmon,  T8 sinking tips, and coastal overhead shooting head applications

Matching components kits available to complete your rod using the linked listings below

Line recommendations

Below grain weight and head length guidelines for water-anchored spey style roll casting based on our product testing.  Line preference is personal to your casting style and end use, be prepared to experiment. 

We preferred: A shorter (15’-22’) head skagit 400-450 grains with 5-10’ polyleader.  Full grain window 400 - 550gn head plus tip up to about 25-30’ combined.   

For Scandi applications try a compact head light spey style line of a similar or slightly lighter grain rating and a total head length including tip of 25-35'. 

For rod testing we used flat mono shooting line and a poly tip or poly leader of 5-8’.   If using a poly tip (with a PVC loop both ends) finish off with a short (4-7’) tapered nylon leader for best fly turnover.  With a poly leader (PVC loop one end, nylon line the other) simply add an optional tippet ring and a few feet of your final tippet

For two-handed overhead casting, try a 300-350gn head or equivalent integrated shooting head flyline e.g. Wulff TT Ambush #8.5-#9, Rio Outbound short #8 - #9  

Guide spacing and blank measurements