Temple Fork Outfitters TFO Lefty Kreh Professional Series II Braided Graphite Fly Fishing Rods

Tfovrods are awesome! I now own 3 of them and each one is great for what I use it for!

In response to the review of these being made in Korea vs USA, any rod you find under $300 is going to be made somewhere in Asia. American manufacutrers can't compete with their costs unfortunately. For those of us on a budget this is the route we have to take if we are going to fish, as "decent" fly gear isn't cheap in comparrison to other conventional fishing styles. For what I paid for just one of my TFO rods I could have bought a nice spinning rod & reel set up, line, boat load of tackle, nice sectional tackle box, fishing license, a tank of gas, and a 12 pack of beer. I do try to steer clear of things made in China as much as possible due to them trying to corner the market on just about everything and their quality control is sub-parr.As for the TFO rods? The quality is incredibly great for the price. The rods cast and perform extremely well. I currently have 3 TFO rods in different sizes and lengths. All of the fish in the photos were caught on a 5/6 wt TFO Pro Series.

I bought this in an 8 weight to try and catch carp and throw large bass bugs. Before this rod I had a Redington Crosswater (a great combo in its own right but I like this rod better) that I stupidly broke. The TFO is fairly no frills, but has a nice double nut locking mechanism for the reel. I can more easily feel the bend in the rod while casting, especially compared to the Redington, and I like that tactile feedback. I like that it came with the alignment dots for the four separate pieces as well. It did come with a rod sock, but it is noticeably cheap. It does the job but I reused my Redington case.Overall it’s a great rod for not a lot of money.

Originally purchased as a backup, but I still reach for it as a primary rod. Light sensitive tip but beefy enough base section with fighting butt to handle bigger fish

These rods are a spectacular value. I had an opportunity to fish one for most of the day during a trip to Bristol Bay over the summer. My own rod that day was a 6w Sage SP that I've loved for years, but we were doing a lot of switching around between rigs, so we left the SP set up for streamers and I used this TFO Professional Series II in very windy conditions to throw a dry/ double nymp dropper rig. I was blown away by it - honestly, I'm not really convinced it's not 100% the equal of my Sage SP! At $150, it's definitely the better value by a mile! Getting both my son's into fishing so I ordered two for their Christmas gifts. Suspect I'll be borrowing them back from time to time!