Shakespeare Agility Rise Fly Rod

Shakespeare Agility Rise Fly Rod

Fly rods don’t get much better than this and, at such an exceptional price point, the Shakespeare Agility Rise Fly can be considered the fly fishing tool for other rod manufacturers to top. Many of the features of this fly rod wouldn’t look out of place on rods two, three, even four times the price!

The Shakespeare Agility Rise Fly is an incredibly powerful rod that can more than handle the vast majority of the takes you’ll receive from the UK’s hardest fighting fish. Fly fishing fanatics will quickly recognise the style of this rod and the Agility Rise Fly has been designed on the appearance on the traditional fly rod. However, don’t let looks alone fool you. This rod benefits from the years of rod development and analysis that Shakespeare has accumulated since the brand was first established over a century ago in 1897. This is why you’ll see modern technologies at work in the blank of the rod which allow the rod to give the kind of action that you demand from a top level fly rod. In fact, this rod is constructed from high quality carbon and offers a slim and lightweight blank which produces an incredible smooth and accurate medium action. The full benefit of this action really comes into effect when you’re loading up at close range and this is a superb close quarters fly rod.

The rod features a mix of zirconium oxide stripper guides and stainless steel single leg guides. This ensures that your line can fly up the length of your rod completely friction free. The reel seat on the rod is in a wood effect. This looks classy without adding addition unnecessary weight to the rod. The triple A cork handle in the slim half wells style and once again maintains the low weight of the rod. The Shakespeare Agility Rise Fly is an increidbly light rod, with the shortest 6ft rod coming in at a mere 66g and the longest 9ft rod still only 93g. This ensures that the rod is a pleasure to use.