BVK vs. Cabelas CZN for a low end end euronymph rig???

[SML1971]

I fished a CZN hard all summer long and love the rod...same thing, I wanted an inexpensive rod to start and bought the combo rod / reel from Cabelas...the reel is a cabelas RLS...it is a great rod! I fished the BVK but would have to put the CZN ahead of it...looking at and Echo Shadow PE next...good luck.

[DrBob]

I fish all the Cabelas rods - LST and LSi. They perform for me just like the name brand counterparts at a fraction of the cost. Lately, been acquiring some of their switch rods for spey casting and love them.

[ghjacobs]

I got a CZN on sale for $115 plus tax. For that kind of price you can not go wrong.

[DrBob]

I usually wait until the end of the season and buy them at the price you mentioned...

[SherpaB]

Thanks for the feedback...he is heading to Cabelas to check out both this morning.

[skeets]

some interesting observations on the cabela's 10ft 4wt -
while I've been slaying the fish with my 11ft 1wt this season, I took out the 4 wt today (ok, it was all I had in the car,). Interestingly, I dropped on a cheap wildfish 7/8 reel to balance the rod (as it was all that was in the car), and it was carrying an old 6wt SA steelhead line. The cabela's 4wt CZN rod handled it no probs. I swapped back to my 4wt line when I got home to compare, and the differences were - yep, the 4wt line was more attuned to the rod, felt much lighter and more stealthy, and of course didn't shoot as well with only a foot out of the guides. The key difference, and the reason I would stick with the lighter line for fishing it, is that it is easier to keep the leader out of the water with a bit of 4wt out of the tip than with the bit of 6wt taper, although both lines are very similar for the first couple of yards of tip and taper.
Anyway, the CZN, for a cheapy rod, is quite an understated performer and certainly did the job again. The cork quality is good also. Sure, a $700 sage esn will outperform it, but I'd hope so for 3x the price. In my view, the 4wt is a very good rod for the price.
But, today, there are few really bad rods out there, you really have to try hard to find a truly bad rod (and, almost every rod today still absolutely s@#ts on the limp noodle rods we used in the 60's and early 70's before graphite appeared).
craig
Craig