The Centric is Scott's fast-action flagship, and it is built about two miles from our front door. Fast rods usually trade away feel to get line speed. This one does not — the tip flexes easily and the blank transmits everything back to your hand, so you know where the fly is at fifteen feet and at eighty. We stock the entire Centric lineup, all eleven models. If you want to cast two or three against each other before you commit, come do it. That is the whole point of buying a premium rod from a shop instead of a website. Full lineup Model Line Length Pieces Best at C854/4 4 wt 8' 6" 4 Close to medium range, tight loops, long leaders C904/4 4 wt 9' 0" 4 Technical dry fly — 6X leaders, tricos, light tippet C905/4 5 wt 9' 0" 4 The true do-everything trout rod C906/4 6 wt 9' 0" 4 Foam bugs, indicator rigs, streamers C906/4FB 6 wt 9' 0" 4 Same as above, with fighting butt C907/4 7 wt 9' 0" 4 Streamers, bass bugs, big meals for big fish C955/4 5 wt 9' 6" 4 Nymph and streamer 5 wt, fighting butt C956/4 6 wt 9' 6" 4 Streamers, lakes, single-hand spey C1004/4 4 wt 10' 0" 4 Nymphing, stillwater, line control C1005/4 5 wt 10' 0" 4 Lake fishing, sinking lines, long casts C1006/4 6 wt 10' 0" 4 Stillwater, steelhead and salmon rivers All four-piece. Current pricing is on the selector above. Picking one One rod for everything trout? The 905/4. It is not a nymph rod that tolerates dries, or a dry rod you have to muscle through a nymph day. It genuinely does both, and it roll casts and mends without complaint. Small water and technical dries? The 854/4 or 904/4. The 8'6" is the better close-range tool; the 9-foot gives you more reach for pinpoint work with long leaders. Streamers and heavy rigs? The 906/4 or 907/4. Both pick up long line without a fight. Take the fighting butt version of the 6 if you expect to be into bigger fish. Stillwater? The 1005/4 is the one we reach for. Power for distance and sink tips, but still enough feel to register a soft take. Nymphing with reach? The 1004/4. Long, light, and it mends like nothing else in the series. Components and build Action: fast, with an easy-flexing tip — fast line speed without losing feedback Blank: multi-modulus layup, new resin system for higher fiber density and lower weight Reinforcement: next-generation ARC for multi-axis stability Stripping guides: titanium frames with zirconia inserts Snake guides: low-glare Snakebrand Universal Reel seat: fully milled, speed threads, self-indexing hoods, micarta inserts, Delrin lock washer, type 3 flat black hard coat Grip: Flor grade cork Origin: handcrafted in Montrose, Colorado Built here Scott builds these on Air Park Way in Montrose. We sell them from Main Street in Montrose. Not many shops can say the rod on the rack was made across town by people we know — and if a rod ever needs warranty work, it does not have to travel far. Come cast one. Ed's Fly Shop, 432 E Main St, downtown Montrose, Colorado.
