I have to say, T&S do seem to have an issue with Orvis...the reports are never seem to be too great.
I'm not sure Rob...... an Orvis reel (can't recall at the moment if it was the new Encounter or Clearwater 'plastic' reel) got a very good review in the tackle section in the
very same issue of T&S.
I'm all for a practical and thought out reviews (which is why I still buy FF&FT to read Magnus reviewing kit) but with T&S having a greater circulation than any other game fishing monthly in the UK (or at least it did the last time I looked, I'm prepared to be wrong in that respect) it concerns me that some of the reviews simply are not up to the job of providing practical unbiased reading.
The review under discussion in this thread was also a topic for much discussion whilst we were away in Assynt (as I'm sure you can imagine
) and what strikes me is that the review doesn't make sense - not just the Orvis rod, the whole review.
Without casting aspersions about the capability of the reviewer (see what I did there
) the rod reviews undertaken by the same author in other issues all feel a smidgen limited in reference and (dare I say it) smack of an amateurish approach to me.
In true 'Top Gear' style many of these reviews have been ambitious..... but ultimately rubbish
It's a whole new thread topic, so I'll stop there
H