Fishing The Fly Scotland Forum

Mike Barrio

Hi folks :cool:

For those of you that enjoy distance casting competitions, we know that many of you were using home tuned heads cut from our GT140 lines for 27g "Sea Trout Distance" casting. When we replaced the GT140 with the new GT125 lines, we were aware that the GT125 profile was not ideal for this and that to achieve the target weight, the heads would be too long for most people.

We think that casting the 27g heads can be great fun and not wanting to lose our success in this field, we have been developing a new line profile specifically for this purpose :wink

We have developed two great heads ( a short head and a long head ) which are superb to cast and these are currently being manufactured in an original format that will be great for home tuning.

The new heads will be available soon and more details will follow .... watch this space! :z16

Best wishes
Mike

Ben Dixon

Re: Barrio ST27 "Sea Trout Distance" casting heads
« Reply #1 on: 22/02/2013 at 19:55 »
They go a long way  :cool:

Rob Brownfield

Re: Barrio ST27 "Sea Trout Distance" casting heads
« Reply #2 on: 23/02/2013 at 11:02 »
They go a long way  :cool:

what weight rod Ben?

Ben Dixon

Re: Barrio ST27 "Sea Trout Distance" casting heads
« Reply #3 on: 23/02/2013 at 12:33 »
what weight rod Ben?


They are tournament casting heads Rob, use any rod you like mate!  I'm usin an Orvis Access 9' #12 that CCS's approx ERN 15.5 & AA 70 something.  Oher guys are throwing them on anything from 10' #7's to T38 rods.

Best cast was 51m with the short cut in a good blow, long cut has hit 43m in a flat calm which I'm happy with.

Cheers


Ben

Lasse Karlsson

Re: Barrio ST27 "Sea Trout Distance" casting heads
« Reply #4 on: 23/02/2013 at 20:08 »
They go a long way  :cool:

Them's fighting words  :z13


Looking forward to try!

Cheers
Lasse

Ben Dixon

Re: Barrio ST27 "Sea Trout Distance" casting heads
« Reply #5 on: 23/02/2013 at 21:38 »
It does go a long way, providing the rod is soft enough  :z4

Shame you'll not make Pitea Lasse.


Cheers

Ben

Mike Barrio

Re: Barrio ST27 "Sea Trout Distance" casting heads
« Reply #6 on: 25/04/2013 at 17:00 »
Almost ready ..... should be available soon :z16

Best wishes
Mike

Rob Brownfield

Re: Barrio ST27 "Sea Trout Distance" casting heads
« Reply #7 on: 26/04/2013 at 08:00 »
They are tournament casting heads Rob, use any rod you like mate!  I'm usin an Orvis Access 9' #12 that CCS's approx ERN 15.5 & AA 70 something.  Oher guys are throwing them on anything from 10' #7's to T38 rods.

So, a 10 foot spinning rod would be ideal? ;)

Ben Dixon

Re: Barrio ST27 "Sea Trout Distance" casting heads
« Reply #8 on: 26/04/2013 at 10:14 »
So, a 10 foot spinning rod would be ideal? ;)
ZX2

Hamish Young

Re: Barrio ST27 "Sea Trout Distance" casting heads
« Reply #9 on: 26/04/2013 at 19:12 »
So, a 10 foot spinning rod would be ideal? ;)

You build it on a nice parabolic action spinning rod with the correct full wells grip and I'll cast it for you Rob :z16
H :cool:

Mike Barrio

Re: Barrio ST27 "Sea Trout Distance" casting heads
« Reply #10 on: 18/06/2013 at 15:03 »
BFCC RESULTS – OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE 15th JUNE 2013

Mike Heritage sets a new BFCC ST27 record at 155.02! :z16

Tracy Thomas sets a new BFCC ST27 women’s record at 129.03! :z16

Great stuff!

Best wishes
Mike

Rob Brownfield

Re: Barrio ST27 "Sea Trout Distance" casting heads
« Reply #11 on: 18/06/2013 at 15:55 »
BFCC RESULTS – OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE 15th JUNE 2013

Mike Heritage sets a new BFCC ST27 record at 155.02! :z16

Tracy Thomas sets a new BFCC ST27 women’s record at 129.03! :z16

Great stuff!

Best wishes
Mike

I bet there are a few "corporations" looking at their R&D boffins and asking why a Kiwi in a shed can produce lines that are taking the casting and fishing world apart!!

Nice one Mike!

Allan Liddle

Re: Barrio ST27 "Sea Trout Distance" casting heads
« Reply #12 on: 18/06/2013 at 17:46 »
Yup H and not charging the earth for them at the end of it all either  :z16

Well done Mike

Euan Innes

Re: Barrio ST27 "Sea Trout Distance" casting heads
« Reply #13 on: 18/06/2013 at 20:19 »
Well done Mike  :z16
Allan and Rob are right. The big tackle companies must be head scratching right now. I'll bet there are a couple of orders from  Rio and SA on the website soon!

 :z1

Mike Barrio

Re: Barrio ST27 "Sea Trout Distance" casting heads
« Reply #14 on: 18/06/2013 at 21:01 »
Thanks guys, but the new records are down to Mike and Tracy's great casting :z16

Best wishes
Mike

 




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