SID'S Boron II-MX
WinstonBoron II-MX
Winston's new fresh and saltwater Boron II-MX series. The MX stands for maximum, as in maximum power, distance and fish fighting capabilities. The 4, 5 and 6-weights are slightly stiffer and faster than their Boron IIx counterparts; the 7 through 12-weights are true “cannons” that can handle sinking lines, big flies and adverse wind conditions. While all eleven models feature faster actions and are capable of making long distance, 100+ foot casts, they will amaze you with their responsiveness and light weight. Whether you’re chucking 6'' long “grocery” flies or battling fly rod humbling winds, a Boron II-MX will get the job done. Winner of Fly Fish America 2008 Editors Choice award!Over the last half dozen years or so, R. L. Winston has transformed itself from a quirky little Montana rod company that built nothing but soft-tipped, spring-creek trout rods into a major technical innovator in the industry. It’s also the only rodmaker that spent the time and R&D dollars to perfect the marriage of boron and graphite in modern fly rod construction. Winston’s new Boron II-MX rod represents the pinnacle of technical achievement in boron/graphite composite construction. “MX” stands for “maximum”—as in maximum power, maximum distance, and maximum fish-fighting ability. We’ve spent many hours on stream and in saltwater with both 5- and 8-weight Boron II-MXs over the last several months, and they are immensely powerful, highly responsive, and superbly accurate. In a word, they do everything right—so “right,” in fact, that we consider them to be among the ten best technical casting rods of all time. Bill Battles (As appeared in Fly Fish America’s 2008 Gear Guide)
