New Arrivals - Four Larger Sizes of the Commando Smooth from OPST. Now available in 325 grain, 350 grain, 375 grain and 400 grain! Call the shop if you have questions about what size you need.
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Apr 4, 2020
OPST Commando Smooth Skagit and Micro Float Tip Sale Save 25%
Many trout anglers are checking out spey, especially single handed spey. While separate head systems are ideal for two hand trout spey rods they are less than ideal for the single handed skagit angler. The loop to loop connection interferes with hauling line and tight quarter stripping. The solution is an integrated skagit line.
Commando Smooth Integrated Skagit is the solution.
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To finish off this Commando Integrated Skagit One should have a floating tip in the sink tip wallet
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| Available in 5'/7.5'/10' |
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Gorge Fly Shop Team - 541.386.6977
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Mar 18, 2020
OPST Commando Smooth Integrated Skagit
The original OPST Commando Head changed the game for trout spey and single hand Skagit tactics. But for streamer, dry fly and nymph fishing, where you often fish at close range and strip flies right up to the rod tip, we knew we could improve it.
Enter OPST Smooth Commando Integrated Skagit. Take a Commando head and a thin, slick coated running line and integrate them together into one with a smooth, gradual taper. No longer will you feel a bump as the running line/Commando Head junction enters the guides. You won't feel anything at all, except a jarring strike as a fish attacks your streamer.
We listened to the requests of numerous Commando Head fans, and created a line that fishes even better than the original. The Commando Smooth is designed to be used with our Micro Tips and Commando Floating Tips, from 5 to 10 feet long. The running line is orange to provide a nice contrast against the Sauk Blue head. If you are looking for a line that can do almost anything, experience the Commando Smooth. It's just like the wildly popular Commando Head. Only smoother. Length: 99.3 feet. Head weights: 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300 grains.
Color: Sauk Blue Head with Orange Shooting line
Shooting Line Diameter: 0.026"
Specs -
| SKU | Head Weight | Head Length | Full Length | Sink Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS-150 | 150gr | 12ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-175 | 175gr | 12ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-200 | 200gr | 13.5ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-225 | 225gr | 13.5ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-250 | 250gr | 13.5ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-275 | 275gr | 13.5ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-300 | 300gr | 15ft | 99.3ft | Float |
"The Gorge"
Gorge Fly Shop Team - 541.386.6977
"Fly Fish the World with Us"
Aug 10, 2018
OPST Commando Smooth Lines and Micro Tips
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| Get Smooth! |
New for 2019
Olympic Peninsula Skagit Tactics takes Commando heads to the next level. For many of us trout spey, single hand rod enthusiast, we struggled with the loop to loop head to running line connection. It interferes with our ability to cast short, strip short and haul line on our single handed spey cast.Not anymore! For 2019 OPST gives us Commando Smooth
Commando Smooth Starts with the famous Commando Head and seamlessly integrates it with thin (0.025") Running / Shooting line.The result is a Skagit System that gives anglers the freedom to strip, cast short, double haul without the bump of a loop to loop connection between head and running line.
Most applications for Commando Smooth will be Single Hand Skagit tactics, light Switch Rods and Micro Spey, Trout Spey rods.
Specs -
| SKU | Head Weight | Head Length | Full Length | Sink Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS-150 | 150gr | 12ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-175 | 175gr | 12ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-200 | 200gr | 13.5ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-225 | 225gr | 13.5ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-250 | 250gr | 13.5ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-275 | 275gr | 13.5ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-300 | 300gr | 15ft | 99.3ft | Float |
Don't forget the Micro Tips
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| Riffle, Run, Bucket |
Generally the 5 foot Micro Tips work great on the smallest single hand rods from 7'6" 3 weights to 8'6" 5 weights. The 7.5 foot Micro Tips are ideal for 8'6" 5 weights to 10' 7 weights. The 10 foot Micro Tips really tune you micro trout spey game in perfectly and are the go to steelhead switch rod tips.
Find Olympic Peninsula Skagit Tactics at "The Gorge"
"The Gorge"
Gorge Fly Shop Team - 541.386.6977
"Fly Fish the World with Us"
Jul 27, 2018
OPST Commando Smooth Integrated Skagits
Since the introduction of the Olympic Peninsula Skagit Tactics Commando Heads, the world of skagit spey casting has forever changed. I've seen a lot of change in the fly fishing industry but I can't recall anything that has been more tactic changing than this. Not only did Commando Heads change Two Hand Skagit Casting but equally has influenced a whole new generation of single hand skagit tactics.
Along with this dramatic influence of Single hand Skagit Tactics came a desire to be free of the "loop". That pesky loop between head and shooting line. It's not a big deal when you fish two hand rods on big water because you spend all your time with head outside your rod tip. But when we took skagit down to small stream adventures and standard size trout rods we found that darn loop to just get in the way of such things like stripping streamers, hauling line and following fish.
No Loops? No Problem!
New for 2019 and available now...OPST Commando Smooth
OPST took the original Commando Head design and integrated it with highly visible, orange, thin, shooting line of 0.025". Welcome in the "Smooth". Just add Sink Tips and your ready to trout spey.
Specs for Commando Smooth
Find OPST Commando Smooth at "The Gorge"
Along with this dramatic influence of Single hand Skagit Tactics came a desire to be free of the "loop". That pesky loop between head and shooting line. It's not a big deal when you fish two hand rods on big water because you spend all your time with head outside your rod tip. But when we took skagit down to small stream adventures and standard size trout rods we found that darn loop to just get in the way of such things like stripping streamers, hauling line and following fish.
No Loops? No Problem!
New for 2019 and available now...OPST Commando Smooth
OPST took the original Commando Head design and integrated it with highly visible, orange, thin, shooting line of 0.025". Welcome in the "Smooth". Just add Sink Tips and your ready to trout spey.
Specs for Commando Smooth
| SKU | Head Weight | Head Length | Full Length | Sink Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS-150 | 150gr | 12ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-175 | 175gr | 12ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-200 | 200gr | 13.5ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-225 | 225gr | 13.5ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-250 | 250gr | 13.5ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-275 | 275gr | 13.5ft | 99.3ft | Float |
| CS-300 | 300gr | 15ft | 99.3ft | Float |
"The Gorge"
Gorge Fly Shop Team - 541.386.6977
"Fly Fish the World with Us"
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