The Eight
Everyone’s second rod. Until it quietly becomes the first.
Fast action, quick recovery, serious line speed. The Eight exists to put a big streamer a long way out in conditions that would rather it didn’t, and then hold on when something with shoulders eats it.
Corrosion-resistant top to bottom, so the flats are as fair game as the river. Steelhead, salmon, bonefish, redfish, stripers, pike.
Most people buy an 8 because a trip demanded more rod than they owned. Then it ends up packed first for everything, which is the highest compliment a rod gets.
Good for
- Steelhead
- Salmon
- Bonefish
- Redfish
- Striped bass
- Big streamers
- Wind
Specs
- Length
- 9'
- Line weight
- 8wt
- Action
- Fast
- Blank
- Aerospace-grade high-modulus carbon, proprietary weave
- Grip
- Proprietary polyurethane blend, tactile wet or dry
- Artwork
- Original Ed Anderson work, printed on the grip
- Reel seat
- Anodized aluminum, colored
- Guides
- Stainless steel
- Finish
- Blacked-out, corrosion-resistant
- Water
- Freshwater and saltwater
- Price
- $450.00
Cast it without the anxiety.
Every Folklore rod ships with a 90-day trial and a lifetime no-fault warranty.
Don’t love it? Send it back inside 90 days for a full refund and we’ll cover the shipping. Snap it in year nine, in a car door, entirely on purpose? Fifty bucks and we make it right.