Ooooh La La

New Finatic Generation 2 reels from Hatch Outdoors are here!

They're Here!

The all new, Special Edition Bead Blast Reels from Hatch. Available in Sand for the trout sizes and Blue for the saltwater sizes.
There aren't many, so drop by and take a look.
 

Big News...Coming from Hatch

Country Pleasures Flyfishing is excited to announce two new special edition series of Hatch Reels. Some of you might remember the first bead blast reels done in grey earlier this year. They were so sexy!

As part of the Freshwater Series, they are offering the 3 Plus,  
4 Plus & 5 Plus Finatic in Bead Blasted Sand with black anodized spindle and gloss black paint fill. For the Saltwater Series, they are offering the 7 Plus, 9 Plus & 11 Plus Finatic in Bead Blasted Azul with silver anodized spindle and paint fill.
These reels will be available in Large Arbor configuration only.
No extra spools available. 


These reels will ship from Hatch to the shop on May 15 and are very limited in numbers. Sorry, the 11 Plus is already sold out.

The first series (grey) were sold out before their arrival. These won't last long. Give us a call if you would like one.

Special Edition Hatch Reels

Coming first week of December, Limited Edition Bead Blasted Matte Gray Finatic Fly Reels from Hatch - Premium Fly Fishing Reels. 

These are very limited production. We have 4Plus through 9Plus coming, but not very many! Perfect gift for that person who has everything.

Some New Hatch Hats In

Hatch Re-Supply





Unpacked a re-supply of Hatch Reels this weekend.
Good thing, as we had one left.
Also just received the all new Tropical Floating lines from Hatch. They're pretty nice.
Hatch also has new saltwater leaders and tippets, which we will be testing this fall. We'll give you an update on those products in December.



Hatches?

As we got later into December, approaching Christmas, we saw Hatches
become very light (some may say scarce).
As of the other day, we are seeing quite a lot of Hatches!
Pretty much every Hatch we know of!
There's Hatches everywhere!
Who says there's no Hatches in January!

This Hatch report and update brought to by Hatch Reels and shop staff negatively affected by winter.

HATCH

A few shipments have arived from Hatch reels.

We have Finatics from 1Plus all the way to 11plus in stock!

New Stuff from Hatch Reels

New hats from Hatch

Permit Tail T-Shirts

New PE backing! Same abrasive resistant properties as Gel Spun, only stronger, thinner...and it doesn't cut like Gel.



Fully re-stocked on Finatics! Including the 1Plus!



Product Review-Hatch Finatic 9 Plus

Last winter/spring I spent some time fishing the Harch Finatic reels with the anticipation of carrying them in the shop. We were on the lookout for a US made, high quality reel for big game applications. I had guides and lodge owners that I know from around the tropics speak well of the reel. Obviously, things checked out as we have them in our shop.

Having said that, I took a Finatic 9Plus on my recent trip for two weeks to the Babine River to give it a good "stress test".

It hurt a little bit to leave my Vanquish reels (my usual Spey choice) in the room but I really wanted to see if the Hatch would hold up.

Late season Steelheading is as tough as anything I've seen on reels but 2012 turned out to be a real proving ground.

Temperatures ten to fifteen degrees colder than normal offered up as severe of an environment as I have run across.

Freezing temperatures and twenty pound Steehead...perfect!



Hatch Finatic 9Plus "in the drink"



Before I go to far with my review, you should know I was trying very hard to find fault with this reel. The reels I use now have been so good it was hard for me to think another reel could come close.

As for fit and finish, the Hatch is stunning and perfect. The only thing I would say is for those of you who use mono or Slickshooter for running line you can get the line between spool and body of reel. Using .035 running line, I had no issues and Hatch is addressing this problem in a future design.

Drag, well after two weeks of use I can say the drag on these reels is top flight. A reel left out at minus fifteen celsius worked as well first thing in the morning as it did the afternoon before at zero. The best example of the drag continuity throughtout the range of adjustment came on a very big fish hooked last week. The big buck essentially left the county, removing the last of the running line and then disturbing amounts of backing. The fish was leaving so easily I thought my drag was set too light and proceeded to keep increasing the level of drag. At no time was there any grabbing or indication of the drag not being smooth. After the fish concluded kicking my ass, followed by far too much time required to reel in backing and some running line, I tried to pull off some line to check drag....I could hardly pull line off!

Smooth!...plain and simple!

Weight on the reel is very much average. Not terribly heavy, not ridiculously light, actually balances a 13' 6" 8 weight perfectly. As for finish, the Finatics are pretty tough. I left the cover off mine for two weeks (I never do that!) and after multiple rock leanings, boat tray slidings, and general nastiness I couldn't find a mark on the reel.

Last thing you should know is the reel never came inside for two weeks. It was left on the rack outside and frozen as cold as minus fifteen at night. The warmest the reel got in the last 6 days was minus six. While a bunch of other reels in camp were blowing up, seizing from the ice, and having to be taken in at night, this reel just kept working.

All in all, I'm very impressed with this piece of equipment! Thumbs up!