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Reference 4wt 480G Carbon Fiber Fly Rod

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Your Unfair Advantage - The 480G Reference Graphene Fly Rod.

Utilizing the same industry-leading blank & high-quality components as our Studio Built ™ custom collection but without the customisation options, the new 480G (Graphene) Reference takes it up another notch.

Dry Fly presentations pinpoint casts and Lazer loops the 480G is the perfect 4wt technical casting rod.

Surprisingly light, tight and super stealthy in our low sheen matt finish, they won't see you coming. You'll be amazed at how light and accurate this fly rod is, helping you form some of the smoothest loops you've ever experienced.

The Epic® 480G is a light and highly responsive fly rod designed specifically for precise dry fly and nymph presentations.

Exquisitely presented and built to last using our flawless FLOR grade cork grips, a rust-proof Fuji titanium 'Tangle Free' stripping guide, industry-leading smooth casting blank and the world's most beautiful and functional patented Epic® Tri reel seat. All topped off with translucent smoke grey wraps and subtle red accents.

Super stealthy in our non-reflective satin SnakeBelly™ finish, the 480G utilises industry-leading Graphene nano resins to help create a lighter, stronger more responsive carbon fiber (graphite) fly rod.

The Epic Promise. Buy with Confidence:
100% Satisfaction Guarantee, Epic Lifetime Warranty & our "Love it or Return it" 30-day guarantee. Shipping immediately - delivered directly to your door.

Experience the Epic® difference

Industry-leading graphene fly rod blank
Stunning FLOR grade cork grip
Hard anodised Epic reel seat ensuring a lifetime of service
Premium quality Fuji Tangle Free titanium stripping guide
Corrosion proof Ion-plated snake guides
SureFit™ Ferrule System for immediate section replacement
Stealthy and chip-resistant SnakeBelly ™ Finish
Superior service and ongoing customer support
Finished in translucent smoke grey wraps and subtle red accents
Alignment dots

Our SnakeBelly™ Satin finish is scratch and chip resistant making for an extremely tough and durable fly rod that is less prone to stress fractures caused by collisions with weighted flies. Finished in stunning smoke grey translucent wraps with contrasting red trims.

Action
Epic G series are Medium Fast action.

Recommended line weight: AFTMA #4
Length: 8'
Pieces: 4
Weight: 90g / 3.1oZ

Got questions? - Drop us a line, we'd love to hear from you.

WHY EPIC?

Epic Beginnings….

Epic was born out of two frustrations I experienced in fly fishing:

My students were coming to fly casting classes with new fly rods so stiff and so lifeless they were extremely difficult to cast - even for me! _ Probably great rods if you wanted to bust out a 100 foot cast on a football field, but a total impairment when used as practical fly fishing tools.
The second big driver was my own fishing experience. Like all fly anglers, I wanted to be a better fly fisherman, become a better caster and ultimately catch more fish. And like all anglers, I’d grown through experimentation and improvement on just about every aspect of the sport. Rods, lines, leaders, my casting - and thousands of flies.

Eventually I started fish lighter fly rods and lighter lines in order to make better presentations. You know, to get more feeling, better casts and better response.

While the lighter rods had better feeling for sure, I was regularly breaking tips by point loading when netting big trout - Yep, we have some fairly big trout here in New Zealand!

And so began the journey. A journey to "build a better fly rod” - that phrase still sits on the whiteboard above my desk to this day.

Many materials were tested and many tapers developed in the quest to leave behind the stiff lifeless rods I was so used to using. My first fly rod that went into production, the Epic 580, went through 15 iterations before we settled on a taper that could truly be called Epic - and that's how the brand began.

Our tapers are powerful, but not stiff. Incredibly tough, but impart wonderfull responsiveness and feedback. And test, they can still bust out those long casts

I know that you’ll feel and appreciate the Epic difference. You’ll be making better casts, making tighter loops, better presentations, and ultimately catching more fish. And if you don’t, we’ll happily take back the fly rod you are looking at.

Effortless Fly Casting - Smooth Like Butter, Sweet Like Honey.

Carl McNeil - Master Fly Casting Instructor - Founder - Epic Fly Rods

The Materials

Epic fly rods are made to exacting standards using either a proprietary S2-glass composite or a multi modulus, helical constructed low resign Carbon Fibre system.
Although fast for fiberglass, our fuller flexing FastGlass blanks have a beautiful soulful feeling and are incredibly tough.

Our Carbon Fibre blanks are light, crisp and at the very forefront of fly rod design.

Each material features a unidirectional fibre layup which aligns fibers longitudinally along the blank. The result is an incredibly strong, light and powerful tube with a crisp, precise response. This recipe, rolled to our Epic tapers combine silky smooth easy loading with trophy pulling power.

Regardless of the material you decide to choose, you have before you what we sincerely believe is the very best fly rod produced.

All jargon aside, these fly rods are just fantastic to cast, they look incredible, are super tough, and are a hell of a lot of fun to fish with.

SPECIFICATIONS

Taper: Medium / Fast
Action: Medium Fast / Mid Flex
Lockup point: Top third
Resonant Frequency: 3.3 Hz
Material: 57msi Carbon Blend
Core: 100% Carbon Helix Core
Recommended line weight: AFTMA #4
Length: 8'
Pieces: 4
Weight: 90g / 3.1oz
Action Angle: 70 degrees
ERN: 4
ELN: 4

WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT

These are the smoothest, most beautiful fly rods you’ll ever cast. Purposefully designed and exquisitely handcrafted using only the very best components available. Premium quality stripping guides exquisitely finished in translucent Japanese silk wraps, each wrap incredibly strong and stunningly beautiful.

Every grip is of premium FLOR grade Portuguese cork traced from the source; a more perfect grip you will not find anywhere.

Light in the hand and an absolute pleasure to cast; There is simply no better fly rod made - and your absolute delight is guaranteed.

Better Components
Each handcrafted Epic carbon fibre fly rod boasts the very finest components available:

Premium Fuji Torzite® Tangle Free Titanium Guides - Corrosion proof
SureFit™ ferrule system - immediate section replacement

Silica nano matrix fly rod blank with internally reinforced ferrule system
Sure-Fit™ ferrule system. Makes section replacements simple
Helical wound core construction - light while giving superior strength
SnakeBelly™ finish with super hard gloss coat to protect your rod
Stunning Japanese Silk thread wraps in indigo blue
Finest quality Portuguese cork grip
Top Quality Fiji Titanium Guides - Corrosion proof
Premium quality snake guides from Snake brand USA - Highly corrosion resistant
Our original design flip top rod sock - just better
Cleaning cloth

We believe there is no better fly rod made.

100% Carbon Construction.
The carbon helix core boasts true 100% carbon construction. These blanks contain no scrim.
100% Uni-directional material - Non-Woven.
Super light-weight construction and superior strength. Non woven Uni-directional material is up to 40% stronger than traditional woven material commonly used by fly rod manufacturers. A non-woven fiber can achieve 100% of its tensile and compressive loading. Unidirectional material affords super lightweight construction and superior strength.
100% Carbon Helix Core
A 100% helical core forms the basis for hoop strength and fibre support in the zero/longitudinal axis and does away with traditional scrim-based construction.
Silica-nano technology. Super Low Resin Systems.
Utilising materials with resin content up to 30% less than conventional materials, Epic C series blanks are lighter and stronger. Low resin materials help increase bending limits & overall response.
Multi Carbon Construction (Multi modulus).
Using only the highest quality fabrics from the USA, Japan and Korea, up to five different types of carbon are used in each blank. Each type is placed at various parts of the blank to optimize strength and weight. Ultra-high modulus fibre boasts the highest tensile and compressive strength of any fibre in its class.
Internal High Strength Ferrule.
A high-strength internal ferrule is placed at each join to provide superior crush and split resistance.
Target Zero Fibre Alignment.
Fibre alignment along the length of any blank is critical. Even the smallest deviation in fibre alignment from the axis of load will greatly reduce the strength of the blank.

Got questions? - Drop us a line, we'd love to hear from you.

Buy with Confidence: The Epic Promise.
100% Satisfaction Guarantee and Epic Lifetime Warranty

THE EPIC WARRANTY

The Epic Promise

If you order one of our beautiful handmade fly rods and are not delighted with it we'll refund your purchase in full. We are so very confident that every fly rod we make is of the highest quality possible we guarantee your complete and absolute satisfaction or your money back.

If one of our products fails to meet your expectations either at the time you receive it, or over the next 30 days, contact us and tell us why you are disappointed and we'll make it right or arrange a total refund.

Epic Fly Rod Lifetime Guarantee
Carl McNeil - Founder, Wanaka, New Zealand.

The Epic Lifetime Warranty.

Every Epic fly rod that we produce is covered by our lifetime, original owner warranty. This warranty covers failure due to defects in material or workmanship of our product.

This warranty is limited to repair and replacement of the rod or blank and does not cover direct, indirect, consequential, incidental or any other type of damage resulting from the use of the product. This warranty does not cover fire, theft, missing rod sections, intentional breakage, modification or customization of the finished rod, or damage during the assembly of a blank into a finished rod.

Epic Fly Rods reserves the right to determine whether to repair or replace any Epic Product covered by this warranty and the right to replace any discontinued models with comparable models when necessary. Colors and components may vary between original and replacement parts.

This Policy applies to the original owner only and may not be transferred to another person.

We will always do our very best to get you back out on the water fishing our gear again as soon as possible.

BREAKAGE & REPAIRS

Break a tip? we've got you covered. Our Surefit™ ferrule system is so precise that breakages can be addressed by simply sending out the replacement part right away. Gone are the days of having to return a broken section and waiting weeks for a return.

THE EPIC PROMISE SHIPPING WHY BUY EPIC? CONTACT FLY ROD SELECTOR

Buy with Confidence.
100% Satisfaction Guarantee and Epic Lifetime Support.

We ship tracked courier internationally every single weekday.
Shipping and tracking information is emailed out to you and SMS updates provided also.

More fly rod for your money.
Servicing our customers direct means we’re free to use the highest grade components and materials available and offeroutstanding service and support.
If you have any doubts as to our commitment to quality products and customer support please read our reviews.

NZ HQ
Address: 2 Endeavour St, Unit 1, Wanaka, New Zealand. Ph: 03 443 1350 Email: Email Us contact@swiftflyfishing.com

Extraordinary

Extra care, extra effort, extra attention to detail.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little bit extra.

Our goal is that you will be passing your Epic onto your kids.

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11/01/2022

Epic 480G - The Dart Thrower

Already so impressed by my 590G, not well enough known in the US, I decide to fish new 480G too. This is a too infrequently offered configuration by most rod makers and none that I have sampled compare to this little Epic anyway. Fishing it on a storied classic Catskill headwaters creek with overhead canopy a plenty, it cast the smoothest, straightest loops capable of aerially turning over a long leader with impeccable control. It immediately earned a place in my core fly rod kit.

Reference 4wt 480G Carbon Fiber Fly Rod

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