Studio 5wt 590G Carbon Fiber Fly Rod

High-Performance Fly. The Ultimate 5 weight Fly Rod.

Stealthy, understated, all business. Studio Built™ Custom - Our premium fly rod offering. The pinnacle of craftsmanship and performance.

Your unfair advantage. The Epic® 590G is a 5 weight custom-tuned, light, and highly responsive fly rod designed for technical dry fly, emerger and nymph fishing for trout of all sizes.

Dry Fly presentations pinpoint casts and Lazer loops the 590G is the perfect 5wt 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® 590G 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 worlds 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 590G utilises industry-leading Graphene nano resins to help create a lighter, stronger more responsive carbon fiber (graphite) fly rod.

Exquisitely handcrafted to order and delivered directly to your door.

Experience the Epic® difference

• Industry-leading fly rod blank specifically chosen & high graded for your fly rod build
   
• Fuji titanium "tangle-free" stripping guide
• SureFit™ Ferrule System for immediate section replacement
• Stealthy and chip-resistant SnakeBelly™ Finish
• Stunning FLOR grade cork grip
   
• Alignment dots for easy assembly
   
• Personalised inscription 
   
• Laser engraved winding check proving authenticity & ownership 
   
• Exquisite Japanese silk thread wraps
   
• Hard anodised reel seat ensuring a lifetime of service
   
• Painstakingly handcrafted in our Wanaka workshop ensuring quality and durability
   
• Superior service and ongoing customer support 
   
• Proudly handcrafted to order for you in New Zealand

Delivered direct to your door
Once ordered it usually takes around four weeks to build your new fly rod, then we deliver priority tracked and insured courier direct to your door. We'll email you with tracking info as your rod leaves our studio workshop.

Recommended line weight: AFTMA #5 
Length: 9'
Pieces: 4
Weight: 90g / 3.1oz

• Premium Fuji Torzite® Tangle Free Titanium Guides - Corrosion proof
   
• SureFit™ ferrule system - immediate section replacement
   
• Flor Grade Premium Cork grip

The smooth operator.
Incredibly smooth loading and unloading the 590G will help shape some of the nicest loops you've ever cast.

Studio Built. Handcrafted, One at a Time.
Each Epic Custom is handcrafted specifically for you from start to finish here in our studio workshop - no detail is overlooked. When purchasing one of our carbon fibre rods you can be confident that you are investing in premium engineering, componentry and craftsmanship.

The Epic Action.
Epic G series would best be described as Medium Fast in action. Epic G series are light without sacrificing strength.

Tough
Our use of 100% non-woven fibre and Silica nano matrix technology makes for a very tough, lightweight and extremely responsive blank.

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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 #5 
Length: 9'
Pieces: 4
Weight: 90g / 3.1oz
Action Angle: 70 degrees
ERN: 5 
ELN: 5 
Optimal Grain Window: 130 - 155 Grains 

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.

Each Studio Built Fly Rod is skilfully handcrafted for you our customer when you order it, no two are exactly alike.

Each fly rod is individually hand-crafted, balanced, inspected and tested here in our Wanaka workshop by one of our master rod builders. No aspect is overlooked, each fly rod as perfect as we can make it and of heirloom quality. You’ll be passing this fly rod on to your kids.

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 
• Stunning Japanese Silk thread wraps
• Finest quality Portuguese cork grip
• Top Quality Fiji Torzite 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.

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

The Epic Promise

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.