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Oct 31 2012

ECHO Gecko Rod Review

ECHO Gecko
Get kids fishing. Photo: echoflyfishing.com

Bill Lenehan is a long term friend of our blog as both a reader and a contributor.  We’re happy to say that he’s now also a guests of ours, having joined us at Alaska West for some king fishing this summer.

After seeing our post last week asking (more like telling) you to take a kid fishing, Bill send in this write up on a tool that helps make that easier – the new ECHO Gecko kids’ rod.  Thanks Bill!

ECHO Gecko Review

The good folks at Echo recently launched a new rod to the market which is purpose built for introducing young folks to fly-fishing. 7 feet 9 inches of playfully bright yellow fiberglass, a slim-line technicolor foam grip, and even an extension butt which doubles as a lower handle for two handed casting. Everything is scaled down for the average 5 to 12 year old, including the price at under a hundred bucks.

Made with quality components that will withstand a beating, the rod is even covered by a lifetime warranty in case Junior decides it’s a neon yellow life-saber. Listed as a 5 wt, it will send a popping bug half way across the bluegill pond. The fun factor is off the charts – I defy you to cast this rod and not break into an ear-to-ear smile.

While introducing young ones is reward enough, I also think of the ECHO Gecko as a covert conservation tool. Get kids out there fishing, replace the joystick or iPhone with a fly rod, and good things will happen both for the kids and the environment.

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Comments

  1. Rick Allen says

    November 3, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    The Echo Gecko in action.
    My local fly shop the Caddis fly in Eugene put on a biggest fish on the Echo Gecko 4wt. Well it so happened I had got my son that rod last Christmas.
    Well I won the contest with this 9 pound hen.
    The prize was any Echo rod in the line up. Wow!
    I Chose the Echo 3 11ft 6wt switch. Awesome rod!
    Thanks Caddis fly
    Thanks Tim Rajeff and Echo rods.
    Check out the video below
    http://vimeo.com/46200978

  2. andrew says

    November 5, 2012 at 8:41 am

    That is awesome, Rick – nice work! You certainly put a bend in that thing.

    Oh, and I like your hat…

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