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Decades ago, he was on the river banks fishing with the Aussie pioneers of fishing the famous ‘spotted dog’ floating minnows and witnessed and fished through the evolution of the ‘drift rig’ style fishing with weighted glo-bug and nymph flies. His deep understanding of these styles led him to custom build quite a few specialist rods for these applications, including the popular 'Jigflicker' for hand tied jigs and hard bodied lures, and ‘noodle rods’ for drift rigs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut he had a personal favourite and only made one: A hybrid, a rod designed to fish all these styles and one that he’d never been able to perfect - until now!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaybe it’s best if Ian explains this himself…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I’ve always loved both approaches to my trout spinning in the rivers. The drift-rig is perhaps the ultimate and quite deadly on spawn run trout in the Snowys and I also had success in the Blue Mountains at various times of the year. But the famous ‘spotted dog’ lures are equally deadly, and a lot of fun to fish when trout are in an aggressive mood!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEventually I made myself a custom rod from a heavily modified blank that did both jobs, and I was able to swap from one style to another quite effectively, but it was never ‘just right’. It’s played on my mind for years and in a recent moment of self-indulgence I decided to perfect it… and came up with the Drifter, over 8 feet of ultra-light spinning rod and an absolute pleasure to use for both techniques here in Australia!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe design is slightly shorter than a specialist noodle rod but with plenty of length to control a great drift and that classic soft noodle action that protects hook holds of small flies. But when I wanT to cast a hard bodied lure, I can do that too - It’s extra length and some power down low help enable long casts up, across or downstream. And it’s a fantastic rod for other trout fishing applications as well!”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile designed primarily for drift rigging and casting hard bodied lures, the Drifter 832 has far wider applications. Making long casts with a conventional spinner in the rivers is another, as is drifting baits. 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It was a journey that spanned more than a decade, with incremental improvements made to his next custom creation once new blanks and technology periodically became available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEventually, Ian settled on a lightweight blank of a certain length that allowed light lures to be cast accurately to a fishable distance, which he was able to combine with a reasonable amount of fish-fighting ability. This ‘SweetWater’ baitcast rod first became available as a custom build some 20-odd years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen along came improved spin tackle and what were known as ‘ultra-light baitcast rods’ took a backseat until the relatively recent development of ‘Baitcast Finesse Tackle’. New, vastly improved reels made casting tiny lures easy and 'BFS' (ultra-light) rods were back on the agenda. Ian knew exactly where to find his inspiration for this model!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Millerods BFS Bass has its roots in decades of Aussie bass fishing, and the latest technologies in rod blanks and components bring this to the next level!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExhibiting extreme lightness in the hand and incredible sensitivity and balance, the BFS Bass has the perfect rod length for accuracy of casting into tight areas, but also has some low-down power for bass extraction!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blank action is smooth loading which is imperative when casting ultra-light lures. It opens the window a little wider for when the lure can be released to accurately reach the target.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlank construction is the new ‘Armour 40-5’. 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This medium weight bass rod is used with medium-large sized Aussie bass lures and designed around delivering deadly casting accuracy!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHence the rod name ‘Pocket’. This is a term Ian uses to describe small areas to target in order to trigger bass into attack mode. If you can’t get the lure into that target ‘pocket’ it’s unlikely you’ll get that strike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlenty of development time was given to fine-tuning this rod, which is probably best described by Ian himself;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“A few seasons ago I started to get more interested in bigger lures for my bass fishing, broadening my horizons and experimenting with approaches to hunt bigger fish.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI found some lures that were working well but I wasn’t happy with my tackle. These lures were a little heavier so it’s best to throw them on baitcast tackle for maximum control and accuracy. 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