They have an even broader casting range that lets anglers control line speed for long casts directly into the wind or gentle presentations up close. They feature a stronger butt section for lifting more line off the water. They are highly responsive and very powerful, yet lightweight with great feel and liveliness. In the words of our technical advisor Joan Wulff, "Boron IIIx rods are an amazing combination of speed, power and Winston smoothness".
| Size | Length | Weight | Action | Price / Rod Blank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Weight | 8'6" | 2 3/8 | Fast | $795 / $478 |
| 4-Weight | 8' | 2 1/8 | Fast | $795 / $478 |
| 8'6" | 2 1/2 | Fast | ||
| 9' | 2 1/2 | Fast | ||
| 10' | 3 1/4 | Fast | ||
| 5-Weight | 8'6" | 2 1/2 | Fast | $795 / $478 |
| 9' | 2 5/8 | Fast | ||
| 9'6" | 3 2/8 | Fast | ||
| 5-Weight | 9' JWF | 2 1/2 | Fast | $810 |
| 6-Weight | 9' | 2 3/4 | Fast | $795 / $478 |
| 9'6" | 3 3/8 | Fast | ||
| 7-Weight | 9' | 3 1/8 | Fast | $810 / $486 |
| 9'6" | 3 1/2 | Fast | ||
| 10' | 3 5/8 | Fast | ||
| 8-Weight | 9' | 3 1/2 | Fast | $810 / $486 |
| 8-Weight | 9' JWF | 3 1/2 | Fast | $825 |
| 10-Weight | 9' | 4 1/4 | Fast | $870 / $522 |
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An extremely light, fast-action rod perfect for small creeks with the ability to cast comfortably at a range of distances even in light winds.
An extremely light, fast-action rod perfect for small creeks with the ability to cast comfortably at a range of distances even in light winds.
Ideal rods when delicacy is needed for spring creeks and other technical waters, yet with reserve power capable of generating faster line speeds and handling windy situations and larger rivers. Broad casting range and an excellent all-around rod...exceptional versatility for a 4-weight.
Ideal rods when delicacy is needed for spring creeks and other technical waters, yet with reserve power capable of generating faster line speeds and handling windy situations and larger rivers. Broad casting range and an excellent all-around rod...exceptional versatility for a 4-weight.
Ideal rods when delicacy is needed for spring creeks and other technical waters, yet with reserve power capable of generating faster line speeds and handling windy situations and larger rivers. Broad casting range and an excellent all-around rod...exceptional versatility for a 4-weight.
Ideal rods when delicacy is needed for spring creeks and other technical waters, yet with reserve power capable of generating faster line speeds and handling windy situations and larger rivers. Broad casting range and an excellent all-around rod...exceptional versatility for a 4-weight.
Perhaps the ideal, high-performance all-around rods with an extremely wide casting range. Light, powerful, smooth, fun to cast. Able to cast in close with small flies, and yet capable of generating significant line speeds to punch into strong winds or cover longer distances with larger flies without feeling stiff. This is what fishing can be like on larger rivers - sometimes you need a rod that can do everything. Like a top-of-the-line sports car: you can "feel" that the power is in your hands, in your control.
Perhaps the ideal, high-performance all-around rods with an extremely wide casting range. Light, powerful, smooth, fun to cast. Able to cast in close with small flies, and yet capable of generating significant line speeds to punch into strong winds or cover longer distances with larger flies without feeling stiff. This is what fishing can be like on larger rivers - sometimes you need a rod that can do everything. Like a top-of-the-line sports car: you can "feel" that the power is in your hands, in your control.
Perhaps the ideal, high-performance all-around rods with an extremely wide casting range. Light, powerful, smooth, fun to cast. Able to cast in close with small flies, and yet capable of generating significant line speeds to punch into strong winds or cover longer distances with larger flies without feeling stiff. This is what fishing can be like on larger rivers - sometimes you need a rod that can do everything. Like a top-of-the-line sports car: you can "feel" that the power is in your hands, in your control.
"Boron IIIx rods are an amazing combination of speed, power and Winston smoothness." Joan Wulff.
Our new 9-foot 5-weight Boron IIIx Joan Wulff Favorite comes with a beautiful Royal Wulff fly inscribed on the rod just above the handle.
Rod characteristics: An ideal, high-performance all-around rod with an extremely wide casting range. Light, powerful, smooth, fun to cast. Able to cast in close with small flies, and yet capable of generating significant line speeds to punch into strong winds or cover longer distances with larger flies without feeling stiff. A rod that can do everything: dries, nymphs, streamers. Like a top-of-the-line sports car: you can "feel" that the power is in your hands, in your control.
Exceptionally light all-around rods with extraordinarily broad casting range of 25-100+ feet. On big rivers, for big fish, in stronger winds, these rods will provide you everything you need without being too stiff. Although it has incredible power, can generate very fast line speeds, they are designed to give you incredible versatility: Ideal for streamers, nymphs, big water, big winds, yet versatile enough for gentle dry fly presentations up close.
Exceptionally light all-around rods with extraordinarily broad casting range of 25-100+ feet. On big rivers, for big fish, in stronger winds, these rods will provide you everything you need without being too stiff. Although it has incredible power, can generate very fast line speeds, they are designed to give you incredible versatility: Ideal for streamers, nymphs, big water, big winds, yet versatile enough for gentle dry fly presentations up close.
Light, very powerful and a joy to cast. Ideal for big freshwater fish or for light saltwater situations. Perhaps the finest single-handed dry fly steelhead and salmon rods made today. Can handle floating and sinking lines. Available in three different lengths.
Light, very powerful and a joy to cast. Ideal for big freshwater fish or for light saltwater situations. Perhaps the finest single-handed dry fly steelhead and salmon rods made today. Can handle floating and sinking lines. Available in three different lengths.
Light, very powerful and a joy to cast. Ideal for big freshwater fish or for light saltwater situations. Perhaps the finest single-handed dry fly steelhead and salmon rods made today. Can handle floating and sinking lines. Available in three different lengths.
This new 9-foot 8-weight Boron IIIx was designed to generate extremely fast line speeds to cast wind resistant flies in challenging conditions without giving up feel. This rod can load quickly when casting to skittish bonefish or redfish up close, or make very long casts on demand. The very high line speed allows you to "punch" casts directly into strong winds. Outstanding for both saltwater and freshwater.
"Boron IIIx rods are an amazing combination of speed, power and Winston smoothness." Joan Wulff
Our new 9-foot 8-weight Boron IIIx Joan Wulff Favorite comes with a beautiful Royal Wulff fly inscribed on the rod just above the handle.
Rod characteristics: Designed to generate extremely fast line speeds to cast wind resistant flies in challenging conditions without giving up feel. This rod can load quickly when casting to skittish bonefish or redfish up close, or make very long casts on demand. The very high line speed allows you to "punch" casts directly into strong winds. Outstanding for both saltwater and freshwater.
An extremely light, powerful, quick-loading rod - ideal for casting to cruising permit, small tarpon and hard-fighting saltwater species like bonita and false albacore.
Standard Handle:
Cigar on 8'6" 3-wt. thru 9' 5-wt., as well as 9' 6-wt.; Full Wells with Cork fighting butt on 9'6" 5-wt., 9'6" 6-wt. and 7 thru 10-wt; Half Wells Special on 5-wt. JWF; Half Wells Special with Cork Fighting Butt on 8-wt JWF.
Sections: 4
Standard Reel Seat:
Choice of Featherlight Anodized Aluminum or Nickel Silver Uplock with Burled Wood insert on 8'6" 3-wt. thru 9'5-wt., as well as 9' 6-wt. Featherlight Anodized Aluminum on 9'6" 5-wt., 9'6" 6-wt. and 7 thru 10-wt.
Options: 4 to 6 weeks; contact your Winston dealer for specific information.
Reel Seat: Choice of Nickel Silver Uplock with Zebrawood, Cocobola or Walnut wood insert available on 3 thru 6-weight. $80
Handle: Choice of Winston Full Wells on 3 thru 6-weight. $80
| Size | Length | Weight | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Weight | 9' | 3 1/2 | Fast | $895 |
| 5-Weight | 9' | 3 5/8 | Fast | $895 |
| 6-Weight | 9' | 4 | Fast | $895 |
| Size Info |
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Ideal delicate and smooth casting rod for packing into remote spring creeks and other technical waters, yet the Boron III materials provides reserve power capable of generating faster line speeds and handling windy situations and larger rivers. Same broad casting range and an excellent all-around rod. Incredible portability and fishing versatility for a 4-weight.
Ideal delicate and smooth casting rod for packing into remote spring creeks and other technical waters, yet the Boron III materials provides reserve power capable of generating faster line speeds and handling windy situations and larger rivers. Same broad casting range and an excellent all-around rod. Incredible portability and fishing versatility for a 4-weight.
Unquestionably the best, high-performance all-around ultra travel rod with an unbelievably wide casting range from 20-ft to 100+feet. Light, powerful, smooth, fun to cast. Has a responsive tip to cast in close with small flies, and yet has extra Boron III power capable of generating significant line speeds to punch into heavy winds or cover longer distances with larger flies without feeling stiff. Packing into remote, larger rivers you need one versatile rod that can do everything. Like a top-of-the-line ultra compact sports car, you can shoot line effortlessly and "feel" the power in your hands, all within your control.
A more powerful all-around ultra portable rod with extraordinarily broad casting range of 25-100+ feet. Traveling to big rivers, for big fish, in stronger winds, these rods will provide you everything you need without being too stiff. Although it has incredible Boron III power, can shoot line beautifully to generate very fast line speeds, these new rods are designed to give you incredible fishing versatility, even for a 6-weight. Outstanding for streamers, nymphs, big water, big winds, yet still versatile enough for gentle dry fly presentations up close.
Standard Handle: Cigar
Sections: 5
Standard Reel Seat: Premium Nickel Silver Reel Seat with Burled Wood Insert
Options: 4 to 6 weeks, contact your Winston dealer for specific information.
Reel Seat: Premium Nickel Silver Uplock with choice of Zebrawood, Cocobola or Walnut wood insert. $80
Handle: Choice of Winston Full Wells $80.
"I took my 8 foot 6 inch #4 BIIIx to the Upper Williamson River, in south central Oregon, to get in on the dry fly action during the black drake (siflonorus occidentalis) hatch. Normally, in June, the dry fly fishing is a convenient 10 am to 4 pm event. This year, the never ending cold weather and high, cold water (clear, but a bit high) made for very limited dry fly opportunities. The fish are there, so I changed my leader and went to a medium sized, lead eyed streamer to get down and dirty. My 8' 6" #4 is a perfect dry fly rod on small to medium sized streams and rivers. However, when duty calls... I chucked those streamers for two days, only finding rising fish one evening. In the oxbow bends I swung and retrieved streamers. It was lights out action. Rainbows to 19 inches and brookies to 16 inches, almost non-stop. I thought I would have needed a bigger, beefier rod, but I was fine."
Brian O'Keefe: Catch Magazine
I fished the BIIIX nine-for-four on the Ranch Opener (Henry's Fork) this year. What a sweet head-hunter! The Ranch opener is a social event, and often the back-slapping and "great to see you!" calls across the water are the high-point, with the fishing extremely challenging, often with limited (or zero) results. The fishing gets much better later in the season. I was fortunate to do "the walk" with Rene Harrop, my friend and longtime guru of the Ranch. Early into our stroll, we saw a big slob rising right off the bank. I waded out slowly in a big circuitous path, shaped like a question mark, so that I could cast back to shore. The wind had picked up, and my presentation was quartering into the wind. I was throwing an 18-foot leader, five-X with a #18 spent partridge caddis. My first couple casts were laid out with plenty of power. . . but mending was tough with the wind. "Come on dummy, reach cast" I said to myself, and the rod did an upstream reach with no problem into that wind, and the leader laid out the way Winston rods lay out dry fly presentations... perfectly. Big eat, big fight, big fish to the net. I later learned that only a couple fish were caught all day. I love that BIIIx nine-for-four. What a great rod!
Brooks Montgomery: Winston Sales Rep
...."as for the gorgeous new 9' 5-weight Boron IIIx, it took me a bit longer to get a feel for this rod, but once I did, it produced some of the nicest, tightest, most accurate loops I've ever seen. I fished the BIIIx extensively on the Missouri in September and October and it's hard to imagine a rod pitching a nicer line." - Sporting Classics Magazine, March/ April 2011
Todd Tanner: Senior Editor, Sporting Classics Magazine
I fished the new 9 1/2' 5 wt. BIIIx in New Zealand for a month this past Feb. /March and can honestly say that it was my favorite rod to fish. It delivered large and small dry flies into the famous New Zealand wind with little effort and still felt light in my hands at the end of a long day. The 9 1/2' foot length was perfect for all applications and really helped when I needed to make long casts and big mends to keep as much line off the surface as possible. A top dog in a world of small bones.
Tim Tollett: Winston Pro Staff
The 9' 5 weight BIIIx is a great cross over rod when you want to fish nymphs in the morning and then switch over to small baetis (#24-#26) in the afternoon during an October hatch on the Madison or Beaverhead. Lighter in the hand and a bit quicker than the Bllx version, this rod will be in my hands during these October encounters.
Paul Antolosky: Winston Pro Staff
If you only had to have one rod for world-wide trout fishing, I find it hard to believe there is a better one than the The 9' 6 wt Boron IIIx. The Boron IIIx loads easily and has just the right flex for fishing small dries to rising fish, throws sinking lines with ease, and can effortlessly throw even the biggest foam dries with droppers. Did I mention wind? No problem!
Rance Rathie: Patagonia River Guides
Tying into a 5lb wild trout on the Beaverhead River in Southwest Montana is common during the summer months. Hard and long fought battles are common and the right equipment is essential in landing these trophy fish. Winston's new BIIIx, in a 9'6" 6wt is hands down the best rod on the market when it comes to nymph fishing the Beaverhead, or any other river where big flies or heavily weighted rigs are used to catch fish. The extra 6" does wonders for casting and controlling the line; fighting wind and weather as well as fighting fish. During long days on the water, the lightweight and powerful BIIIx wears the fish down while keeping you rested and on the water. If I was given one rod to fish with all over the world, the 9'6" 6wt BIIIX would be my choice."
Justin Hartman: Tightline Adventures
"The 9' 6wt B IIIX is my new go to rod for medium to large trout rivers. Whether I'm punching casts through stiff winds with a double nymph rig, or making that delicate dry fly presentation to fish at close range, this rod can handle it. The classic smooth feel of all Winston rods makes it a pleasure to cast all day, and the rods fast action generates high line speeds for those long distance double hauls. This is the perfect rod when you never know what the day will throw at you."
Joe McGinley: Winston Pro Staff
Rating a quality day in New Zealand's back country, is not by how many fish were brought to the net, but by how many fish were spooked. Crystal clear waters, often windy afternoons, and wary brown trout, all typical South Island conditions, require the longest and most accurate casts. Light-to-hand, quick, and accurate, my BIIIx 6-weight rod transformed the fishing challenges into pure joy. Taming the most challenging fish that New Zealand has to offer proves how incredibly versatile the 9', for a 6 weight line, BIIIx rod is for anything that our Rocky Mountain West has to dish out. This rod is my 'go-to' choice for nearly every long casting, big-bug-throwing, accurate presentation, wind battling environment...where big fish live. A woman's best friend, at least on the river!
Lori Nicholson: Winston Pro Staff
I have been working as a guide for many years, and have used various rods throughout my career. I have always been very critical of the gear I use, as high quality equipment is essential to success on the water. Until recently I have never been completely satisfied with a fly rod. That was before acquiring my Winston 9 1/2' 7wt BIIIx. This rod has not only fulfilled my expectations, but surpassed what I had previously thought possible. When fishing the rivers of Bristol Bay you need a rod that is extremely versatile. My Winston can cover any situation that is presented to me on the water. From throwing large streamers and sink tips, to fishing deep with indicators, this rod does it all. Its extremely smooth but powerful taper turns over large heavy streamers, and awkward indicator rigs with ease. This is my do all. The 9 1/2' 7wt BIIIx is a must have for any fisherman pursuing large aggressive rainbows in Alaska, or anywhere else for that matter.
John Sibert: Winston Pro Staff
"Since the new B3X was released I have had the fortune to fish in Los Roques, the Yucatan and Belize while scouting lodges for Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures, and this is a fine new product from Winston! While there are numerous fast action rods on the market today (and some even have reasonable price points) I have not found any rod that matches up to the B3X Winstons. In fact, the 9' 8-weight is now my top choice for fishing spooky fish on the flats. Many other rods claim to be the lightest and fastest in the market place, and that is great when wiggling the rod in the shop or casting all the line out in a parking lot. Too many anglers seeking a new rod get caught up in these details and do not realize that most flats fish are caught within 60 feet. The rods that market they are the fastest and lightest rods do not load well until 50 feet of fly line is in the air, making accuracy difficult for the more common casts when fishing the flats or big water. They feel like a broom sticks and simply do not present the fly in a subtle manner. We do need a powerful rod for prevailing winds, but we also need a rod with a smooth action to sneak a fly in tight to a tailing bonefish or permit without spooking it, and the new B3X does this better then any rod I have ever fished with. Don't get me wrong, this is a fast and lighter rod, but its actions allows for very quick line loading, and the unique action through the upper section creates a smoother casting stroke, thus making a more effective casting tool for all anglers fishing big water and spooky fish. We must be able to get the fly delivered in an accurate manner when fishing the flats, because the fish are always moving and visibility is typically a challenge. The precise action of the B3X 8- weight rod performs extremely well in close, as well as for the longer cast were we do need the power of a faster action rod. I find this a very unique trait in today's rod market.
Ian Davis: Saltwater Program Director / Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures
The go to rod for streamer fishing, salmon on the river. BIIIx 8wt = This rod is the lightest rod I have cast a 350 grain sink tip line for salmon on the river, I seldom cast more 60 feet of fly line and it will make an accurate cast with the big streamers I cast for salmon on the Big Manistee. This powerful rod works well for winds coming up the river. You can get the fly delivered accurately and tight to the wood when looking for fresh salmon in the river. The B3X does a great job fighting big fish once you have them hooked up. The B3x rods fast action you will help wear down the fish and help get it released without hurting it. The great action of the BIIIX 8- weight rod also performs extremely well close to the boat were we don't need a long cast but we need the power of a fast rod for that short quick cast. And all the green rods from Winston are made in the USA! Thanks for doing it in the USA.
Capt. Bill Boynton: Winston Pro Staff
"I really like the fish fighting capabilities of the 8 and 10 weight B3Xs, because of the powerful butt and mid sections of this new rod. This means we can really lean on the fish, or give them the "wood" when battling a prized catch. This is accomplished by fighting the fish with the handle and lower parts of the rod, which is the proper way to land fish quickly. We must protect the fish we love to catch, and landing them quickly is paramount for conservation. If we fight our fish for too long they cannot be released properly and go unharmed. Best of all, the upper section of the B3X cushions the explosive runs and the unexpected headshakes of our hooked fish, meaning the rod protects our tippets and leaders from breaking, so we simply can land more fish with the B3X! Lastly, I love the fact that all the green rods from Winston are made in the USA! Being from Montana (and a good American) I always try to buy local. It plainly feels good to fish with an American made product, and just maybe that makes me cast more effectively!"
Ian Davis: Saltwater Program Director / Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures
