Hardy Aydon Fly Outfit

The Hardy Aydon Rod, Reel & Line bundle is a single handed fly fishing outfit that contains the Aydon Fly Rod, Ultradisc Cassette Fly Reel and RIO Premier Gold Floating Fly Line.

This kit is completed with our professional, line loading service which includes backing and braided loops if required. Please select either left or right hand wind from our drop down menu.

About the Aydon Fly Rod
Designed and constructed with Hardy’s world renowned Sintrix material which produces an overall lighter and progressively stronger blank than traditional carbon fibre, helping reduce the weight of your set up and providing you with 30% added strength. The reduction in weight achieved by using a unique multi modulus Sintrix carbon blank that also helps to make these rods incredibly responsive giving you ultimate feedback and feel during your casts providing you incredible loop control.

The Hardy Aydon range of fly rods feature a medium to fast action blank, meaning there is plenty of reserve power in the butt end and a nice through action throughout the rest of the rod making it perfect for a range of applications. The medium to fast action is suited to both the experienced and beginner angler alike as it is extremely easy to load, whilst still allowing you to make exceptionally accurate and long distance casts.

Fitted with high quality ceramic insert stripper guides on the lower sections and hard chrome single leg guides throughout. Topping off the rod is a hard chrome tip ring that is extremely durable and that will allow your lines to shoot through with ease. The single leg guides also help reduce the overall weight and prevent any negative impact on the rod blanks natural action.

Each rod is fitted with a high quality grade cork handle for a professional finish and ensuring an increased longevity so you can be sure you will be using the rod for many seasons to come. Finishing off the rod is a high quality up locking lightweight keyed reel seat for ease of use that will feature either a wood or aluminium spacer depending on the model. Each reel seat features double up locking screws for securing your chosen reel in place.

The bottom of the reels seat on the large models feature a cork/EVA fighting butt whilst the lighter models feature a Hardy logo end cap. On each section there are line up ID markers for quickly being able to identify if rod sections are straight when setting up. Each rod features a dark olive colouration blank with aesthetically pleasing olive whippings and trims throughout.

With hours of on the water testing and development behind each rod and a range of models within the line up to suit everything from dry fly fishing for small trout on streams and rivers to the larger models ideal for loch-style fishing for larger trout.

Each rod is a 4 piece configuration and is supplied in a high quality protective cloth rod bag and is housed in an olive finish protective cordura travel tube providing you with ultimate protection for your rod when on the go or when storing.

4 piece configuration
Multi modulus Sintrix blank
High quality ceramic stripper guides
Hard chrome single leg guides throughout
Line up markers on each section
Fitted with high quality grade cork handles
Medium fast action blank
Range of lengths and AFTM ratings available
Comes with a high quality protective cloth rod bag
Comes supplied in a protective cordura travel tube

About the Ultradisc Cassette Fly Reel
Made from the highest grade 6061 bar stock aluminium that provides a superior quality, sleek design and a very robust finish. The aluminium body construction by hardy also provides you with a great weight saving over its predecessors, offering you better balance and an incredibly lightweight feel.

The Hardy Ultradisc Cassette has inherited the Cassette Locking System from its predecessor the CLS and comes from a long history of best quality cartridge reels. This quick release mechanism allows you to successfully secure and remove the polycarbonate cassette spool. This highly popular design has been reinstated within this range of reels due to its simplicity in design that is reliable and quicker to use than any other fly reel spool locking system. Simply rotate the switch mechanism to unlock the spool, which enables the line and spool to be easily removed.The easy to use line up markers allow you to precisely locate the correct spool position, then simply rotate the locking mechanism back to “lock'' which keeps the spool securely in place. This offers a huge benefit when changing spools with wet and/or cold hands.

A large arbour design allows for a much higher line pick up rate which is beneficial when playing fish on the reel and preventing slack line from occurring. A split second of slack line could result in the unfortunate event of the fish being able to throw the hook. This faster line pick up speed is also a big time saver when reeling in to move to another area, something that is even more crucial in a competitive environment. Wider arbour reels also help prevent line memory when storing your fly lines on the spools, keeping your lines nice and straight. The nature of a large arbour also eliminates the need to stretch your fly lines and greatly reduces line tangling due to the coils being too tight on the spool.

The Hardy Ultradisc Cassette benefits from a full disc drag system that will provide you with ample resistance when trying to stop long powerful runs and an adjustable drag knob that helps you increase your drag in fine increments to set your desired amount of resistance, required in that moment. With the feature of no drag pressure to the maximum drag setting in one full turn preventing you from having to continuously crank up the drag at a crucial moment when trying to land a hard fighting fish.

The cassette spools are made from a highly durable polycarbonate that is lightweight helping further reduce weight on the reel. Each spool features two line ID areas for marking the line density and rating that is loaded on the spool, making it easy to
identify the different lines stored on multiple spools.

Fast & durable CLS spool locking system
Full disc drag system
Easy/fast spool change
Bar stock aluminium frame and spool carrier
Durable polycarbonate spool
Supplied with two additional spools
Comes in a Hardy branded neoprene reel pouch
Hardy's lightest high performance cassette fly reel
Range of trout to salmon sizes available

About the RIO Premier Gold Fly Line
This fly line is built with RIO’s SlickCast coating that allows the line to be one of the slickest and most durable on the market. This line will produce absolutely minimal friction and effortlessly shoot through your rod guides.

The tapered design that gives loop stability at distance and the unique profile allows your rod to load at close range. The font taper that delivers perfect presentation of your flies between sizes #22 and #2.

The MaxFloat Tip technology, includes RIO’s proprietary tip coating formula that will float more than twice as high as regular line tips, without any increase in diameter.

Long head for ultimate casting control
Front biased weight to load rods at close range
Taper design to cast flies between #22 and #2
Includes SlickCast coating
MaxFloat Tip technology
DualTone colour
Easy ID Tag
Front and back welded loops