Diamondback Flyrods

Located in the mountains of Vermont, Diamondback has been manufacturing rods for over 30 years now. Fly rods, casting and spinning rods. They even still manufacture a fine fiberglass flyrod for fresh and saltwater fishing

Diamondback fly rods in graphite and fiberglass offer a high quality range of rods in prices from $139 to $395 for the most expensive.

The Americana series fly rods are a quality low-cost priced flyrod ranging from $139 to $199 for the most expensive. If you are a beginning fly fisherman or want an economically priced fly rod as a gift, these rods are a good place to start. View our line of Americana Series Fly Rods

Image of Diamondback Americana Series 9 foot, 5wt, 3pc fly rod

Diamondback Graphite Fly Rods

Classic Trout and Classic Western Series Flyrods

Their Classic Trout and Classic Western series are the end product of 30 years of engineering and rod building experience. Both series use a progressive taper construction - intermediate modulus graphite blank with the distinctive "power braid" overwrap on the prepreg to product a fly rod of incredible strength. Diamond says this design produces rods that have superb balance, easy casting and smooth action over a variety of distances.

The Classic Trout series come in 7'6" 2 piece rods and 8' and 9'in 4 piece travel rods styles. All Classic Trout series are a medium action which means the rod should load about in the middle of the length.
The blank is an intermediate modulus graphite
Scrim is bi-directional fiberglass. (Used to add hoop strength to the graphite blank and prevent crushing under load)

Image shows the bi-directional fiberglass scrim around the graphite blank. This style of manufacturing is used in all Diamondback Fly Rods.

Ferrule is the spigot style which is considered to be one of the strongest types ( See our page on Fly Rod Manufacturing for definitions of scrim, modulus, and ferrule types)
Grip is a cigar style using Flor+ grade cork. Western model uses a western style grip.
Stripping Guides and snake guides are hard chrome stainless steel
Classic Trout rods use a medium action and Classic Western a medium fast action
Reel seats are uplocking polished nickel silver and a burled walnut insert is available
Bag and Tube is included
MSRP -- The 7 foot models are $375 and all other models are $395 Many Models are currently on sale with savings to 48%.
See our Diamondback Classic Trout Series.

Americana Series Fly Rods

The Americana series is Diamondback's high quality bargain priced flyrod. These rods are handcrafted from blanks made in Diamondback's Vermont factory. The medium fast action mean fast rod loading for smooth short casts. Yet the Americana series has the power to reach out long distances to deliver your fly on target. These are great entry level fly rods for someone just entering fly fishing as a beginner. MSRP ranges from $139 for the 6.5 and 7.5 foot models to $199 for a 10 3 piece 7/8 wt line rating.

Stripping and snake guides are hard chrome stainless steel
Tip Top --Standard loop on 3 - 6 wt and large loop on 7 - 9 wt
Blanks --
- Intermediate modulus (34 million strands) graphite
- scrim -- Bi-Directional fiberglass
- Ferrule -- tip over butt
- Finish -- natural sanded
- Action -- medium fast
- Grip -- western with a 7" full wells style on 7 - 9 wt and 10 ft
  6.5" (6 - 8 ft) and 7" (8.5 to 10 Ft)
- Grade is Extra Select
Reel Seats -- aluminum with an anodized nickel silver finish. Wood inserts are Maple. A 1 inch fighting butt is available on some models.
Rods -- range from
- 6.5 ft 3 wt - 7.5 4 wt foot 2 piece for $139 all the way to 9.5 foot 2 piece models for 8wt and 9 wt lines at $169.
- 3 piece models range from 8.5 feet to 10 feet for line weights 5 through 7/8 on the 10 foot model. MSRP ranges from $179 through $199

For the price these are hard to beat. View our line of Americana Series Fly Rods

DiamondFly

The DiamondFly is designed for a variety of fresh water to salt water fishing conditions. For Trout to Tarpon. The DiamondFly has an advanced progressive taper designed to produce maximum response and control at shorter distances. Yet deliver a tight loop for the long casts. These fine handcrafted rods feature a dark olive finish with distinctive hardware.

Blanks -- intermediate modulus DGS800 graphite
Scrim -- the Diamondback bi-directional fiberglass
Ferrule -- Tip over Butt
Finish -- dark olive gloss
Action -- Medium Fast for all sizes, pieces and weights up to the 9 foot for 10 and 12 wt lines. The 9 foot for 10 and 12 wt lines is a fast action.
Grip -- Western on fresh water series and full well on salt water rods. Grade is Flor
Stripping Guides -- Hard chrome stainless steel with hialoy insert
Snake Guides -- hard chrome stainless steel
Reel Seats -- Uplocking, aluminum, nickel-silver finish.
Wood Insert -- Birds eye Maple on fresh water series. Diamond milled finish on salt water.
Fighting Butt -- 1.5 inch on salt water fly rods.
Bag and Tube -- Included
MSRP 2 PC-- 6.5 ft through 9 foot 2 pieces, lines 3 though 9 is $275
MSRP 4 PC -- 8.5 through 9.5 for lines 4 through 12 is $295

Prices range from $275 through $295 and include both fresh and salt water fly rods. View our line of Diamondback Diamondfly Fly Rods

These are all medium priced fly rods considering Scott, G. Loomis, Sage or St. Croix charge upwards of $500 to $600 or more for top of line models.

Diamondglass^® Fly Rods

Now you may think I am nuts for writing about fiber glass fly rods. Or you think fiber glass is outdated and old fashioned or too heavy. Wrong. Advances in glass rods have kept pace with advances in graphite fly rods.

These fine glass rods are designed primarily for small stream fishing. Using S2 glass produces a light weight, highly response and accurate fly rod. The Diamondglass rod is handsomely finished in black gloss, with highly polished rosewood reel seat inserts, hard chrome snake guide and hialoy insert hard chrome stripping guides.

Blank -- S2 Fiberglass reinforced with scrim
- Finish -- Black Gloss
- Action -- Medium Progressive
Grip -- Western 6.5", Grade Flor+
Stripping Guides -- Stainless Chrome with hialoy inserts
Snake Guides -- Stainless Chrome
Reel Seats -- Uplocking (Cork with slip rings on the 5 and 6 foot models), polished nickel plated with rosewood inserts
Bag and Tube -- Included
Rod Weights -- 5 foot for a 2 line weighs in at just 1.6 oz, the 6 foot for a 3 line weighs in 2.0 and the 6.5 foot for a 3 line at 3.1 oz. While not quite as light as graphite, they are not heavy either.
MSRP -- 2 Pc rods from 5 foot through 8 foot for lines 2 through 4 and 3 piece rods 7 foot through 8.5 feet for lines lines 3 through 4 are $295.

Editors Note: The first real fly rod I owned was a Fenwick 7.5 foot 4 piece glass pack rod. By today's standards, this would be too heavy and hard to cast. But I used it mostly on a stream where the wide spots were 25 feet. After I learned how, I could "Tension Cast" 20 feet of line with a 10 foot leader into 10 inch pocket water under willow branches 8 times out of 10. The other 2 the willows ate my flies. I wonder what one of these Diamondback S2 Glass rods would do on this little stream

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