The 2010 Gold Cup Tarpon Tournament www.goldcuptt.com in Islamorada, Florida was held on June 24. The winner was using a Hardy’s Sintrix Proaxis #11/#12 fly rod and the Fortuna X4 Big Game fly reel. He said, “I have fished the Sintrix rods exclusively for three weeks and they are the finest rods I have ever fished. There is only one problem. Now I have to buy a new set of fly rods.”
Jim Murphy, President of Hardy North America said, “The rods have been deeply bent inside out well beyond normal use. They have been proven to destroy big fish in minutes. Now they have helped to win the most coveted fly fishing tournament in the world.
Andy Mill said when he heard the news, “Our new Fortuna reel is just as revolutionary as the rods and together we can say with complete conviction that The Game Has Changed.”
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