How Good Could these $80 Rods Be? and Other Top Stories from Fishing on SI

These 3 stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s attention on Fishing on SI this past week. At Just $80, How Good Could These New H2OX Carbon Rods Be?; How to Fly Fish for Brown Trout In the Moonlight; Is this the Year of the Coike? The Strange Japanese Bait is Silencing Its Doubters | Joe Shead | Jasper Taback | B.A.S.S. In case they slipped by you, following are the most read fishing stories of the week. At Just $80, How Good Could These New H2OX Carbon Rods Be?; How to Fly Fish for Brown Trout In the Moonlight; Is this the Year of the Coike? The Strange Japanese Bait is Silencing Its Doubters

How Good Could these $80 Rods Be? and Other Top Stories from Fishing on SI. 1.) At Just $80, How Good Could These New H2OX Carbon Rods Be? Academy Sports' H2OX Carbon rods deliver great performance at a budget-friendly price. | Joe Shead introduced three new rod series to its H2OX lineup: Carbon, Factor and Angler. And to sum it all up, these are great rods that you'd expect to pay twice as much for. But shhh! Don't tell them that. Let's focus on the H2OX Carbon lineup. This is Academy's top-of-the-line rod series. They look classy, with wrapped-carbon handles, cork grips and sharp logos, but looks don't matter when the fish of a lifetime is on the line! But rest assured, these rods won't let you down when you hook up with a real trophy... 2.) How to Fly Fish for Brown Trout In the Moonlight Big brown trout are out and about at night. | p...