Scott’s Meridian is perhaps the most celebrated saltwater-focused fly rod series produced in the last decade. Or longer. When the Meridian hit the streets in 2015, it won virtually every award it was eligible for, well-respected industry personalities like Kirk Deeter called it “the best saltwater fly rod ever made,” and Popular Mechanics even featured the Meridian and its technology in an article that called it the “fly rod that makes you a better fisherman.”

And so most of us expected the Meridian to be around for quite some time, not just because of its success, but because of Scott Fly Rods’ willingness to buck what has become sort of an industry trend of more-new-rods-more-often.

“We certainly wouldn’t have replaced Meridian at this stage in its life cycle if we weren’t absolutely compelled to,” Scott Fly Rods president and rod designer Jim Bartschi told Hatch Magazine.

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