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The new Exocett™ 88 is built to handle a wide variety of fishing situations with precision and ease. With its easy-loading, progressive action, it’s designed to adapt seamlessly—whether you’re lifting and aerializing heavy sinking lines or delivering accurate floating line presentations.
At 8'8" with a steep taper, the Exocett™ 88 offers ultra-fast recovery, enabling effortless long-distance casting.
Designed to minimize fatigue, it’s perfect for all-day fishing. Built with proprietary multi-modulus carbon and S-Glass layups, the 88 has significantly more strength than previous composites, giving it superior hoop strength and reducing swing weight. This design provides excellent tracking, precision, and accuracy, along with extreme lifting power when you need it most.
The 88 series also features AFTMA line weight and suggested grain weight labels, simplifying fly line selection.
Please Note: All T&T rods are handcrafted in Greenfield, MA. Please allow up to 2 weeks for our craftsman to build your rod. Some models may be available sooner.
Key Features:
- 4-piece 8'8" multi-modulus blank in signature “T&T Blue” Semi-Gloss Finish
- Titanium frame stripping guides with ceramic inserts
- Recoil titanium alloy snake guides
- Flor-grade 7" full wells grip with composite nose
- Matte gunmetal, saltwater anodized aluminum reel seat
- New models added to the range, including 9wt/300gr & 11wt/400gr
| Model | Line/ Grain Weight | Price | Handle Configuration |
| EXOCETT88-160 | 6wt / 160gr | $995.00 |
Full Wells Composite Nose Cork Grip, 1.5” Full Composite Fighting Butt
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| EXOCETT88-200 | 7wt / 200gr | $995.00 | |
| EXOCETT88-250 | 8wt / 250gr | $995.00 | |
| EXOCETT88-300 | 9wt / 300gr | $1,045.00 |
Full Wells Composite Nose Cork Grip, 2” Fighting Butt
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| EXOCETT88-350 | 10wt / 350gr | $1,045.00 | |
| EXOCETT88-400 | 11wt / 400gr | $1,045.00 | Full Wells Composite Nose Cork Grip, 3” Fighting Butt |
Customer Reviews
Once again, T&T delivered. Great striper rod!
This is the rod that swing big fly with an attitude. John and Mark helped me lined it and been using it for lake trout. Amazingly light for its size and strength is unmatched
A rod that's a pleasure to use, easily casting the uncastable for all big fish with a big appetite! A real success! I'm waiting for a bigger size to handle blue water giants! Deepest thanks to the entire Thomas & Thomas team.
I have been fortunate to fish many rods over my life, and there has simply been nothing like this series till now that provided the serious angler with a dynamic tool that can deliver in a vast array of environments for a rather demanding task. Try one out and you will for sure be convinced you have found that ideal rod for delivering flies of all sizes to the fish you chase.
See more here: https://thomasandthomas.com/blogs/news/the-exocett-88-redefining-fly-rod-innovation-for-the-versatile-angler
Exocet88. reborn from ExocettSS.
The action of the rod is now more perfect than ever.
I especially use the 300gr and 350gr for saltwater fishing.
The perfect line approach and the rod power after hooking a fish is very impressive.
The Exocet88 is the best rod that has evolved.
I am using this rod now in Japan.
I enjoy fly fishing for trevally and triggerfish.
The Exocet88 is the very best rod I have ever had.
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