[Innova] Wraith love - post your stories

[rusch_bag]

Wraiths have like the perfect speed for a max d driver. They are fast enough to go real far and are still somewhat controllable. Awesome disc.

 

[discspeed]

Would Wraith love be a sub category of necrophilia?

 

[mattdabbs]

Just picked up the protostar wraith in star plastic. This thing is sweet.

 

[drickanderson]

How did I miss this thread?

I LOVE me some wraiths. I carry them in Star, Pro and DX. DX Wraiths will glide FOREVER, and once they're beaten in, make the best turnover drivers hands down. I always have at least 5 wraiths in my bag, and they're everything from BH sky rollers, to 20mph headwind drivers.

There's also a really short (250') skip-shot that I've started using the wraith for where I have a low-ceiling, tight tunnel and the basket is hard left around a tree. I can throw a wraith like a mid-range, with little-to-no run-up, and it will glide down the tunnel, then tip hard and skip. I've tried this with my Preds, but they don't stay up as long, and my wasp/zones won't skip far enough, and having to put more on it, I tend to flub the shot more often. Using the speed stability on the wraith works perfectly and I metal that shot every other time I throw it. It's funny because I frequently get the, "You're throwing a Wraith on this hole" look/comment, then I hit the basket. I like to think it changes their mind, but it probably doesn't.

 

[jtbingster]

How did I miss this thread?

I LOVE me some wraiths. I carry them in Star, Pro and DX. DX Wraiths will glide FOREVER, and once they're beaten in, make the best turnover drivers hands down. I always have at least 5 wraiths in my bag, and they're everything from BH sky rollers, to 20mph headwind drivers.

There's also a really short (250') skip-shot that I've started using the wraith for where I have a low-ceiling, tight tunnel and the basket is hard left around a tree. I can throw a wraith like a mid-range, with little-to-no run-up, and it will glide down the tunnel, then tip hard and skip. I've tried this with my Preds, but they don't stay up as long, and my wasp/zones won't skip far enough, and having to put more on it, I tend to flub the shot more often. Using the speed stability on the wraith works perfectly and I metal that shot every other time I throw it. It's funny because I frequently get the, "You're throwing a Wraith on this hole" look/comment, then I hit the basket. I like to think it changes their mind, but it probably doesn't.

Thank you! I love my DX Wraith too, and have heard so much hate for the DX. :thmbup:

 

[LmidgitD]

It's funny because I frequently get the, "You're throwing a Wraith on this hole" look/comment, then I hit the basket. I like to think it changes their mind, but it probably doesn't.

I get this too. People don't realize that by carrying a beat DX, a seasoned pro, and a good star that the discs will be enough to replace a lot of discs in their bag.

Can it...?
Sidearm?
Check.
Backhand?
Check.
Thumber?
Check


I've gotten two of my regular playing buddies to try out the Wraith. They are loving them as well. :thmbup:

 

[cmcolomb]

Just had to plug the wraith again....

I was playing dubs with fatbackbob and we come up to hole #9 at johnson road.. two possible routes, straight route to the right (but dont go OB on the path) or take a big anny into the danger zone (downhill slope into a lake)

ol bobby boy pulls out his augusta wraith, so I assume straight route.. i went orc, straight at it, a little skip to the left but basket high..

HOLY CRAP - he pulls the wraith on a big anny line and I almost shat my pants, first thinking it was destined for water, then thinking it wasn't going to fade back left and might go OB right..

underneath the basket... wraith FTW

 

[Caldwell5161]

I carry two star wraiths and they do the majority of my RHBH driving. I got started on them by finding a nicely worn Champ Wraith with no name on it. I threw that for a while until I lost it and then got a 175 star off a friend. The star wraith was super overstable at the time for me, but I've had it now for about a year and a half and it has worn in so perfectly. I lost it a few weeks ago and brought up a back up 169 star and also fell in love with that. Slightly less overstable, but goes far and straight with a predictable turn back at about 350. Great great discs.

 

[Frank-Flyer]

Would Wraith love be a sub category of necrophilia?

hahah yes!!

i love wraiths... i Carry DX, Champ, Pro, Star and recently GLO :thmbup: that DX is sooo beat and it glides like sex, and i love the skips i get with the champ and i love the overstability of the GLO...all shots covered with 1 mold :hfive:

 

[New013]

I'm liking my champ wriath right now, seems more controllable but with less glide than my previous stars.

 

[Jukeshoe]

I love me some Wraiths! [insert clever necrophiliac jabs here ]

I "season" Wraiths like a lot of people do with Rocs. Different stages of wear to achieve different results. I used to carry a super-beat, beat, and slightly used Star 171g until I lost the beat one a week ago. I also always have a CFR Glow 172g with me for glow rounds.

I typically prefer the mid-domey wraiths...some are too domey, others too flat. I tried working two lighter weight (167g) flat-top star wraiths into my bag, but so far they're not doing what I want them to do.

As for shots covered: side-arm, roller, 3/4's angle release throws.

I too utilize the little skip at the end of shorter shots. :thmbup:

Edit: Distance: Real (not internet): 250-300', usually averaging 270' on the course. Max distance is probably around 330', although lately a grip change has been getting me out an extra 30' each throw, easy...but we'll wait to see if that's a temporary or permanent pick up in distance.

 

[notroman]

I always carry three star Wraiths in my bag in different stages of wear. If it gets windy out, I add a beat Pro Wraith if there are any tailwind bombs to be had. I prefer the poppy top Star Wraiths because they start out so stable and reliable. I just picked up a pair of poppy top Echo Star Wraiths @ 168g and they are the most amazing and stable Wraiths I've thrown yet.

 

[himynameismatt]

Wraiths are probably my friends number 1 lost disc, I think he's lost 4 already this year. He'll generally strong arm one that will turn and burn never to be seen again.

It's still a great mold, for anyone else who reads this in the future, the Wraith Surge comparison gets thrown out there a lot. Think of the Surge as a Wraith SS it's just a hair less stable and a lil easier to get up to speed.

 

[bodomdethllica]

they go so ****ing far

 

[Jukeshoe]

I always carry three star Wraiths in my bag in different stages of wear. If it gets windy out, I add a beat Pro Wraith if there are any tailwind bombs to be had. I prefer the poppy top Star Wraiths because they start out so stable and reliable. I just picked up a pair of poppy top Echo Star Wraiths @ 168g and they are the most amazing and stable Wraiths I've thrown yet.

Yeah, my CFR glow wraith is pop top and I like it fine. But the star ones don't sit well with me. I like to have a more angle sensitive disc (but not to the point of the flat tops) so I can do "out-of-trouble-3/4's-arm-slot-release" s-curves...the pop tops are too stable in those situations (no runup, often stretching out from behind a bush) for me.

 

[notroman]

Wraiths are probably my friends number 1 lost disc, I think he's lost 4 already this year. He'll generally strong arm one that will turn and burn never to be seen again.

It's still a great mold, for anyone else who reads this in the future, the Wraith Surge comparison gets thrown out there a lot. Think of the Surge as a Wraith SS it's just a hair less stable and a lil easier to get up to speed.

I lost 3 Wraiths so far this year, all 3 to water. The last one sucked because it was my go-to driver. Hole 18 at McNaughton is about 850 downhill. I threw my first drive about 450 and tried to put my second drive under the bucket. I put a little too much on it and it turned over and went into the middle of the lake that's way right of the pin. Probably about a 500+ft second drive. Wraiths absolutely bomb when there's a slight downhill slope. Unfortunately that's not what you want to do on that upshot.

 

[skurf]

Pro Wraiths are bombalicious. Lots of turn and glide. Not good for headwinds.

Star Wraiths are one of the more controllable and consistent distance drivers I've come across. They beat in to about the stability of the Pro Wraiths when they hit their sweet spot with a little more fade, but don't have quite the glide.

Champ Wraiths are too beefy for me. I'm guessing you need to be able to throw them 400' to get them to behave like a Wraith and 400' with a Champ Wraith is a lot harder than 400' with a Pro Wraith.

I don't use Wraiths any more mainly because the Pro and Star beat in to be squirrely too quickly and the Champ is just too beefy for me. When the Star is beat in just the right amount, it is one of the sweetest discs out there, but it gradually beats in beyond that point and I find it's hard to quit throwing it because the line between super-sweet and too squirrely becomes blurred. In the end, my score suffers because the disc will turn over into the woods or won't fade back like I want it to because it has reached the point "too squirrely" without me realizing it.

 

[Jukeshoe]

When the Star is beat in just the right amount, it is one of the sweetest discs out there, but it gradually beats in beyond that point and I find it's hard to quit throwing it because the line between super-sweet and too squirrely becomes blurred.

^Words of wisdom. :thmbup:

 

[LmidgitD]

Bah. A well worn Wraith becomes a great anny disc. I refuse to believe that I have to retire a Wraith, ever. :thmbup:

 

[HybridZombiw]

I got me 2 beat to hades star wraiths that burn hard and fly for miles. I also got me an augusta which still needs to be tested. I love wraiths they are simply amazing! I think next time i will get a champ wraith and wait til it gets beat in nicely.