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Found an old fly rod laying around that was used for salmon fishing, wondering if i'd be able to catch small trout - regular sized trout on it.

new to fly fishing, only done it once before.

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by isaidbelikeme

bknecht Loc: Northeast pa

Sounds like serious overkill for small trout.

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

The short answer is, yes, but you can catch a trout with most anything attached to a hook. Why you would want to is beyond me.

Captt Loc: Florida

Way over kill but you could use it Most people use a 4 or 5 weight

froze

On a lake you would actually be just fine using sinking line and wet flies, it can even work with floating line a dry flies with a long leader between 12 to 15 feet, but the lake water needs to be at least slightly stirred and not still.

I have another hobby, cycling, that most of my hobby money goes to, so since I don't fish a lot I don't spend a lot of money on fishing gear, so I only have one fly rod myself, (I have another cane fly pole but it was my granddads so I don't use it because it's in pristine condition), anyway I make do with on fly rod for everything, stream, lake, wet, dry. I have a couple spinning rods and reels I use too but I need to get new ones as those have seen better days. So I don't see anything wrong with using your 9 foot rod with 8 weight line for stuff that "a true" fly fisherman wouldn't use it for.

Just go fish with what you got.

If you want to go and spend some money but don't want to spend a lot then check out either Redington Crosswater outfit fly combo combo I saw $169, or the Orvis Encounter Fly Rod and reel combo for $143 at FishUSA (internet), or the L.L. Bean Quest for $129. The LL Bean got the lowest review, but it's also the cheapest, the other two all got 4 1/2 stars so for the price the Orvis Encounter is the best deal in a bargain fly combo. Something to consider if money is a bit tight.