Fly fishing: What weight rod would you recommend for PNW steelhead?
Jan 17, 2022 10:08:41 #
Is a 7 weight not enough? Also totally newer to this and not sure if this is the best way to target them here, but it sure looks fun!
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Jan 17, 2022 13:23:27 #
Jan 18, 2022 13:39:07 #
FS Digest wrote:
Is a 7 weight not enough? Also totally newer to this and not sure if this is the best way to target them here, but it sure looks fun!
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You can use a 7wt I just bought a new Spey rod a 8wt I’m also new to heavy Flyfishing I’m going after salmon and steal heads also
Jan 18, 2022 13:42:18 #
FS Digest wrote:
Is a 7 weight not enough? Also totally newer to this and not sure if this is the best way to target them here, but it sure looks fun!
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8
Jan 18, 2022 13:47:32 #
Kerry Hansen wrote:
8
Yes a 8wt and it’s a Spey rod a Echo TR with a Echo Bravo reel 8-10wt
Jan 19, 2022 00:55:14 #
Big Ed
Loc: Idaho Falls, ID
My son and I own Clearwater River Company LLC. Single hand fly rods should be at least a 9 wt. Spey rods can be 8 wt. but 9-10 is recommended. It’s not that you can’t land bigger fish on lesser weighted rods, it’s that you end up exhausting native fish that need to be released. Plus, you simply can’t land some of the bigger fish.
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