Ok..I do have a 3pc. 7'6'" cattanach taper 4 wt also. I 'm just figuring the 5wt. 6fter would be a lot easier to manuver and might have a
little more backbone to it......thanks . ..Ed
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A Boo for Big fish in a little stream?
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Posts: 221 06/11/2009 00:04 |
This under-appreciated current production rod will likely fit the bill very well. Try a WF7F on it for very short casts. Hth, Tight Lines, Alistair
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Posts: 178 06/11/2009 03:37 |
Martha Marie would be the rod I would recommend.
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Posts: 388 06/11/2009 08:56 |
Sounds like a job for the Jenkins 7 ft. for 5-weight.
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Posts: 74 06/11/2009 12:31 |
Get a replica Dickerson 7613 with the fast taper for 5 wt. From my personal experience, it can handle trout up to 25" on the San Juan River.
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Posts: 51 06/11/2009 13:25 |
How about the Norm Thompson Farlow rods from the 1970s ? I have one, 7 1/2 ft for 7 wt that might be just right. It is an unusal configuration that might
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Posts: 2828 06/11/2009 14:17 Moderator |
You may have noticed that I have an Orvis Battenkill 7'6" 2pc 5wt for sale in the Classified section. Workhorse rod, impregnated, and not much to
lose if overdo it. 3 tips to work with, too. You could fish it and get some insight into what you want if it doesn't suit you.
C
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Posts: 1 06/11/2009 21:55 |
For me this kind of rod is so rarely used that while I have one its not a $500+ bamboo. Classic glass was made in whatever length you want to waft mostly in
6wts but some 5 as well. Might set you back about $60-85 and in some respects will actually outperform bamboo for this duty. You certainly do not have to
sweat putting breaking strain on a cheap glass rod.
Now if you fish this situation as a primary duty I would go with the Driggs 1st choice. Marshall |
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Posts: 1414 06/12/2009 04:54 |
26"-30" 7-10lb trout on my Driggs, I never would have guessed. I thought 16" maybe a 20" once in a while in slower water.
I have a spot with some 10 pound pigs, I give it a try sounds like fun to me. I've been using my 7613 there, time to go lighter. |
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Posts: 40 06/13/2009 16:17 |
I have an early Pennington 7' for 7wt rod that I use on small streams during the Hex hatch. Some of these streams have fish up to 24", and this rod
has performed very well.
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Posts: 220 06/15/2009 12:14 |
i have an old phillipson made LL bean rod that is a 7 ft 6 wt and it is soft enough to cast smoothly at close quarters and has enough backbone to hanlde large
fish.......... and as someone said above........ cheap enough to be a specialty rod that isnt used that much......... not sure you can find one out there but
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Posts: 98 06/15/2009 14:56 |
I have some experience fishing a small steam for large fish, I have to ask would'nt a 6 weight make the most sense? I've seen too many large fished
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Posts: 20 06/15/2009 16:26 |
Hi Tim,
I've recently caught some trout on my 7' 4wt, and they were pretty winded after only a minute or two of fighting. It was on a ff'ing only C&R stretch, so maybe that was the tenth time they had been caught that day<G>. Still, I'd go with the heavier stuff. I was watching a youtube video a few days ago, and a guy spent 15 minutes playing a trout! I'm sure that length of time might be required in some cases, but there's got to be a limit to what you expect to catch and the tackle you plan to use. EDIT: I saw another youtube video this weekend: a guide service in the Adirondacks. The client had hooked into a nice trout, brought it in quickly, and then the "guide" spent two minutes chasing it with an oven mitt size net! Crazy!
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