Homer Jennings makes a 7'3" 3 weight that is a wonderful rod. Mine is the 2 piece version. The rod loads great and out fishes some of the
7'6" 4 weight rods that I have had to unload!!!!
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Lightest Line Bamboo You Fish
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Posts: 70 12/08/2007 11:52 |
I make a 2 wt and 3 wt but rarely ever fish them myself. GENERALLY, the lightest rod I'll fish is a 4 wt.
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Posts: 415 12/08/2007 12:29 |
Bob, I sent a message to your yuku inbox.TIA.......Will
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Posts: 39 12/08/2007 13:08 |
The lightest line I use is four weight on bamboo. Three weight is too light with wind conditions found in our locality.
Graphite is another story two weight - calm in tight streams, three weight graphite in windy conditions. We are talking trout and American Shad fishing. |
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Posts: 296 12/08/2007 14:03 |
Hi Guys, I have a home made Garrison 193 I fish seldom with a 3wt. It's the shortest and the lightest I fish. I like 4wts. Jay Edwards
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Posts: 41 12/09/2007 13:05 |
I think John Gierach hit it on the head in "Fishing Bamboo" when he said, "If your spooking fish with an 8ft 5wt, the answer probably isn't
a 7 foot 3 weight. The answer is a longer leader and a better cast." I spend 99% of my time fishing 4 and 5wt bamboo....with the bulk coming on a
7'6ft 5wt. I just feel these sized rods are so versatile, and allow me to fish such a wide variety of flies in all types of water. With this being said,
If I am heading out to fish really small water where the fish are tiny I have a 3wt glass that I take a long, but any wind and its useless.
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Posts: 507 12/09/2007 13:44 |
I agree with gatroutboy. As I wrote in this forum some years ago, it's not the line that we cast, it's the tippet. The line is just a lever. I often
use a 6wt on "gin clear" streams; with a long leader and fine tippet the line never comes near the trout. For close-in work, of course, you'll
need a rod that works with not much line out, and lighter-line rods some into their own.
And sometimes I'll fish a 2wt just because I have a rod that feels nice with a 2wt on. It adds to the sport, IMHO, to use varying rods and line weights in varying situations. . |
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Posts: 298 12/09/2007 17:50 |
My 2wgt. graphite is a hoot with bluegill, baby largemouth and small trout. I'm thinking the same is true of 2 & 3wgt. cane rods. Certainly not versatile but a lot of fun in the right situation. 
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Posts: 49 12/10/2007 00:26 |
Slate Drake 9 wrote: I'm with you here......I don't have any light boo but would love to. Can you give me some details on your light 00 rod? I have a Sage 000 and a TFO 2 wt. Both a joy to fish and will throw an amazing amount of things. I recently loaned my 2wt to a buddy and he said he could do all he does with his 5wt and enjoyed the fishing more in the process. Was less tired and enjoyed the feel of fish more. I have a 6' two piece started but haven't settled on a taper. Would love to have some details if you mind sharing. Barry |
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Posts: 20 12/11/2007 21:09 |
bjanzen:
Fishing with bait is like swearing in church.
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Posts: 963 12/12/2007 20:52 |
Slate Drake 9:
Maker of light line nodeless bamboo fly rods
avardanis@sympatico.ca |
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Posts: 938 12/12/2007 20:53 Admin |
I fish both very small streams and reasonably large ones. I can't imagine using anything lighter than a 4-wt. It's difficult to cast anything lighter
in wind without cursing constantly. Delicacy seems more a function of the rod than line weight -- rod length, rod weight, flex.
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Slate Drake 9 |
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Posts: 21 12/12/2007 21:46 |
oldfishbrain wrote: I don't know, but I doubt it would overload it. I've never felt the need to try it and I don't have a 0 weight line to try it either, nor do I
know anyone with one to loan me.
Fishing with bait is like swearing in church.
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Posts: 964 12/12/2007 23:08 |
Slate Drake 9 I know what you mean. Here is a 15 1/2" brown on the 38 L 1wt: with a DT silk line.
Maker of light line nodeless bamboo fly rods
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Posts: 1179 12/13/2007 08:27 Formerly Drake |
I don't buy a rod to make a small fish feel larger. I buy it because it suits a given fishing situation - size of water, flies, etc. Like the difference in
"line splash" (that's that thing the graphite guys are always worried about) between a 3- and 4- weight, the difference felt by a 6" brookie
on a 3- vs. 4-weight rod is inconsequential to me. But... that's just me, as we like to say around here.
120 votes cast and the 2- and 3-weights are 50/50 with the 4- and 5-weights.... gives me an idea for another poll!
Last Edited By: DrakeBob 12/13/2007 08:32.
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Posts: 168 12/13/2007 09:27 |
In bamboo, 4wt. is as low as I go and I fully agree that it is the 8x tippet that may stress fish, not the light rod. I have a 1 wt. Sage TXL that is a
remarkable rod. It's delicate and powerful and able to generate line speed enough to counter moderate wind. Very fun to fish although the polar opposite of
most bamboo. When brookie fishing in WV in the summer, on those long shallow pools, a 1wt. line will lay down like a whisper and really helps when the fish are
extra spooky.
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Posts: 18 12/15/2007 14:03 |
as mentioned previously, it's not the light weight rods or even tippets that kill the fish, it's improper playing of said fish and improper handling of
fish.
I do have one 3 wt graphite rod that rarely gets used (I almost always reach for my 5 wt. bamboo or one of the 5 wt. glass rods....I have, however caught sea-run cutts on the 3 up to 19" and it doesn't take any longer to get them in than it does with a 5 (partially because I'm still using 4x or 5x)...If I'm playing a fish and getting nowhere with it, I'll usually just break it off anyway...to me, it's just not worth catching that one trophy if fifteen minutes later it's going to be belly up further downstream. ~Randy |
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Posts: 32 12/16/2007 22:30 |
have a 3 wt. made from the mid and tip of a Sharpe's. It tosses a 2DT or a 3WF. I use the WF. It is fun and accurate for way upriver when the fish are
sipping dries.
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My most used line size is a 3wt, but then I fish 99% dries in our local spring creeks. If I fish an unweighted nymph to a fish I can see, there's no
problem with the 3wt. If I want to swim a wet fly through riffles, I'll probably use an 8 1/2' 5wt. If you're heading out on a Summer morning at
the crack of dawn to fish a Trico hatch, why carry anything heavier than a 3wt?
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Posts: 41 12/19/2007 21:19 |
had a big rainbow on the line today, about 21 inches and my guess is 3 pounds.....Caught it in a quick current of deeper water.....I was using a 6wt line and
5x tippet.....I don't think any tippet lighter than 5x would have landed this fish under these circumstances.....This was the biggest trout I've ever
caught (I'm new to this sport). It's the only time I was glad to have a great drag system for trout......The only bigger fish I caught on a 6wt was a
buffalo fish that was 24 inches and I believe 6 pounds and maybe more......
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