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bamboo1963	6wt	#41	[url]	[-]
Posts: 153 05/31/2008 15:50	I regularly fish an Edwards 8 1/2', 6wt. for dry flies as well as streamers and nymphs. I really enjoy it, and find that it has been my "go to" rod as of late. Malden Anglers'
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gearboy.fiberglassflyro...		#42	[url]	[-]
Posts: 24 05/31/2008 17:16	For warm water fishing I use 6 weights almost exclusively. I think the 6 weight is a super all around rod, easy to cast in many conditions with many types of flies, on big water or small, lakes or streams. My favorites.
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Boonut		#43	[url]	[-]
Posts: 217 05/31/2008 18:49	BlackHillsBill wrote: greendrake ll wrote Wow Andy,Nothing like taking a howitzer to a six-shooter fight.I can't imagine using an 8 1/2'or9' rod on the Savage.I never use anything larger than a 7'er there and usually it's a 6' or 6 1/2'............Will Hey Ralph,If you pare down to a couple of rods you might not be happier.In fact you might end becoming known as Angry Ralph Andy is older than I am by a few months, which in itself is an accomplishment not to be taken lightly. Consequently, this thread will brook no mockery of his arsenal. Why he wouldn't need to be in even a slightly irascible mood to wrap a cast around your 6-footer at sixty feet. Ralph, as you well know, is another matter. That this thread on 6 wts has put him in a mood for self reform is, however, not an accomplishment to be taken lightly either. It's quite possible that, with only a couple of 6 wts to care for, he will become so unflappably content we will hereafter know him as Reticent Ralph, Moderator-Mollifier Whose Very Presence Casts Calm Upon Turbulent Threads. Stranger things have happened, although, one must grant, not much stranger. I'm already bursting my Cabela's Guide Tech Dry-Plus waders with pride, tiethefly. And, Don, it was very helpful for you to point that out to the closet carbon-fiber corps always lurking in the forum shrubbery. Speaking of which--Andy, you don't have to be brutal about Orvis 4 wt graphite on this 6 wt bamboo thread. Mere mention is sufficient. But you know me. I'm not one to say, "Get your honking fly rod back on topic!" Reading your posts is like reading a short novel.
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wb4tjh		#44	[url]	[-]
Posts: 320 06/02/2008 19:16	I like a 6 weight for light saltwater fishing. A two or three pound pompano on a 6 weight makes my hair stand on end.
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levertonhatches	6 wt	#45	[url]	[-]
Posts: 524 06/05/2008 09:54	Hi Bill -- This morning I'm seeing the Forum for the first time after a month-long trip, during which I did some fishing, and guess what I used -- my (portable and durable) Orvis Rocky Mt. lined up with a 6 wt. I'm old enough to have been taught that 6 was the standard and most versatile line weight for trout fishing. The Rocky Mt. + WF6 worked nicely on this trip on carriers large and small. I've never noticed that a 6 disturbed the trout more than smaller lines; after all, it's only the terminal tackle and the fly that arrives in the vicinity of the trout. I use the same 6X on a 6 wt line as I do on a 3 wt. It seens to me also that the heavier tackle is less stressful on the trout in terms of length of play. Bottom line, I doubt that I ever tackle up for a fishing trip without taking a 6 wt.
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Cane Head		#46	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2168 06/05/2008 10:13	While the angling world plods on to make the optimum line weight smaller and smaller as the years progress, I still consider the 6wt the do-all happy medium between the bluebird day light weights and the streamer/bass bug class lines. About 97% of the time you'll find me wading a river like the Missouri with my Orvis 7 1/2' 6wt. I can go from a long leader with tricos/bwo's to weighted nymphs to streamers without stringing up a new rod. Used a 6wt on the Escanaba years ago, used it on the Saranac and the Ausable's west branch, and I will use it on the next rivers in my life. I save the 4wts and 5wts for the small streams in my life. Cane
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gofish60		#47	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1733 06/05/2008 11:22 Registered User	Several rodmakers have told me that the "lighter and lighter", 1,2 and 3 weight craze is lessening, and 7 1/2' and 8' 6 wts comprise a lot of the orders. I'd second a lot of the statements here. An 8' 6wt is a great all around rod, and I have a lot of the lighter,shorter rods. They are fun to fish under some controlled circumstances with small fish, but as discussed many times on various subjects, are extremely hard on the larger fish when you are trying to get them in quickly and release them. gofish Last Edited By: gofish60 06/05/2008 11:25. Edited 1 time.
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wb4tjh		#48	[url]	[-]
Posts: 323 06/06/2008 22:46	If I take only two bamboo rods with me for trout fishing, one will be a 7.5 foot for 5 wt., and the other will be an 8 footer for a 6 wt. I can fish for practically anything, anywhere with one or the other. I have several four weights ( all glass), but seldom fish them. Here in saltwater, I usually fish a 9 foot 8wt. graphite, or a 7 weight glass. I do like a 6 wt. for light saltwater/windless fishing. I have a friend who regularly fishes a 5 weight for snook, but to me that's kind of like hunting bison with a .22. I know you can catch them on a 5 weight, but I just like heavier weaponry.
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