Any suggestions on a taper for smallmouth bass in small to medium size streams?Thinking I need a 6 weight.Want to stay under 8',although some of the 8'
3" rods look appealing.I have a Tonka Queen,but not sure if it will turn over some of the deer hair bugs.What do you use?
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Posts: 2196 11/07/2009 21:31 The COOLER |
Southbend 24?
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Grainger, Phillipson and Heddon, any of the 8 1/2 or 9' rods will work great.
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Posts: 1516 11/08/2009 04:17 |
The Orvis 8' 4 3/8oz is nice depending on the size of the water.
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Heddon 8 ft. 2f or Para 15 with wet tip. |
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Posts: 1087 11/08/2009 22:58 |
If you keep your flies on the smaller size for wollybuggers, etc., I think the Driggs taper is wonderful. For a 7'3" rod, it will cast a 6wf line and
handles streamers.
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Posts: 96 11/09/2009 14:15 |
If you want to fish streamers, I think that a 6 wgt. is the perfect rod for small-stream bass. But I've found that 6 weights are not efficient at turning
over medium and large deer hair bugs. (Unless you want to play around with shortening the taper.) A very good smallmouth rod, although a bit longer than your
preferred length, is the SouthBend 8 1/2' model 59. I've added a few guides to mine, and it casts a DT7 or WF8 nicely. It will even throw a 6 weight,
but not as well. With the first two lines I mentioned, it fishes easily in close or out a good ways. And no problem turning over large, wind resistant flies.
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I'd go with a 9' 7wt. Cheers.
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