10ft 6wt or 7wt?
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STILLWATER…
Stillwater Tactics and Selecting the Right Rod
http://www.sageflyfish.com/blog/02/2014/stillwater-tactics/
STILLWATER…
Stillwater Tactics and Selecting the Right Rod
http://www.sageflyfish.com/blog/02/2014/stillwater-tactics/
geebee
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as a follow up to this on WFN they had a very good show on a lake in Jackson Hole WY - In The Loop, which guested World Champion John Horsey from England.
they went through the lines, flies and drifts.
its worth watching if you can find a repeat, online, on demand etc
they went through the lines, flies and drifts.
its worth watching if you can find a repeat, online, on demand etc
pcray1231
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Thanks for the laughs all. I don't have anything to add, really. I've done this type of fishing only once. With a guide on a loch in Ireland. He had me casting a 10 ft 7 weight, for what its worth. We got skunked. So obviously we shoulda had a shorter 6 weight.
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I've done all of my stillwater fishing here out west from a float tube or kayak in Nevada, Colorado and Utah. A 9-foot, 6-weight is PLENTY for single and double nymph/streamer rigs, but I have never done any of the crazy triple articulated streamer stuff. With a 6-weight and full sinking line, rainbows in the 20-23" class were no trouble to handle.
On lakes with mostly smaller, stocked trout, I usually downsize to a 5-weight, but a 10-foot 6 or 7 is never a bad thing in the event you find the occasional holdover lunker is those places and want a little more oomph to your cast. However, if you start getting into 6 or 7 fish in the 20"+ range, your arm is going to begging for mercy if you've been pitching a heavier rod and 2 or 3 streamer rigs all day. Some the fights me and my partner had with these big fish were well in excess of 10 minutes in that frigid water using 3x tippet.
On lakes with mostly smaller, stocked trout, I usually downsize to a 5-weight, but a 10-foot 6 or 7 is never a bad thing in the event you find the occasional holdover lunker is those places and want a little more oomph to your cast. However, if you start getting into 6 or 7 fish in the 20"+ range, your arm is going to begging for mercy if you've been pitching a heavier rod and 2 or 3 streamer rigs all day. Some the fights me and my partner had with these big fish were well in excess of 10 minutes in that frigid water using 3x tippet.
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I generally carry a 11' for a 3 or 4 wt and a 9' 5 or 6 wt fishing lakes for trout. I do troll flies along with casting to cruisers. if the 6 wt. is stiff enough casting 3 streamers is no problem. I do this all from a pontoon so I don't stand to cast.
