psu_fish
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#6 weight
Ok so I'm thinking that a #6 weight fly rod is too light for steelhead? Any thoughts on this. I came across a cheap-o (free) 8 foot Pflueger and I want to try fly fishing, if not I will put (GASP!) a spinning reel and make it into a noodle rod
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RE: #6 weight
2010/09/03 09:41:53
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maybe you should try using the search button, as this has been brought up in conversation more than enough times since you've been here.
"Sure, we can assiduously three-quarter our wets downstream, mend and wait out each fly swing, over and over again, which to my way of thinking, anyway, relegates the angler to the role, not of nemesis as it should be, but of butler." -Art Lee
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Skip16503
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RE: #6 weight
2010/09/03 09:44:21
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A 6 WT Will be fine its the length I would worry about It will work though
I fished a 5 WT For years
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RE: #6 weight
2010/09/03 10:14:29
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I fish a 10ft 7 wt for steelhead. It works great. I'm sure a 10ft 6 would work fine too. I tried fishing a 9ft 6 for a little while and I felt like I needed more rod, which is why I bought the 10ft 7. I have a 10 and a half ft 5wt switch that I'm going to try in Erie this year. I bought it for the upper Allegheny, but I've moved away from Warren so time to find some new uses for the light switch.
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RE: #6 weight
2010/09/03 10:20:27
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I've used a 8' 6 wt for year and still do. You may have a little trouble with some of the really big ones, but it should be able to handle anything you can hook. (just don't try to horse any in)
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RE: #6 weight
2010/09/03 10:23:32
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i should note it is a 3 piece rod if that makes any difference
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RE: #6 weight
2010/09/03 10:26:38
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No difference at all you will Catch lots of fish on it
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RE: #6 weight
2010/09/03 10:48:30
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It will work perfectly well IF you don't try to go too small with your line. Remember that you will need to fight a fish a little bit more and somewhat heavier line (by that I mean leader and tippett) may be necessary. I recommend a 7-1/2 foot 2x or 3x leader with some 6 pound to 7.5 pound tippett (about 2 feet worth). And let the rod do the work. When you hook up try to work the fish away from other fishermen, and try to have somebody to help you net. Don't try to Pick up the fish using the rod and you should be OK. BTW I have caught steelhead on 4wt's and on bamboo so the technique is important. Folks lose fish on 9 wts all the time.
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RE: #6 weight
2010/09/03 10:55:13
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Indy: That advice is RIGHT ON. We (my father and I, my usual fishing partner) used to lose lots of fish before we learned to put side pressure on and lead them downstream into the waiting net. When one of us hooks up the other goes downstream a little and gets out there with the net. Most of the time the fish are back in the water before they ever got worn out.
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RE: #6 weight
2010/09/03 11:02:00
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thanks for the info. now just need to buy some backing and line and rig it up and pratice before the steel run
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RE: #6 weight
2010/09/03 12:41:46
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psu_fish,
that rod will work, but it's too short. get something 9-10 ft.
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RE: #6 weight
2010/09/03 12:57:21
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"Sure, we can assiduously three-quarter our wets downstream, mend and wait out each fly swing, over and over again, which to my way of thinking, anyway, relegates the angler to the role, not of nemesis as it should be, but of butler." -Art Lee
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