fxnib
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Gear help
I'm looking to get into fly fishing, any1 recomend a good entry level rod, reel for NE ohio steelhead fishing?
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steelhound
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RE: Gear help
2010/10/21 12:33:48
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I use a cabelas traditional II in 8 weight and I have had no problems with it. I think I paid like 95 for rod and reel, and I beat the crap outta them this summer catchin carp. Those fish would smoke me to the backing and the reel didn't miss a beat. Also caught them on my gander mountain frontier IM6 in 5 weight. Abit too light for steel but it worked for years till I got the 8 wt.
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JEB
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RE: Gear help
2010/10/22 11:20:48
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2nd the cabela$ idea, good combs for the price, still use mine and have caught many, many steelies on it.
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mohawksyd
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RE: Gear help
2010/10/22 11:27:32
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FishUSA has some nice entry-level combos and they were great to talk to. Support the sponsor.
"For the supreme test of a fisherman is not how many fish he has caught...but what he has caught when he has caught no fish." - John H. Bradley
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clearwater
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RE: Gear help
2010/10/22 12:25:14
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what price are u looking to be under??
10% Of the fishermen catch 90% of the fish..... IT AIN'T LUCK
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rapala11 
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RE: Gear help
2010/10/22 18:44:06
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i would check out fishusa first, also. the tfo rods and pflueger trion reels will do you nicely on the tribs. their service is awesome also. i ordered wednesday at 11 and received thursday at 12. extremely fast for the 100 miles that it traveled. i never feel like an order number when i call there...they will talk to you and help you.
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clinchknot
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RE: Gear help
2010/10/23 12:14:32
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Rap, now all we gotta do is get you tying your own and you'll be past the point of no return. 
I don't give a crap if anybody listens to me or not.
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rapala11
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RE: Gear help
2010/10/23 17:46:21
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clinch, it will never happen. i can't even tie my own shoes . i told myself many years ago that if i gave up drinking and smoking that i would have a lot of extra money. then cabela's and bass pro started sending me catalogs and when i broke free from them, this site came along. if i am not ordering from fishusa, someone here is tempting me to buy something else. i have no will power...none, nada. steelhead, crappies, trout, perch, smallies, and cats...makes no difference. the evil ones here put ideas in my head and then make me buy stuff. .
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jah1317
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RE: Gear help
2010/10/23 19:25:37
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ORIGINAL: rapala11
the evil ones here put ideas in my head and then make me buy stuff..
Your one of the evil ones yourself.... my 8wt is on it's way and I am going to pick up my trion tomorrow...... darn thread you started cost me $200 bucks! Now I am thinking I should get into tying.... it's a REALLY slippery slope.... Jacob
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rapala11
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RE: Gear help
2010/10/24 12:14:36
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i am only a puppet of the powers that be on this site. before i came here, i collected stamps and vintage bic pens. now i am a tackle junkie. remember, i am only the messenger. btw, now you have to start looking for a back-up outfit. would be a shame to get to the tribs have have a rod or reel malfunction . just one more outfit, honey, i promise.
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rapala11
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RE: Gear help
2010/10/24 12:16:00
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one more thing..................joe riz is making me buy a 3wt. i don't want one, but he is making me. i am being coerced.
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RIZ
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RE: Gear help
2010/10/24 21:37:02
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rap hey you better buy the 3wt before i make you get a 9wt for fishing for bass at that new lake you like so much, lake arther. i love fish for bass in the weeds using a topwater popper. if you think watch a trout take a dry is exciting, watching a popper blow-up on the water will make your knees weak. let me know when you want to try, i got a rod for you to use and a yak to get you where you need to be.
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jah1317
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RE: Gear help
2010/10/25 11:21:14
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I just put together my setup for an entry level and went with an okuma (8wt) SLV rod with an pflueger trion reel put some cortland 333+ on and I am ready to go. PR's has the trion for $99 and the rod is $80... I got mine on ebay for half that, checked it out at a local shop first to see what I thought before I bought. All I have to do now is get it in the water....... THIS IS ALL RAP's FAULT!!! Now to start into tying my own flies...... Jacob
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