Streamer Fishing Setup

By the time spring rolls around, I hope to have a heavier 6-8wt setup for smallies, large trout on larger rivers, warmwater kayak fishing, and any salt I may encounter. Started out thinking a short, fast 6wt, but now I'm leaning toward an 8wt, still fairly short and fast. Considering the TFO TiCr X, Ross FlyStik, and others...but at the moment, the front runner is the Redington Predator, probably the 7'10".

The jury is still out on the reel, mostly because if I get a 6wt, I have a reel for it, but if I go 8wt, I'll need to get one for it.

That leaves line. While I'd like to have a few lines available to use, including a full floater, sink tip, and maybe some sort of intermediate or sinking line, I'll probably start with just one. Looking for opinions on which I should start with, and within that range, any specific recommendations.

Right now, I'm liking the idea of a Rio Outbound Short...either in the full floater or a sink-tip (slow or fast sink not yet decided).

Thoughts, comments, etc?

Niiiiiiiiiice.

If you're going to go in, go in. Don't dance around the edges and go halfway like a big flapping vagina.

lmao

Duly noted.

So by that rationale, get a good dense fast sink rate too, while I'm at it?

suck it up and buy my 10wt
 
or my 8wt TFO axiom

For small water I use a 4wt...I'll have to try a sink tip on it.

A raft?

Oh!

I'll get right on that.

Where the f is the cup holder?

Bass Pro has a 8,9,10 wt 7'10 they are called heat fly rods. I bought a 8 and 10. The eight will throw 90ft of wt forward with big streamer fine. Took the 10 down to nc this fall was throwing 100ft of intermediate running and 400 grain sink tip to the backing. Price is $99.00. They are great for casting short cast under low hanging brush and boat docks. Wish they had a 6 wt.

Don

Let me know when you wanna take that thing out, down whenever.

yeah... but then you are stuck with a Bass Pro rod
 
 
I cast the Predator at the show and liked it
 
also
TFO has the clouser rod... really nice for shooting heads and sink lines

Loomis, that's not my raft, it's a friend's. But I'm soon to be in the market for one.

Want to hit Sawmill Run when you get that raft?

You're too old for those skeezers dahn there, hate to be the one to tell you.

More skeeze than Seven Springs dahn 'ere.

I have a Lamson ULA that I love, and while I can make a reel I already have work in the short term, I'll likely get a reel just for this setup, and Lamson is near the top of that list.

yeah, there is something to it, something that i need to figure out, but really dont give myself the time to do, im an ****hole to myself

most places i fish anymore, i can get away with floating line, but, there are a few haunts i have that the sink with a big streamer would be a blast

Tippe,that rod you have sucks. That's a lot of your problem.You need something faster.

A 300 grain is on the heavy side for an 8 wt, but you should be fine. If it loads that rod too much, I'd go to a 250 grain. 250 seems to be a good match with most 8wts that I own.