Re: A new rod for the salt
Agreed. Fishing from shore, Brian Stone (aka Dr. Fish) has landed numerious coho 8-10 pounds on his 6 weight, as well as a 14 pound blackmouth. Tim Coleman (yes, even Tim) has landed LOTS of coho in the 4-8 pound range, and several steelhead up to 10 pounds, on 6 weight rods. HOWEVER, these guys are very good fishermen, and are excellent casters, so they can do this with the 6 weight rods. For most folks, because of our nasty/windy weather we sometimes encounter along the beaches, a 7 weight might be a better all-around choice for salt fishing. I like a 6 weight in the salt because they also double as my lake rods, where for me a 7 weight would be too big in that instance. - Original Message - From: Bellows [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 7:44 PM Subject: Re: A new rod for the salt if one wishes, one can use lead-core heads with an 8 wt. a 30' lead core head only weighs 390 grains, so taking you teeny 350 example, one would only have to cut back about 3 ft of the 30' head to get to 350 grains (and the lead core will sink faster due to smaller diameter of the line). i personally fish a 30' lead-core head with an 8 wt and find no problem with it at all. but i do agree that a heavier rod (9-10 wt) might be nice to have if you can afford to have 2 rods for your fishing, and will make throwing heavier heads (even a 300 or 350 grain head) all day a bit easier. as to the original question, i wouldn't look past some lighter weight rods such as a six weight, especially if most of your fishing is with a floater or intermediate line. if you really need to get down, you can fish some of the super-thin lines such as rio's deep 7 which casts nicely with a fast 6 wt. i personally fish an 8 wt. most of the time for salmon, but offshore we don't have the resident coho population you have inside the sound, but the 6 wt. will land larger fish (8-10 lbs) with no problem. chris - Original Message - From: John Rowley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 3:51 PM Subject: RE: A new rod for the salt I'd add one size to Rob's otherwise perfect list, a 10 weight for throwing lead core shooting lines. It would be a specialty rod to go with an eight weight (which will handle up to a Teeny TS 350). It would be necessary only if your plans include fishing for Kings deep. (Hint - put your line in the water with your boat in gear and let it play out while dragging it into the area you want to fish. Then throw the boat in neutral and count it down and then strip. Takes a lot of strain off of the sholder. :) ) John
RE: A new rod for the salt
I'd add one size to Rob's otherwise perfect list, a 10 weight for throwing lead core shooting lines. It would be a specialty rod to go with an eight weight (which will handle up to a Teeny TS 350). It would be necessary only if your plans include fishing for Kings deep. (Hint - put your line in the water with your boat in gear and let it play out while dragging it into the area you want to fish. Then throw the boat in neutral and count it down and then strip. Takes a lot of strain off of the sholder. :) ) John -Original Message- From: Rob Blomquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 11:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: A new rod for the salt On Tuesday 22 January 2002 10:28 pm, Wyatt Thaler spoke: I need a rod for throwing intermediate/sinktips/sinking lines at salmon in the sound. What weight rod should I be looking at? A 7-9 weight should do you fine. I use a 7 wt with flies up to 3/0 with no problem. Rob -- Rob Blomquist Kirkland, WA
Re: A new rod for the salt
if one wishes, one can use lead-core heads with an 8 wt. a 30' lead core head only weighs 390 grains, so taking you teeny 350 example, one would only have to cut back about 3 ft of the 30' head to get to 350 grains (and the lead core will sink faster due to smaller diameter of the line). i personally fish a 30' lead-core head with an 8 wt and find no problem with it at all. but i do agree that a heavier rod (9-10 wt) might be nice to have if you can afford to have 2 rods for your fishing, and will make throwing heavier heads (even a 300 or 350 grain head) all day a bit easier. as to the original question, i wouldn't look past some lighter weight rods such as a six weight, especially if most of your fishing is with a floater or intermediate line. if you really need to get down, you can fish some of the super-thin lines such as rio's deep 7 which casts nicely with a fast 6 wt. i personally fish an 8 wt. most of the time for salmon, but offshore we don't have the resident coho population you have inside the sound, but the 6 wt. will land larger fish (8-10 lbs) with no problem. chris - Original Message - From: John Rowley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 3:51 PM Subject: RE: A new rod for the salt I'd add one size to Rob's otherwise perfect list, a 10 weight for throwing lead core shooting lines. It would be a specialty rod to go with an eight weight (which will handle up to a Teeny TS 350). It would be necessary only if your plans include fishing for Kings deep. (Hint - put your line in the water with your boat in gear and let it play out while dragging it into the area you want to fish. Then throw the boat in neutral and count it down and then strip. Takes a lot of strain off of the sholder. :) ) John
