[VFB] re: 5wt for salt?

[Don Ordes]

I fished a 5wt extensively in Pensacola, a 4 pc Loomis teamed with a Battenkill (my Wyoming trout rod).  Handled all the smaller inshore species well: redfish, specs, bluefish, amberjack, green jacks, ladyfish, Spanish macks, and a whopper stingray.  I wouldn't want to do too many bonito- I just don't think it would hold up long.  Caught a few in the 4 pound range on an 8wt with a Lamson, and it was all it could handle.  The blues and the jacks are a blast. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: [ Redington company In a message dated 7/9/2002 10:01:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Smaller , juvi blues- travel in schools, you usually get into them in numbers.  Find one and you have found a bunch.  Terrific fighters.  great fun on a 6 or 7 wt OHHHHHHHHHHH. Think a 5wt with a good drag would suffice?       Delbert (Del) Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]                  Belton, SC