BOB,
I, too, find an 8wt. sufficient for the Kings in the Feather & Yuba Rivers...thought sometimes if I feel like being Ballsy I'll use my 10 ft. 7Wt. Scott "SAS" stick with Bauer reel on them. I've notice i get the Salmon in about the same amount of time, it's just that the 7wt. has more play & really can get you into serious "Bend-o" action .
I used my 7wt. in the Surf until I got the Rio 250 Gr. 26 ft. line than I found out that apparently It overloading the rod..My thumb & index finger down into my wriest on my casting arm(Right arm) felt like they were gonna fall off. Switched over to cast that 250 gr. line on my Sage Rpl 8wt. & no more problems... However just recieved a lovely package of Teeny T-200 line from our saviour, BYARD, & will be loading that on a spare spool for the Bauer reel...so I can go bavk to casting the 7wt. rig....
I think with Ken's statement about using 10wt. rigs for Salmon, no matter what their size is that they are using Spey rods...thought I live in Los Angeles, not the United Kingdom, so what do i really know???
Off to Work, Bye y'all...
DEAN...
Bob Haering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Keith I find that an 8 wt is sufficient for salmon. At least here in the Great Lakes. The fish can run over 30 pounds with 15 to 20 being about average. I have also have landed Pike to 20 pounds on it. I have two 8 wts, one built on a GLX blank the other a Bass Pro Shops White River Classic.Bob H
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