John, I have a 6 & 8 wt that I use for bass but I prefer the 6wt. Most of my bass fishing is from a boat and the 6 is easier to handle. It tosses bass bugs with little problems and it handles the fish well. Hope that helps.
Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 9:55 PM Subject: [VFB] help on rod decision > I have an 8 wt rod i bought for bass fishing. You know heavy enough to turn over deer hair bugs. But, I do not always fish deer hair bugs for basss, more like clousers. Anyway my next smallest rod is a 5 wt. My 8 wt feels like a workout when i am done, it is real heavy to cast and kind of cumbersome. I am wondering if i should go to a 7 wt or a 6 wt. When I say bass fishing I mean that I will be smallie fishing in streams with clousers and largemouth fishing throwing clousers, gulley worms and popper bugs at docks and other structure. What do you folks think ? a 7 or 6 wt? And if anyone is interested I have an 8 wt floating line I could trade for a 7wt floating line. > > John Ridderbos
