John, thanks for this question. I am in the same dilemma and have opted for the 6wt, an am anxious to see how it performs. Let me know will compare notes, better yet maybe we could get together and try Gun lake or something, I have a row boat with a little 6hp. Just about perfect for me. Ill HOOK up with you later and see what we can make happen.
Fish-On Jon Emmons ----- 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 >
