If you do make the Sowbug there will be rods of all weights to cast at the Casting pool. These will be available to anyone that wants to cast them. There will also be free casting instructions. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Desert Eagle wrote: > I have to weigh in on this one, unfortunately I can not compare, I have only > 8 Wt rods. Amanda has a 5 wt that I got for her. I would like to try a 3 to > 6 weight and am trying to put one together now out of parts pieces that > hopefully will be in that range. Since all I have used is 8 weight I wonder > how my casting will be affected ? Maybe time will tell. > Jimi > > An 8 wt will work great for big strippers. A little on the "telephone > pole" side for regular size bass and trout. I use a 2-4 wt for trout, a > 6 wt for bass & strippers. Course I've never caught a landlocked > stripper larger than 9 pounds either. > > JIMMY > **************************************************************************** > ******** > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I was just wondering, would a 8wt be to much for trout, bass, > > and striper? If so, what would be good for a combo rod for them? Will > > be using mainly streamers and surface poppers. > > Also, I was talking with a guest last night at the hotel. > > He said that as a boy in Montana, he used to "clean up" wit a floating > > GRHE. He stated that his Dad tied all of their flies, and that the > > floater was the most effective one they had. I asked him to describe > > it and he said it was exactly like an ordinary GRHE, but that it > > floated just below the film. Has any one heard of such a fly or how it > > could be done? > > Thank You, > > Del > > > > > > > > Delbert (Del) Roberts > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Belton, SC > > My little spot on the River of Life > > <http://hometown.aol.com/dragonsheart1004/myhomepage/profile.html> > > SC Department of Natural Resources Home Page > > <http://www.dnr.state.sc.us/> > > Fly Fishing World.com Home Page <http://www.flyfishingworld.com/> > > > > > > > > -- > Jimmy D. Moore - Author,Outdoor Writer,TOWA, TF&G,VP-GRTU > Owner/Webmaster - Worldwide Flyfishing Info. > http://www.BIGTROUTMAN.homestead.com/MainPage.html > > www.sportingtales.com This is the website of Sporting Tales > magazine - No "how-to OR "where-to"! Just the "Why-to", > with outstanding campfire type stories about hunting and fishing.
