It is asking a lot, but for my part my main rod for bream, bass and redfish is an 8 1/2 ft 7 wt. It is a relatively inexpensive Pflueger Summit rod, when I bought it it was $32 at Wal Mart probably 8 years ago (they didn't have a clue as to what it really was). Equivalent Pfluegers are now about $80. Even the bream put up a fairly good fight on it. If I'm just going bream fishing, I'll sometimes use my 5 wt bamboo. The problem here is that every where the gills are, there are also largemouth up to 8mlbs and spotted and alligator gar even bigger. I can't always guarantee what species I'll hook. for the big saltwater stuff I'vegot a 10 wt and a 12 wt. the 8 wt is rarely, if ever used anymore.
Mark Delaney On 6/7/05, Mike Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most of my posts are not getting through but I'll try again > > I think you are asking an awful lot of a rod to be right for 8 ounce > bream and 40 pound carp at the same time. I would suggest that your > beginner friend stick to a lighter rod and the panfish and small flies > for bass to start. He will not get much fun out of catching small fish > on a magnum rod and would probably end up dropping the sport. Better to > spend his money getting a rod just right for what he will catch the most > of and then as he gets more hooked on the sport to upgrade to what he > requires for bigger game. Cabelas sells rod combos for less than $100 > that are far superior to anything most of us learned on. > > Mike M > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of jerry goldsmith > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [VFB] All purpose Rod > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Mark Delaney > > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 11:32 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [VFB] All purpose Rod > > > > You are pretty much on the mark. I might consider a 7 wt (or even and > > 8 wt), depending on the size of carp being targeted. I know i used to > > go steeleheading and salmon fishing with my 8 wt when I lived in > > Michigan > > > > Mark Delaney > > Mark, > > you beat me to it. I used a 5 wt on the veggie carp (amur) in our > backyard > when the kids were growing up. They would literally run the entire > length > of the small pond. When I fished for the bigger carp in other lakes I > would > use an 8 or 9wt. > > And while my experience with steel head is limited to the smaller > steelhead > in the Yuba and American Rivers in California, if the steelhead up > north > are bigger, you will need a bigger stick. > > A seven weight is right on target for largemouth, big for sunfish and > may > be a bit large for trout depending on where you fish. Out west, in the > big > rivers, think a 6wt is pretty standard, buy on lots of occasions you > will > appreciate a 7wt. > > But with a 5 or 6wt, throwing some of the flies you will want for > largemouth > becomes a real chore. And as Mark pointed out a big carp or steelhead > will > overpower a 5 or 6 wt. > > I would say at least a 7wt. > > JG > > -- "So much water, so little time!" http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html
