Interesting thought! My collection runs from a 2 wt through an 11 wt. All single handed, no speys. My all around favorite is still a 10' 4-5 wt J K Fisher with a Wulff triangle taper 4-5 wt line. It works on lakes, streams and rivers, with or without wind, because the rod length and the triangle taper line provide a lot of flexibility. It's a 2 piece so it's 5' when broken down. A 3 or 4 piece with the same action would be more convenient to stow. For steelhead I tend to use a 7 wt or heavier although I had fun this year with some determined pinks on a 6 wt and should probably go lighter on steelhead. -Bob
----- Original Message ----- From: "Willy Gevers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 5:23 PM Subject: The Ultimate Rod Assortment > Here's a question - what would your perfect rod assortment be for the > fishing that you do? My friends who golf obsess over club selection and > which ones they should carry. I am thinking about picking up another rod and > as a pretext, listed what I thought the rods > would be that would ideally cover typical WA state flyfishing - without > making life too complex. (by the way this is the perfect question to ask > with Christmas just around the corner!) > > Small Streams: 7 1/2' for a 2 > > Trout - Yakima and lakes: > > 9' for a 3 (dry) > 9' for 4 (nymph) > > Beach: winter coho and SRC > > 9' for a 4 (same rod as above) > > Beach: summer coho > > 9'6" for a 6 > > Summer Steelhead and boat coho fishing: > > 9'6" for a 7 > > Winter Steelhead, Chums, Rockfish, Kings > > 9' for a 8 or 9 > > (and perhaps some backup rods.) > > Any thoughts...? > > > > > >
