Being a relative newbie to the sport, I only own one rod and I have used it for trout on the Yakima, Steelhead on the Skagit and Salmon on the Sol Duc. It is a 6-7 wt. Abu Garcia with a Pfleuger Reel. So far it has worked for me in all situations, but here is my wish list:
Small streams, Trout 3 wt. Sage SLT Summer Steelhead and Pinks 5 or 6 wt. my current rod would work, but in this case I could use a Sage XP Winter Steelhead and Silvers 8 wt. 9' Sage VPS I guess I have a Sage bias. Now how do I convince my wife that I need all this stuff? Jon ----- 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...? > > > > > >
