Jon, but it's a good bias . . . :-) Richard
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon V" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 7:10 PM Subject: Re: The Ultimate Rod Assortment > 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...? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
