TROUT: Small to Medium Rivers: Sage 490-4RPL and Sage 590-4XP
Medium-Large Rivers: Sage 590-4XP, Loomis 1086, Sage 690-5SP Lakes: Sage 490-4RPL (dries and chironimids), Sage 590-4XP, Loomis 1086. Sage 690-5SP Backup/Loaner: Redington Red.Fly 9' 5/6 (absolutely great rod for the money), Lamigals G1000 8' 5 wt. SALMONIDS AND CUTTS: Beaches: Loomis 1086, Sage 690-5SP Fall Steelhead: Loomis 1086, Sage 690-5SP, Loomis 1088-4 Fall/Rivers (silvers, chum, et al): Loomis 1088-4, Orivs Trident 909-4 Backup/Loaner: St. Croix Pro Graphite 9' 8/9 Richard ----- 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...? > > > > > >
