Agreed. Fishing from shore, Brian Stone (aka Dr. Fish) has landed numerious coho 8-10 pounds on his 6 weight, as well as a 14 pound blackmouth. Tim Coleman (yes, even Tim) has landed LOTS of coho in the 4-8 pound range, and several steelhead up to 10 pounds, on 6 weight rods.
HOWEVER, these guys are very good fishermen, and are excellent casters, so they can do this with the 6 weight rods. For most folks, because of our nasty/windy weather we sometimes encounter along the beaches, a 7 weight might be a better all-around choice for salt fishing. I like a 6 weight in the salt because they also double as my lake rods, where for me a 7 weight would be too big in that instance. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bellows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 7:44 PM Subject: Re: A new rod for the salt > if one wishes, one can use lead-core heads with an 8 wt. a 30' lead core > head only weighs 390 grains, so taking you teeny 350 example, one would only > have to cut back about 3 ft of the 30' head to get to 350 grains (and the > lead core will sink faster due to smaller diameter of the line). i > personally fish a 30' lead-core head with an 8 wt and find no problem with > it at all. but i do agree that a heavier rod (9-10 wt) might be nice to > have if you can afford to have 2 rods for your fishing, and will make > throwing heavier heads (even a 300 or 350 grain head) all day a bit easier. > > as to the original question, i wouldn't look past some lighter weight rods > such as a six weight, especially if most of your fishing is with a floater > or intermediate line. if you really need to get down, you can fish some of > the super-thin lines such as rio's deep 7 which casts nicely with a fast 6 > wt. i personally fish an 8 wt. most of the time for salmon, but offshore we > don't have the resident coho population you have inside the sound, but the 6 > wt. will land larger fish (8-10 lbs) with no problem. > > chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Rowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 3:51 PM > Subject: RE: A new rod for the salt > > > > I'd add one size to Rob's otherwise perfect list, a 10 weight for > > throwing lead core shooting lines. It would be a specialty rod to go > > with an eight weight (which will handle up to a Teeny TS 350). It would > > be necessary only if your plans include fishing for Kings deep. (Hint - > > put your line in the water with your boat in gear and let it play out > > while dragging it into the area you want to fish. Then throw the boat > > in neutral and count it down and then strip. Takes a lot of strain off > > of the sholder. :) ) > > > > John > > >
