fly fishing rod help? salmon and trout.?!?
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I went on the Bass pro website. I live in canada so cabellas isn’t an option. So I found this combo and was wondering if it’s a good rod to help me start fly fishing for steelhead, brown trout, brook trout and salmon. Im fishing the credit river which feeds into lake ontario. Can this rod handle the long fights of salmon and trout.
Also does anyone know any honeyholes on the credit?
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_90948____SearchResults
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For salmon and steelhead, you would want the heavier rod. (larger number) The 5 weight is mostly for trout or small fish.
The key here is Salmon. Even the #8-weight outfit is too light for King Salmon. You’ll need a #9 or #10-weight to adequately handle a big Chinook. Big salmon and trout call for heavier gear that what you’re looking at.
The reality here is that to best fly fish for salmon AND trout, you’ll need two different fly fishing rods. The heavier rod won’t be sensative enough for trout and the lighter rod you could expect to break fighting larger salmon in faster water.
For trout:
Consider a 9′ 5wt or 6wt. The 6wt will give you some versatility if you want to fight heavier fish also (ie a largemouth bass) in the future. Although the 9′ 5wt you purchased is considered the go-to, most common fly rod configuration sold for trout on the market today.
For salmon:
You’ll need at least an 8wt. The most common rod choice for salmon is probably an 9′ 9wt. I personally fish with a 10wt in case I get into fighting something really big or in fast moving water. I also like to hook and bring my fish in relatively quickly so I can catch another and not fight them all day. I am older and an 8wt would tire me out quickly. I’ve fished a March Brown 10wt travel rod in Alaska, Iceland and Ireland for salmon now for many years and I could not be more happy with that particular rod and that rod company. (www.marchbrown.com)
Many companies out there will make rods that fit the description. A few questions already posted on Yahoo Answers detail the considerations for purchase and the best sites for fly rod reviews (fly-rods.net). My personal preference is to use travel fly rods because of their general ease in transport. Technology today has made them cast just as good as any other and I can take a few rods to the river at the same time. For example, when I fish in Alaska I’ll bring my 10wt salmon rod and my 6wt trout rod for the same river. I usually bring another 9wt rod as a backup or if I’m fishing exclusively for reds. That’s 3 rods and all March brown rods will fit inside my backpack for the hike in at the same time.
That is a long answer and I hope you find some of the information helpful.