Since you already have a nice 7wt, I would go with an 8' or 8.5' 4wt. This is a good all around trout rod( dry flies, nymphing and even light streamers). An 8' rod is good for most trout streams in the area.
If you want to, you can always find an excuse for another rod, but if you have a 4wt and a 7wt you have most of the bases covered.
Specialized rods, such as 7' 3wt or 10' 5wt nymphing rods have their uses, but most of the time, you want to carry one rod onto the water that will cover what you are planning for that day, so even though I have other rods, I find myself using one of my 3 goto rods a 4wt, 6wt, or 8wt.
I agree with Dalton, a few really nice rods that you are comfortable with beat a lot of cheap rods.
Carl
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Aaron O <aaron@jorgeinc.com> wrote:
Hey Dalton,Just want to pick your brain a second. So in your opinion if I mainly fish the potomac area with my 7 wt. 4 piece streamline from orvis , you think I would be able to fish the occasional trout stream (Accotick, Holmes, etc... ) and I would be fine with the 5/6 wt. 2 piece (old cheap pole someone gave me)? I am also hoping to do some of the smaller streams like SNP and some small streams/creeks in Fredrick/ Garrett county (mountain streams), You don't think not having a 3 or 4 wt would be a hinderance. I have not fished any of these area yet but what I hear, they are tight areas that a light short pole would be benneficial. I am planning/hoping to buy 1 new pole and reel this spring. It will either be a 3 or 4 wt. rod or replace the 5/6 wt. 2 piece with a better one and reel (old set up not smooth at all) or atlease replace the reel and line.
On Thursday, February 28, 2013 12:06:03 PM UTC-5, Dalton Terrell wrote:I would recommend that you go to some of the local fly shops, and upcoming fishing shows to test out some rods. Speaking from experience, both good and bad, I wouldn't buy based on price. A 3 wt is more or less a luxury, a specialized tool that if you don't own one, you will not be prevented from fishing any waters or or catching any fish that you couldn't on your 4 or 5 weight. If you buy some cheapo 3 wt, it probably will not get fished much as you will wish that you got that good one that was a little more coin and probably end up grabbing the 5 wt with the action you love when you hit the little streams that are ideal for the 3 wt.Dalton--To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tidal-potomac-fly-rodders/-/Vq89AZfgYIYJ.
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