Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Noob Question: Line Choice

Thanks for all the feedback. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your willingness to share. 

I've fished spinning gear for nearly 4 decades and am excited about chasing fish a new (to me at least) way.

I look forward to learning more on the forum and ultimately sharing some myself as I start to figure things out.

Tight Lines,

Dave

On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:54:10 PM UTC-4, Yambag Nelson wrote:

I agree that it does sound dumb, but the dude is a ridiculously good fly caster.  Maybe what he says is true for the top .001% of casters. 

On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:34:33 PM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:

I read some Lefty article where he was saying that it is better to "underline" a rod by a weight for windy conditions because the smaller diameter of lighter weight fly lines "cuts the wind" better. 

Of course, physics says that this is indeed true, but is more than compensated for by the increase in mass that you get with heavier fly lines.  Go stand on a windy SW flat with a 6-weight and an 8-weight and let me know how it goes. 

I stopped reading his articles after that. 

Gene

On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:31:42 PM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:

That's a medium/fast rod, good rod (we own and regularly use 2 of them). 

If you want to make casts with "larger" flies for warm water, you can easily put a 6-weight line on it and call it a 6-weight (as far as I'm concerned).  I once grabbed a reel with a 4-weight line on the way to fish for brook trout, so I called it a 4-weight that day.  It makes little difference. 

Don't overthink line choice too much -- I will admit that I prefer lines with shorter heads for warm and SW fishing as it takes fewer false casts to shoot line to the target.  For trout I couldn't care less. 

Gene

On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:07:17 PM UTC-4, DaveSurfs wrote:

TFO Lefty Kreh Professinoal Series II

Thanks,

Dave

On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:03:16 PM UTC-4, Richard Farino wrote:

What TFO rod is it?

Richard Farino

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From: Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders <tidal-potoma...@googlegroups.com> on behalf of DaveSurfs <dave.di...@gmail.com>
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Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 11:49 AM
To: Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders <tidal-potoma...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Noob Question: Line Choice

Good Morning TPFR,

I'm new to fly fishing, have a 9ft 5WT TFO Rod and TFO Prism reel. The guy I bought the (used) reel from said it had a "standard 5Wt weight forward line," but unfortunately I was not smart enough to ask what kind, or how long it's been on the reel?

It seems to cast reasonably, and I've caught a few bluegill, small mouth, and large mouth bass, but with Christmas a couple months away, I was thinking of making gift giving easy for my wife and asking for a new Fly line.

With that in mind, I see all sorts of WF5Wt options from Scientific Angler, Rio, Orvis, TFO, and others at prices ranging from $29 to $100... Any thoughts on what to buy? If you have a recommendation, would you please help me understand why you recommend A vs B?

Additionally, I've seen some commentary on going up 1 weight and putting a 6WT line on a 5WT Rod? Any thoughts there?

Thanks,

Dave

I apologize if this question is covered elsewhere in the forum and my searches didn't find something that's already posted.

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