{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Need tons of help.

I think you have a great start to your arsenal with those two rods.  If I could only have two rods around here, they would be a 4- and 8-weights, so you are right there in the mix.  

I went to the International Fly-Tying Symposium last month and listened to Bob Clouser.  He said, "People always ask me how big a clouser I can get away with on a 5-weight."  In a nutshell, he said you could get away with the smallest clousers with extra small eyes, but the 7-weight handled that size just as well plus more.  Obviously, even more so an 8-weight, which is exactly Gene's point.  And Bob made the same point Gene did about courtesy to the fish.  I do almost all of my Potomac fishing with an 8-weight, from sinking lines with weighted shad flies to floating lines with big wind-resistant poppers and half-and-halfs.  When I chase bass (either smallmouth or largemouth), I am not throwing size 10s, I am generally throwing size 2s and up on an 8-weight.  

Although I have 9- and 10-weights for the saltwater, I still do a fair amount of that with an 8-weight in the Chesapeake with 1/0 and 2/0 gurglers on a floating line and half-and-halfs on a sinking line. The 8-weight is a very very versatile rod.

Basically, I agree with Gene.

On Friday, December 18, 2015 at 8:24:07 AM UTC-5, Lammont Ervin wrote:

I've only recently started taking fly fishing seriously. I've used a fly rod for maybe a year but I've practically halted all of my bass fishing because fly fishing has taken my interest way more. I have a 5wt and I'm picking up an 8wt in the next couple days. (5wt is a Yellowstone 2 from Jackson Cardinal with a redington surge) (8 wt is a G loomis pescado with a tfo 425) my biggest issues is knowing what flies to use for each rod there's so many flies in the world but I'm used to to a weight system to judge what lure to use, is there any way to know which fly to use on a specific wt rod thanks for the help. - Eric Ervin

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