Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Small Stream Rod - Most Bang for the Buck

Anything works -- I had a 100+ fish day with Beth in the SNP I recall in 2015 on a fenwick ff806 (6-weight) and had no issues.  On another occasion I remember thinking I had my 3 weight in the truck, but only had a fenwick ff857 -- NOT most peoples' first rod choice for SNP (including me!).  I did just fine though --

Consider that 4 weights and below didn't even exist some 30+ years ago when everyone was catching everything on 6-8 weight fiberglass rods. 

"Overpowering" fish would also seem to contradict the fly fishing creed of "not overplaying fish on dinky rods" and so forth ;).  I don't subscribe to that philosophy because I don't care about the fish really, but it's an interesting contradiction to consider. 

All of this aside - the cabelas 3 forks 7.5" 3-weight is cheap and works great. 

Gene

On Monday, May 15, 2017 at 1:42:36 PM UTC-4, Rob Snowhite wrote:

TFO Bug Launcher. 

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On May 15, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Bryan Lanier <bryan....@gmail.com> wrote:

OK. I'm on the lookout for a good, but reasonably priced (i.e. cheap) fly rod for small stream brookie fishing. The last time I used my 4wt. Caught fish but felt like it was overpowering. 

2WT? 3WT? 6'? 7'? in normal flow do you highstick at all? Slow action or Medium action? Fiberglas or Graphite?

What is your favorite small stream rod?

Bryan

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