Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Best Starter Rod Combos

If you wanna get REALLY starter, eagle claw actually makes perfectly serviceable fly rods for about 30 bucks. Just add a used reel/line.

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 2:11 PM, TurbineBlade <doublebclan@gmail.com> wrote:

The current best starter set-up is a random guy on ebay selling a 6 or 7-weight fenwick for about 60-100 bucks.  No!  Any fly rod is a good fly rod.  I'm happy fishing with pretty much whatever, though I probably would prefer something 5-weight or above for most fishing situations.

I don't like extremely short rods, and I don't like extremely light line weights.   

It's more important to go fishing a lot than it is to take an analytical view of what rod matches what type of fishing though ;). 

Gene

On Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 1:27:17 PM UTC-4, Ashley Frohwein wrote:

LL Bean makes some great starter setups. 

On Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 1:22:51 PM UTC-4, Carl wrote:

Wow, this thread popped back up. 

I've been thinking about this question recently and I'm all for a good, intro level rod in whatever you are going to fish for today.  Something in the $100-$200 range (Echo, Reddington, Orvis Clearwater).  Save your money for good waders, boots, vest/pack, flies, tippet.  

Then expect to buy another rod for other types of fishing.  If you are going to go out shad fishing, buy an 8wt (or maybe 7wt to double for smallmouth fishing ).  If you are going to SNP, buy a 7'6" 4wt.  You're not going to use it for bass or shad, but it is good for brookies.  

For most fishing around here, a cheap reel will suffice. 

You can always add stuff later.

Carl

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On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 11:08 PM, Evan D <edin...@gmail.com> wrote:

Wow, this thread blew up. Lots of good info up there, but to keep things simple...the Redington Pursuit is a good, solid rod combo that doesn't break the bank. That was my first 8wt rod and I still use it from time to time. Solid rod, good reel, and it comes with pretty decent line...no reason to spend more at this point. It's got my approval.

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