rhuseby Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Okay, I must have been dropped on my head at birth. I use a 7wt for over 90% of all my fishing everywhere. Punching flies into the wind with a lighter rod drives me nuts. When it's fairly calm I do use a 5wt. If you're worried about line splash, add on a couple of extra feet of tippet. Fishing Quirk Creek on the brookie project, there have been a lot of days that guys with 4 wts were cursing because the wind kept blowing their line into the willows. The ole 7 just hammered through and put the fly where I wanted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMAX Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 9 foot 4 weight Orvis Western Spring Creek. I normally throw a DT 4 wt line but I have stepped up to a WF 5 wt and it casts that just fine too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osprey Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Most of the time I use a 7 wt 9ft Hardy Favorite, real soft action to protect 6X tippets but can still punch into the wind. If I'm out in the evening or cloudy day for dry flies I use an 8ft Sage 5 weight. Also have a thousand cracks in my 7 weight line, guess it's time for a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 All around western big water big wind rod? If I were buying one today I'd get a 6 wt, 9 1/2-10 ft ultra fast like a TFO TiCr, St Croix Ultra Elite or a Sage TCR. Get in habit of double haulin' and you can damn near fish in a hurricane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 TCR's are the single hardest rod i've ever tried to cast....im sure once you're used to it u can throw RPG's outa the tip...but holy crap those things are unbeliveable fast..probably the fastest rod i've ever tried...overlining it would make it just crazy..but a tad on the expensive side (800 or so) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownstone Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Sage Z-Axis 590 gets the most use..my big stick is a TiCr 790..for windy days and chuckin big streamers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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