6 Weight Rod And 5 (Or So) Weigth Line

[Mukka]

Hi There,

 

My main rig is a fast action 5 weight rod however, I recently purchased a fast action 6 weight rod for use with larger dries and streamers when fishing, mainly, bull trout. I currently have a Nautilus 5/6 FWX reel with one spool holding Rio Gold 5 weight line (which is truly about a 5.5 weight line) and one spool with 5 weight sinking tip line, which is obviously fairly 'heavy' when casting. In an ideal situation I would like to have 2 more spools outfitted with true 6 weight line however, with what I've got will this work? Will I notice much of a difference in my casting or will it be minimal? I know that, typically, going with a heavier line to a lighter rod (e.g. 6 weight rig to a 5 weight rod) is more ideal but I just want to ensure that I'm not going to be dealing with tangled line nonstop!! Thanks!

[bcubed]

the Gold is a true 5 weight, the grand is the 5.5 weight.

 

I broke my 5 weight last year, and then brought my wrong reel for fishing my 6, and it was god-awful (hopper fishing). Seriously, overloading is fine (to a point), underloading is plain awful (especially on fast-action rods).

Not sure why it would tangle more or less, get a 6 wt line for your 6.. If you're not going to ever have them both strung up, then yes extra spools will work..

 

 

Yes the 5 weight will work, but it will not be efficient at larger dries and streamers..mass moves mass, and a 5 weight line has the same amount of mass whether it's on a 5, 6 or 12 weight..

[maxwell]

it will feel light forsure it will work but not well just won't feel much of the line loading try it out but you will probably want to get another reel with te proper line