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I spent about 5 hours on the Russian River this past Friday casting my 7136. Now I'm glad that I didn't sell it.
The river was nice and low and there was no need for sinktips or my 7141 to cast them.
For some reason I brought my old 7136 with me. It had been banned to the closet after a terrible day on the America River last May. I was trying to Shad fish and the River was ripping down stream at about 3-4 times normal levels. The 7136 with my poor skills was unable to get any sinking tips up for casting. It was a terrible day and resulted in me buying a 7141 which works in those conditions.
My old 7136 with a MidSpey 6/7 floating line and a ten foot Poly leader and about two foot of tippet worked great all day with both sinking, hovering and floating steelhead flies.
Later in the day I removed the flies as down streamers were trying to strike the fly. I killed a down streamer hen a couple of years ago after she struck. She didn't have the energy to survive the fight which wasn't that long.
So I attached a piece of yarn and decided to try some Snake Rolls. My Snake Rool casts looked terrible, but before the day was over, I was reaching the other bank which I couldn't do with my Double Spey casts.
That evening and the next day there were no problems with my damaged 64 year old shoulder. If I cast my 7141 for five hours, I feel it that night and the next day.
The 7136 is a pleasure to cast with the MS 6/7 floating line with single and double spey and even my terrible Snake Rolls.
It has handled any spring or summer fish that I have hooked with the exception a big brown on the Yuba. I think that I hooked the same brown with my 7141 last year (same hole), and I couldn't get it in with the 7141 either.
So the 7136 is back out of the closet and will be a prime rod for the lower water fishing we normally have in the spring, summer and early fall where I fish. It is a great rod for half pounders on the Rogue and the American river.
The river was nice and low and there was no need for sinktips or my 7141 to cast them.
For some reason I brought my old 7136 with me. It had been banned to the closet after a terrible day on the America River last May. I was trying to Shad fish and the River was ripping down stream at about 3-4 times normal levels. The 7136 with my poor skills was unable to get any sinking tips up for casting. It was a terrible day and resulted in me buying a 7141 which works in those conditions.
My old 7136 with a MidSpey 6/7 floating line and a ten foot Poly leader and about two foot of tippet worked great all day with both sinking, hovering and floating steelhead flies.
Later in the day I removed the flies as down streamers were trying to strike the fly. I killed a down streamer hen a couple of years ago after she struck. She didn't have the energy to survive the fight which wasn't that long.
So I attached a piece of yarn and decided to try some Snake Rolls. My Snake Rool casts looked terrible, but before the day was over, I was reaching the other bank which I couldn't do with my Double Spey casts.
That evening and the next day there were no problems with my damaged 64 year old shoulder. If I cast my 7141 for five hours, I feel it that night and the next day.
The 7136 is a pleasure to cast with the MS 6/7 floating line with single and double spey and even my terrible Snake Rolls.
It has handled any spring or summer fish that I have hooked with the exception a big brown on the Yuba. I think that I hooked the same brown with my 7141 last year (same hole), and I couldn't get it in with the 7141 either.
So the 7136 is back out of the closet and will be a prime rod for the lower water fishing we normally have in the spring, summer and early fall where I fish. It is a great rod for half pounders on the Rogue and the American river.
