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Hello all,
I am from Ontario. I have fished for a number of years now and like to target trout and bass in the summer and salmon/steel september through may. I don't fly fish for migratory fish, at least not yet, since I have a tough enough time catching them floating. However, I love fishing with my SH rods for bass and trout.
A few weeks ago I decided on getting a new fly rod for streamers. Originally I was looking at 5 or 6 wt SH rods, but a few members from a local forum suggested a switch rod. I have researched them a lot lately and have some basic knowledge of them. I will describe the sort of fishing I will be doing: I want a rod mainly for streamer fishing, with woolly buggers and other streamers, but not in big sizes. My favourite river is about 25-40ft wide and relatively shallow. The average fish that seem to take a swung fly are 16-22".
So my budget for the entire setup is about $500. I'm looking at the echo glass or echo SR in the 3106 and 4108 models, or the redington dually 4109. I'm open to recommendations on a rod and also line weight here.
For the line, I wasn't thinking skagit was the way to go for me since it's for a smaller trout stream and the fish are fairly spooky. So, I've been looking at a rio switch chucker, rio scandi (or short), or a wulff ambush line. I wouldn't think a sink tip would be necessary, but once again, I'm new to this.
As far as casting, I'd like to be able to do both overhand and spey casts, since the banks are very brushy.
Thanks for any help you can give me!
I am from Ontario. I have fished for a number of years now and like to target trout and bass in the summer and salmon/steel september through may. I don't fly fish for migratory fish, at least not yet, since I have a tough enough time catching them floating. However, I love fishing with my SH rods for bass and trout.
A few weeks ago I decided on getting a new fly rod for streamers. Originally I was looking at 5 or 6 wt SH rods, but a few members from a local forum suggested a switch rod. I have researched them a lot lately and have some basic knowledge of them. I will describe the sort of fishing I will be doing: I want a rod mainly for streamer fishing, with woolly buggers and other streamers, but not in big sizes. My favourite river is about 25-40ft wide and relatively shallow. The average fish that seem to take a swung fly are 16-22".
So my budget for the entire setup is about $500. I'm looking at the echo glass or echo SR in the 3106 and 4108 models, or the redington dually 4109. I'm open to recommendations on a rod and also line weight here.
For the line, I wasn't thinking skagit was the way to go for me since it's for a smaller trout stream and the fish are fairly spooky. So, I've been looking at a rio switch chucker, rio scandi (or short), or a wulff ambush line. I wouldn't think a sink tip would be necessary, but once again, I'm new to this.
As far as casting, I'd like to be able to do both overhand and spey casts, since the banks are very brushy.
Thanks for any help you can give me!