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This year, I have found the Rio Outbound WF 10 Wt floater to be a really great line for my Sage 5120 and Meiser 5/6 Switch Rod. At first I was just interested in Skagit casting the OB with these rods. The rods and this OB are a great Skagit match. I have, also, found that this OB is a great all around Spey line with both rods. These rods and this OB will be my main trout, smaller shad and small mouth bass rods. A 15' leader for the 5120 and a 10' leader for the 5/6 Switch rod and a couple of feet of tippet works well with dries and intermediates. Also a weighted fly in normal flows sinks very well with these leaders, and I may not need many sinking tips. That makes life easier. This OB line and a sinking fly with an overhead/underhand casts and these rods get into "This is too easy and WoW :Eyecrazy: stage!".
However, in N California due to the heavy rains this past winter and spring, we might have very high and heavy water flows until late fall. So for Shad Fishing on the American and probably the Sac and maybe the Russian with these high flows, my main stick will probably be my Sage 6126-3. A 3-5 pound hen Shad in these high waters might be too much for the 5120 and 5/6 Switch Rod and the fish. Two years ago with heavy flows that were off and on, I saw a lot of killed Shad and dying Shad due to so called Sportsmen using 5 and 6 wt one handed rods. These
"Sports" took forever to get a hooked Shad in for the release.
So my 6126 will probably be my main Shad Rod in the anticipated high water flows. It works well with the Skagit 450, the MS 7/8 with tips and the WC 678 with tips. Life is a lot easier with an OB in areas where there are other fishers, and overhead/underhand casting needs to be done not to interfer with the one handed fly rodders and Spin fishers in a Shad line. Setting up a Spey cast or a Skagit cast :roll: doesn't go over very well with the other fishers who in line with you on both sides.
Has anyone found a good match up with a Rio Outbound Floater and the Sage 6126-3?
However, in N California due to the heavy rains this past winter and spring, we might have very high and heavy water flows until late fall. So for Shad Fishing on the American and probably the Sac and maybe the Russian with these high flows, my main stick will probably be my Sage 6126-3. A 3-5 pound hen Shad in these high waters might be too much for the 5120 and 5/6 Switch Rod and the fish. Two years ago with heavy flows that were off and on, I saw a lot of killed Shad and dying Shad due to so called Sportsmen using 5 and 6 wt one handed rods. These
So my 6126 will probably be my main Shad Rod in the anticipated high water flows. It works well with the Skagit 450, the MS 7/8 with tips and the WC 678 with tips. Life is a lot easier with an OB in areas where there are other fishers, and overhead/underhand casting needs to be done not to interfer with the one handed fly rodders and Spin fishers in a Shad line. Setting up a Spey cast or a Skagit cast :roll: doesn't go over very well with the other fishers who in line with you on both sides.
Has anyone found a good match up with a Rio Outbound Floater and the Sage 6126-3?