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No kidding. I’m sitting here in Mexico about to fish ascension bay tomorrow. I brought 4 rods down here.Just be careful getting started in fly fishing. It’s a rabbit hole… this just the gear I took on a saltwater trip earlier this year. There’s 9 fly rods in this photo and there are just as many rods that I left behind.
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Speaking of this, Airflo has a 50% off sale going for their last year model premier lines.Reel doesn’t matter as much, but do not skimp on the fly line, the more expensive stuff is so much nicer to cast.
Just be careful getting started in fly fishing. It’s a rabbit hole… this just the gear I took on a saltwater trip earlier this year. There’s 9 fly rods in this photo and there are just as many rods that I left behind.
Did you use your 7 weight for bonefish? I was using a sage maverick 8wt with a nautilus reel for bones today. I got 8 of them I think. Some just out cruising by themselves, some in schools.Went 7/9/12 and brought 3 each. Never took any of the backups out of their socks and it was too windy most days to mess with the 7wt.
Mainly because I spent 4 years acquiring equipment and overthinking every little thing when I finally got to go on this trip. Also knew there were some “first timers” coming on the trip so figured there would be some broken rods, etc.
13 guys total at the lodge and I believe there was one broken rod and a couple fried reels. I threw a 9wt probably 80% of the time.
My echo shadow 2 10’ 3wt is always the first rod I grab. Lately been using an echo trout 9’6” 6wt for run off heavy nymph rigs and streamers. Love both rodsI am in a minority here but I have a pile of rods and almost always take my echo carbon xl 10’ 3 wt. for the type of fishing you are talking about. I find the extra rod helps me keep my backcast high and it roll casts very well. With a 10’ rod a slightly oversized large arbor reel balances well and lets you pick up line in a hurry. The 3wt makes fighting small fish a lot of fun granted it does not buck the wind as well as a 5wt.
I used to buy most of the flies I couldn’t tie from BigYFlyCo. I heard about a company that paid prison inmates to tie flies but I can’t remember the name of the companyI used to purchase flies on the cheap from a site called angler’s dream dot net.