Thread: 4'7" rod used for flyfishing!

Originally Posted by deathb4disco

Just do what bxn did: get a cheap 5' UL spinning rod (like a Bass Pro Microlite) and put a fly reel on it. It'll work just as well.

i forget what i payed for it,but i found it at kmart years ago.wasn't much tho

Was at Cabela's a while back and picked up some of the short 2 and 3 weight rods. Not fishing trout or small waters, and mostly from a boat they were just a novelty. Cool as could be if you were a dedicated 'giller. They gotta be a ton of fun. Not cheap but extremely light in hand. They'd be a gas with a lightweight reel.

Originally Posted by deathb4disco

This is the danger in replying to old threads. I already posted this info a month ago! :o

Hey DB4D - it doesn't matter. Anyone who wants to fly fish with a five foot rod deserves what he gets.
Why didn't you suggest he use an 8-weight line and size 2 poppers with it?
I know a surgeon who could use the work.
(You could get a commission from it...) :D
Pete

Originally Posted by sneakypete

Why didn't you suggest he use an 8-weight line and size 2 poppers with it?

My mistake. I'm obviously slipping. :D

My newest rig is a 5-ft 2-weight... I bought it specifically to use on a small creek around here that has a ton of gills in it. Short casts are all that's needed to fish it. But let me tell ya... With that short of a rod, your leverage to "steer" fish is almost nil so you have to be careful around weed beds and structure. And a white bass will take ya for a bit of a ride! :D

Originally Posted by quivira kid

My newest rig is a 5-ft 2-weight... I bought it specifically to use on a small creek around here that has a ton of gills in it. Short casts are all that's needed to fish it. But let me tell ya... With that short of a rod, your leverage to "steer" fish is almost nil so you have to be careful around weed beds and structure. And a white bass will take ya for a bit of a ride! :D

True, you can't "steer" a fish very well with a short rod, but you actually have more leverage with one. That's why bluewater rods are short.

i've recently outfitted my tiny flyrod with size 2 wf fly line,and my issue of amount of line i can fit on the reel is solved!fits so much more of the size 2 stuff :D also i put power pro 5 pound test as my leader.can't wait to test it out!

bxn, Do you know were you bought that small Penn fly reel, 12.99 ? Or , even a model # & web site ? I would like to try that reel for ice fishing. Thanks, Don