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<blockquote data-quote="RidgeHunter" data-source="post: 715325" data-attributes="member: 4319"><p>Gillman, I made a typo last night.</p><p></p><p>I fish an 8'-6" rod most of the time, not 7'-6" although I own both. I find the 8'-6" to be much more forgiving.</p><p></p><p>I would not go any shorter to start out with. Even a 9' like J.P. said would not be a bad idea at all. </p><p>Shorter rods, to me at least, are harder to cast, especially when just starting out.</p><p></p><p>Another good affordable rod is the Sage Launch series. I alomst bought one as my last rod before I found RDP, I handled the Launch beforhand and like my RDP better, but the Launch is a great rod for the money, gets lots of good reviews.</p><p></p><p>I have had good luck with Ross Reels, even their cheaper models are satisfactory.</p><p></p><p>As far as flies, I fish only a handfull of patterns most of the time. Woolly Bugger, sculpin patterns, thread jig, San Juan Worm and other worm patterns, Beetles, Ants, Elk Hair Caddis and alot of terrestrials and Zebra Midges are my main fodder. I LOVE fishing hoppers in warm weather, nothing like a trout just crushing a big ugly bug on the top of the water.</p><p>The foam spiders people fish for bluegill with will just drive trout crazy sometimes too, even though a purist would never be caught dead with stuff like that in his box. I don't care, I've caught dozens of trout on foam spiders May-Sept.</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the misleading rod length typo, this heat is gettin' to my brain!<img src="/images/smilies/new/yikes2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yikes2:" title="Yikes2 :yikes2:" data-shortname=":yikes2:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RidgeHunter, post: 715325, member: 4319"] Gillman, I made a typo last night. I fish an 8'-6" rod most of the time, not 7'-6" although I own both. I find the 8'-6" to be much more forgiving. I would not go any shorter to start out with. Even a 9' like J.P. said would not be a bad idea at all. Shorter rods, to me at least, are harder to cast, especially when just starting out. Another good affordable rod is the Sage Launch series. I alomst bought one as my last rod before I found RDP, I handled the Launch beforhand and like my RDP better, but the Launch is a great rod for the money, gets lots of good reviews. I have had good luck with Ross Reels, even their cheaper models are satisfactory. As far as flies, I fish only a handfull of patterns most of the time. Woolly Bugger, sculpin patterns, thread jig, San Juan Worm and other worm patterns, Beetles, Ants, Elk Hair Caddis and alot of terrestrials and Zebra Midges are my main fodder. I LOVE fishing hoppers in warm weather, nothing like a trout just crushing a big ugly bug on the top of the water. The foam spiders people fish for bluegill with will just drive trout crazy sometimes too, even though a purist would never be caught dead with stuff like that in his box. I don't care, I've caught dozens of trout on foam spiders May-Sept. Sorry for the misleading rod length typo, this heat is gettin' to my brain!:yikes2: [/QUOTE]
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