"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
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Bob La Londe wrote:

Scott, thank you. I might just take you up on that some time. I've got
family in Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. Actually I was checking out my
gear and trying to decide what I had that I could use and what I needed
to go after bass in the Gila from my post on "Fly Fishing For Bass."
That river doesn't look huge from the pictures I posted, and its not, but
I have caught bass upto about 5 lbs out of that river in similar
conditions. I already figured a 2x or 4 x tippet I use for stocker trout
would be useless except for donating flies. I've got some tapered
leaders from 6-12 lbs coming. I also chased down a 7 weight floating fly
line that should handle those bigger flies used for bassing. I think the
one I have on my trout rod is a 4wt. I have another decent floating line
coming with the leaders.

I may be misunderstanding you here, but if you are thinking about
putting a 7-wt. line on a 4-wt. rod, you should re-consider. At best it
won't cast worth a damn, at worst you'll break your rod.



No. I have three flyrods. A 4wt a 5wt and a 6/7wt.

As to the heavier line... LMs tend to like heavy brush. When torunament
fishign for bass I have most of my rods spooled up with 20-30 lb braid, and
my flipping rigs are spooled with 50. I only have a few rods spooled with
plastic line (Flourocarbon) for ultra clear water cirumctances. Then the
lightest I use is ten pound.

Thanks. I am quite sure an expereinced angler may be able to downsize and
catch bass or other bigger fish just fine. I have landed 12lb stripers on
6lb test on spinning tackle. In this case I think I need to downsize after
getting more experience first.


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