Jarmo Hurri wrote:

I've given serious thougth to this fighting issue, and I wonder if the
situation would be a bit better with a medium-action rod. For me, in
the lower line weights, the action of the rod does affect how "big" a
fish feels. Might be just psychological, but I used to have a fast
4wt, with which the smaller fish felt smaller than with the
medium-action 5wt that I'm using now.

There's probably some merit to that idea. My 8-wt. is a Fenwick HMG
bought back in the early eighties. Its action is closer to fiberglass
than graphite, and it does make a difference in how big the fish feel.
When I pulled it out to practice-cast a while back, I had to totally
re-adjust my casting stroke for it.


Chuck Vance