Pete Knox wrote:
I've been a spinner fisherman for a bit of a while, and would like to get
started in flyfishing. I will be moving back to NJ in about a month, and
will mostly be fishing medium to large sized lakes. I have a free canoe,
that was given to my dad. I believe it is about 14', but I'm not 100%
sure. I have experience spin fishing from a canoe, but wonder how
practical it is to flyfish from one. Do I need to go up/down in line
weight and/or rod length/action to accomodate sitting down? I do also plan
on doing some stream fishing for trout(where I'll wade) and was planning on
a 5 or 6 wt, 8.5 to 9' medium-fast action rod. I was hoping I could use
the same rod on the lake in the canoe - where I would go after trout,
smallmouth, and the occasional other species (if lucky ). Is that
possible? Will it be harder as a beginner to learn to cast from the boat?

Lots of questions, I know.

Thanks in advance,

As others have said you should learn how to cast a fly rod
while standing before you attempt to use a fly rod in your
canoe. The only accomodation I make for fishing from the
canoe is a longer fly rod, for instance I'll use a 9' 3wt
in the canoe when bluegill fishing.

Your choice of fly rod sounds fine.

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Ken Fortenberry