On Apr 2, 9:21 am, "Wayne Knight" wrote:
On Apr 2, 12:09 pm, rw wrote:

My Alaska fishing book recommends a
slow-action 10wt or 11wt. Any opinions about that?

Winston used to sell a line of rods they called the BL5. Salt water
rods with verry sof actions. If you could find one on the used market
that sounds like it would be just the rod you need.

Spend the big bucks and buy a 10wt Ugly Stick fly rod. Get some old
movies of the commercial tuna fisherman when they used 1, 2 or 3
bamboo poles to catch tuna ( before they were all netted). Your
fishing is going to be more like that than your favorite trout
stream. Even those s_ _ __ y ugly sticks work better than a broken
Winston.