In article , Tom Nakashima
writes
I was wondering if anyone here owns and cast a 10' 7wt. fly rod?
I've tried a 9'6" and thought that was a bit long. Most of my fly-rods
are under 9'. I was wondering about the casting control of the 10'er.
Heard the extra length was good for mending characteristics.
Comments?
-tom



I used to fish with a 10'-6" Kunnan 7/9 weight rod for still water
fishing. It was a very fine rod but as time went by and I got older I
became more used to using my 9' -6" Kunnan which was aslo 7/9 weight.
neither rod was too heavy to handle and could produce a good long cast.

My next purchase was a 9' 9" Daiwa - again 7/9 weight.

Nowadays I have become so used to fishing with a John Wilson 9" , 8 wt
rod that the others aren't comfortable any more.

Basically it depends on what sort of fishing you want to do. For long
casts and not too much emphasis on presentation then go for a long rod
of 7/9 wt. I use a wt forward #8 line on my rods.

I notice from many postings on ROFF that you guys frequently use lines
as light as #4 or 5# something that we don't use too much in the UK.

BTW for my river fishing I use an 8'-6" rod with a #6 DT ot #7 WSFline.
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Bill Grey