Larry L wrote:

Well, I just gotta ask .... what the hell do you do with a 1 wt rod? Years
ago, I gave up using a 2wt Sage I had because it didn't have enough
backbone to land a decent fish and, even now, when I break out my 3 weight I
nearly always regret it because someone, somewhere, exhales or sneezes and
the resulting breeze is too much G. Anyway, where, and what for, do you
fish that a one weight really makes sense as a fishing tool?

Inquiring minds want to know.

I have a 7'6" Orvis 1wt paired with a Hardy Flyweight. It is
my tool of choice when fishing tiny little streams for small
brookies. The wind is never a factor in a deep, dark North
Carolina holler and an 8" brookie (a *monster* trout in those
small, sterile streams) is a hoot on a 1wt.

I've also used it out West fishing high mountain streams for
small native cutts and in the small tribs of some well known
rivers in the UP for small brookies.

My 1wt has more fish landing backbone than you might think
and it's a good fishing tool for some circumstances.

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Ken Fortenberry