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Old January 18th, 2006, 07:15 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Default Sources for shortish, heavier weight rods?

There are pods of carp, sizeable carp (a good few easily in the 30+ inch
range) cruising one of the spring-fed creeks I routinely fish for sunfish,
vacuuming up eggs from the nests of the afforementioned sunfish. I'd like
to thin the carp population a bit and I reckon that it would be more fun on
a fly-rod than if I resorted to bait and spinning tackle.

The size of the carp and the abundance of tree roots in the stream have me
thinking that a 7-weight or better would be called for. It's mostly a
narrow stream with high-banks and tunneled through low-hanging tree limbs.
Even roll-casts are touchy with an 8' rod. A seven and a half foot 7 or 8
weight would seem to fit the bill, but nine-foot seems to be the starting
length for rods of that heft in all the catalogues I've found so far.

-Doc


 




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