Which rod?

Hi,
I'm a novice. I fish trout. I'm very satisfied with this season's action.

The trout here go up to 20 lb. rainbows and 6-7 lb sea-run speckled.
River, stream, and a small lake fishing.

I have a rod (7/8) I bought at Walmart, and a Martin Mountain Brook reel.
I caught a 8-1/2 lb. rainbow yesterday, and I wonder about my rod.

I saw fishers using light rods this season, and I wonder which rod or rods
to buy for next year.

I want to buy a decent rod.
I'm 66 yrs old( I can't believe it!), so I don't expect more than 4 years
more fishing. (that means, I don't want to spend all my pension on a rod!)

If you can advise me, that would be splendid!
I knoe there's a lot of experience and expertise in this newsgroup.

Thanks,

-- Lionel

"Lionel F. Stevenson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Hi,
I'm a novice. I fish trout. I'm very satisfied with this season's action.

The trout here go up to 20 lb. rainbows and 6-7 lb sea-run speckled.
River, stream, and a small lake fishing.

I have a rod (7/8) I bought at Walmart, and a Martin Mountain Brook reel.
I caught a 8-1/2 lb. rainbow yesterday, and I wonder about my rod.

I saw fishers using light rods this season, and I wonder which rod or rods
to buy for next year.

I want to buy a decent rod.
I'm 66 yrs old( I can't believe it!), so I don't expect more than 4 years
more fishing. (that means, I don't want to spend all my pension on a rod!)

If you can advise me, that would be splendid!
I knoe there's a lot of experience and expertise in this newsgroup.

Thanks,

-- Lionel



Well Lionel, if you are satisfied with the setup you have, then why change?

For fish of the calibre you are targetting, a #7/#8 rod is quite
appropriate. You could go down to a #6, or even a #5, there are plenty of
reasonable rods at low prices available. However, it is not usually a good
idea to try subduing large fish on light gear. One can do it of course.

For a while various low priced rods from Cabelas were recommended on here.
You could try one of those. It is not at all necessary to buy expensive
gear.

TL
MC

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:43:35 GMT, "Lionel F. Stevenson"
wrote:

I'm a novice. I fish trout. I'm very satisfied with this season's action.

The trout here go up to 20 lb. rainbows and 6-7 lb sea-run speckled.
River, stream, and a small lake fishing.

I have a rod (7/8) I bought at Walmart, and a Martin Mountain Brook reel.
I caught a 8-1/2 lb. rainbow yesterday, and I wonder about my rod.

Let's see.... 20 pounder, 6-7 pounders, 8.5 pounder. Hmmmm. You
seem to be doing ok, Lionel. A 7/8 would be perfect for such fish. I
wouldn't change a thing. If you go to a lighter ron, i.e. a five
weight, you would be over-stressing the fish trying to land it.
However, if you want to buy a lighter rod, 4-5 weights, think about
catching smaller fish.

Dave

I'm a novice. I fish trout. I'm very satisfied with this season's action.

The trout here go up to 20 lb. rainbows and 6-7 lb sea-run speckled.
River, stream, and a small lake fishing.

I have a rod (7/8) I bought at Walmart, and a Martin Mountain Brook reel.
I caught a 8-1/2 lb. rainbow yesterday, and I wonder about my rod.

Let's see.... 20 pounder, 6-7 pounders, 8.5 pounder. Hmmmm. You
seem to be doing ok, Lionel. A 7/8 would be perfect for such fish. I
wouldn't change a thing. If you go to a lighter ron, i.e. a five
weight, you would be over-stressing the fish trying to land it.
However, if you want to buy a lighter rod, 4-5 weights, think about
catching smaller fish.

I agree with Dave and Mike. With that kind of fishing, I could come and
help you out, bring a few rods, some flies...
Sounds like you've found some dream fishing location. Your setup, weight
wise, is fine. You might want to look at better quality down the road, but
your skills development will be on of the deciding factors.

--
Frank Reid
Euthanize to respond

"Lionel F. Stevenson" wrote in
:

Hi,
I'm a novice. I fish trout. I'm very satisfied with this season's
action.

The trout here go up to 20 lb. rainbows and 6-7 lb sea-run speckled.
River, stream, and a small lake fishing.

I have a rod (7/8) I bought at Walmart, and a Martin Mountain Brook
reel. I caught a 8-1/2 lb. rainbow yesterday, and I wonder about my
rod.

I saw fishers using light rods this season, and I wonder which rod or
rods to buy for next year.

I want to buy a decent rod.
I'm 66 yrs old( I can't believe it!), so I don't expect more than 4
years more fishing. (that means, I don't want to spend all my pension
on a rod!)

If you can advise me, that would be splendid!
I knoe there's a lot of experience and expertise in this newsgroup.

....see my post to your first post :-) Only 66? **** boy, you gotta lot of
livin'/fishing to do yet...I'm pushing 73 and don't plan on quitting
anytime soon, the secret to a long life is hang out with much younger
wimmin, don't drink Bud, and find humor in life, everyday. And some other
stuff I can't remember. (sigh)

Frank Sr.

In article ,
"Lionel F. Stevenson" wrote:

Hi,
I'm a novice. I fish trout. I'm very satisfied with this season's action.

The trout here go up to 20 lb. rainbows and 6-7 lb sea-run speckled.
River, stream, and a small lake fishing.

I have a rod (7/8) I bought at Walmart, and a Martin Mountain Brook reel.
I caught a 8-1/2 lb. rainbow yesterday, and I wonder about my rod.

Geez, alot of non novices here wish they could catch 8 1/2 LB rainbows
My biggest rainbow is 6-8 pounds, and that was a steelhead. I did
catch a 5 pound 20 inch rainbow on a dry tho. On a size 18 parachute
adams. Too bad I wasnt using a size 20 parachute


I saw fishers using light rods this season, and I wonder which rod or rods
to buy for next year.

I want to buy a decent rod.
I'm 66 yrs old( I can't believe it!), so I don't expect more than 4 years
more fishing. (that means, I don't want to spend all my pension on a rod!)

If you can advise me, that would be splendid!
I knoe there's a lot of experience and expertise in this newsgroup.

Thanks,

-- Lionel



--
Somewhere in Texas a village is missing their Idiot.

Hi Lionel,

Where are you?

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA

Web site: www.kiene.com


"Lionel F. Stevenson" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I'm a novice. I fish trout. I'm very satisfied with this season's action.

The trout here go up to 20 lb. rainbows and 6-7 lb sea-run speckled.
River, stream, and a small lake fishing.

I have a rod (7/8) I bought at Walmart, and a Martin Mountain Brook reel.
I caught a 8-1/2 lb. rainbow yesterday, and I wonder about my rod.

I saw fishers using light rods this season, and I wonder which rod or rods
to buy for next year.

I want to buy a decent rod.
I'm 66 yrs old( I can't believe it!), so I don't expect more than 4 years
more fishing. (that means, I don't want to spend all my pension on a rod!)

If you can advise me, that would be splendid!
I knoe there's a lot of experience and expertise in this newsgroup.

Thanks,

-- Lionel

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"riverman" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Can anyone tell me how to filter out people when using Google.groups?

--riverman


As far as I am aware, it is not possible. You are actively calling up a web
address when you call up the group, and there is apparently no way to filter
this.

The only filter which google has is a pornography filter.

TL
MC