Matching reel and line/rod weights. What can one get away with?

Dan wrote:
Thanks RW,

I do appreciate the advice from you and everyone else here. However, that
said, right now I don't have the equipment to go fishing at all and using
the time until I do to ask questions to enable myself to make the best
decisions about equipment seems rational.

And yes, Mr Miller's advice did seem good.

There's a quaint and, IMO, effete tendency among flyfishers to suppose
that gear is, if not everything, then maybe upwards of 90% of
everything. Gear matters little, the opinions of ROFF's self-proclaimed
gear whores notwithstanding. You'll need a rod, a line, a leader, and a
fly. A reel (any reel large enough) would help a lot, but it's not
absolutely essential for the trout fishing you'll be doing. (Sierras,
right?)

Don't fall into the trap of gear-whoredom, Dan. You will never recover.

P.S. Although you only need "a fly" at any one moment, I suggest you
take some spares. :-)

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