Help getting started.

vincent p. norris wrote in
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Like your friends, although I own Sage, G. Loomis, and St. Croix rods
(among others), I find my self doing most of my trout fishing with my
7'6" Three Forks 3 wt. with the Cabela's reel.

Glad to hear some confirmation!

However under no circumstances would I recommend
getting the Cabela's brand line.

I bought my Three Forks as a package - rod, reel, line, backing, &
tapered leader - for $89 IIRC. I threw the line away after only a
couple of uses.

Sorry to hear you had back luck with the line, Bob. I've been using
my 3 wt. line for several years and an 8 wt for even longer, with no
problems.

Even the $20 Aquanova line made in Canada (avail @ several sites on
the Web) is far superior to the Cabela's line.

Thanks for posting that info, Bob. I'm glad to know about that, and
I'm sure others are too. When I need a line, I'll give Aquanova a
try.

....I had the same experience with the Cabelas line, threw it away and
bought their 25 dollar line, good stuff, probably on a par with Cortland
333 line. One thing I have not seen mentioned when recommending the 3
Forks rods (any weight it seems) their slow to medium action is preferred
over faster action for someone learning to cast. I love all my 3 Forks
rods for that reason. A suggestion, if you're going to go for the Three
Forks, the 8' 5 wt is a light, sweet rod for use on gills/crappie yet
will handle the occasional bass that comes along. This assumes you're not
fishing in thick weeds or a stump field. ;-)

Frank Sr.
Freaked out in Fremont