Beginner question.

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I live near the Rocky River in Northeast Ohio. Right
now there are steelhead in the river and it has caused people fishing
down there to act as aggressive as the fish they are after. So I fish
it in the Spring through early Fall and target smallmouth and
bluegills. The smallmouth are in the 10"-16" range and put up a good
fight.. I'm looking to buy a new rod and am trying to decide between a
5 or a 6 wt is there a considerable difference?.

The difference is as small as any between rod sizes.
You should probably consider:
1. How big and how small will your flies be? A size 6
line can cast as small as #18 (smaller than you will need
on the Rocky R.) but would be hard put to cast a streamer
larger than #4 all day long.
2. What length of rod suits you best? On overgrown streams
7 feet and a half is long, but on lakes 8 feet is short.

In your place I would look for a size 7 outfit 8.5 to 9 feet
long. This will fish (all day) streamers up to #2 and dry
flies as small as #16. It is important to buy from a local
retailer who will let you try the whole outfit (including
reel and line) to be sure it is well-balanced and light and
responsive in the hand.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

i would consider using a pole about 12m-24 meters out in the deep
waters were the fish will be spawning.
And feed casters and a light ground bait so when it hits the surface of
the water it breaks up, and will create a cloudy atmospher in the
water.
And fish maggots over it beacuse the fish will copmet over them and
will increase your bites

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i would consider using a pole about 12m-24 meters out in the deep
waters were the fish will be spawning.
And feed casters and a light ground bait so when it hits the surface of
the water it breaks up, and will create a cloudy atmospher in the
water.
And fish maggots over it beacuse the fish will copmet over them and
will increase your bites

Personally, I would use a 600 meter pole, as this would allow me to reach
the river without the bother of leaving the rear stoop. But, to each his
own, I guess.

Wolfgang
who hopes it shouldn't be necessary to point out that all other
considerations aside, the lighter weights....say a 3 or a 4....are much more
manageable over the course of a long day's fishing as the length of the rod
increases.

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i would consider using a pole about 12m-24 meters out in the deep
waters were the fish will be spawning.
And feed casters and a light ground bait so when it hits the surface of
the water it breaks up, and will create a cloudy atmospher in the
water.
And fish maggots over it beacuse the fish will copmet over them and
will increase your bites


yuk... something about this just doesn't seem right to me. and it's not
just the "fish maggots"... is this what y'all call "coarse" fishing?