Which bamboo for big western trout?
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Re: Which bamboo for big western trout?
#41Nice looking rod Derald. What are the main construction features of the blank?
Re: Which bamboo for big western trout?
#43Big rivers, high water: Dickerson 8014 clone.
Big rivers, not so high water: Alan Kube 8'3" quad for a 5wt.
Smaller rivers, lower water: Sweetgrass Mantra, penta, 8' 4/5 wt.
Big rivers, not so high water: Alan Kube 8'3" quad for a 5wt.
Smaller rivers, lower water: Sweetgrass Mantra, penta, 8' 4/5 wt.
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Re: Which bamboo for big western trout?
#46I fish the same rods in MT that I do here in WV. This year I used a hollow built 8’ 6 weight that have been using for bass. Most of the time I use a modified 7613 taper
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Re: Which bamboo for big western trout?
#47Echoing what bluesjay says, above, along with teter, imaterp2, & andre49, regarding classic rods that are widely available. I've fished an A&F (Phillipson) Firehole all over Yellowstone, an 8642 on the Missouri, and a 9050 on North Platte.
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Re: Which bamboo for big western trout?
#48I like 6-wts for big trout water. Dickerson 8014, 8615 (I made mine hollow and it is sweet) or 861711. I also like the Dickerson 901812 7-wt.
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Re: Which bamboo for big western trout?
#49Don't fish out west but if I went tomorrow I would carry my Art Weiler 212E and a couple of reels spooled with 6wt lines to match the fishing I intended to do. Also have a Leonard 51 and a Leonard 4099 1/2 that would work as well . The 51 is an 8 wt and the 4099 1/2 throws a 6 or 7 .
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Re: Which bamboo for big western trout?
#51Jack ,what a lunker! And I’ll bet on the Tongue, you weren’t fighting crowds. Nice.
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#52I think some of the differences in opinions are because "big rivers" in the West are not necessarily all fast, deep or brawling rivers. Places like the Henry's Fork, Missouri, Bighorn and others have slower moving and shallow water with hatches of small flies and fish much like large spring creeks. You don't need a 6 or 7 wt. to handle the large fish there, though you may want those heavier sticks for big flies, streamers, or bobbers and beadheads. There are certainly those big western rivers where big flies, long casts or lots of stuff at the end of your leader call for heavier rods, but it's a bit of a misapprehension to think you need a 6 or 7 wt. to fish the West - it all depends on where you fish.
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#53I guide and fish on the Bighorn river. I’ve been guiding Robert Bolt for 15 years and discussed the need for a rod that could handle large fish,wind, long cast. He came up with the 8ft 3In rod he calls the Gude rod.like I said in a earlier post I have fished Hoppers, Green and Brown drakes, Baetis and midges with this Rod on the Fork and Bighorn.His workmanship is top notch and makes every component on the rod.
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#54One of the things about the bigger western waters, especially the three that Nelson mentioned is that there is a lot of water for the fish to run. I hooked a large rainbow on the North Platte a few weeks ago that had me to my backing in no time. I was able to land and release the fish quickly but I'm wondering if a reel with a better drag than my Hardy Perfect would have been in order. Maybe we should be talking reels as well..
Re: Which bamboo for big western trout?
#55I use Hardy Perfects to land 10 to 15 lb steelhead. Quickly. There's no reason to introduce disc-drag reels into the equation IMO (they belong on carbon fiber rods;-)