Seeking Recommendation for Sea-Run Cutthroat Taper

[tapermaker]

thats the description of the rod i am currently making . A 9043 Granger w/ a fighting butt to switch cast a 210 grain shooting head. or when the backcast is free use a 5wt line and single hand cast. At 5 .25 total rod weight w/ ferrules its suitable for both .

[Don Andersen]

Don,
I’d like to build a rod like that. I’m sure some others would too.
—
Frank

Edit: I see there is an 8'3" 6wt Bokstrom taper in Gould's Tips&Tapers book. Is this the one?

Hi,

I’ll check Rays book against what John gave me and post result.

Regards,

Don

[Don Andersen]

Guys,

Just checked and the one I used and John’s are the same.
Hollowed out version that I modified is different.

Don

[BigTJ]

Having done a lot of SRC fishing in the satl chuck I can say the following:

A switch/Spey taper rod is not a good choice - you are constantly sight casting in different directions 2 handers are terrible for this kind of fishing.

An aggressively hollowed 3-piece 9 to 9.5’ single hander for a 6 wt line is ideal. I would adapt a Granger 9660 or Powell B/C taper for this application.

In rivers a light trout Spey - say a 10.5’ 3 or 4 wt (equivalent to 6/7 wt single hand)- would be a good choice to complement the above rod for streamers / wets but not totally necessary. The single hander would be my go to for nymphing.

Under certain conditions - glassy water and no wind- an 8 or 8.5” 4 or 5 wt is a blast.

Remember the #1 rule of SRC fishing - keep the fly moving. Even in rivers they want the fly stripped on the swing. They aren’t steelhead.

An OPST is a good choice for river fishing but I wouldn’t want one in tidewater they are clunky and make a lot of surface disturbance. Maybe OK for searching on a windy day.

John