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Posts: 243 10/22/2009 21:32 |
jz2 wrote: What line for the Howells? |
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teter |
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Posts: 1445 10/24/2009 00:28 |
This is my all-time favorite rod size. There are many nice choices posted here. The 8642 and corresponding Phillipsons are my babies; I fish them more than
anything else. the Leonard 50 1/2 would be next on my list of 8 1/2-foot 5/6 weights.
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jz2 |
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Posts: 324 10/27/2009 19:00 |
alistair, 6 wt on the howells
also forgot to mention my 8.5 3/2 5/6wt 1930's tourament |
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Posts: 52 10/27/2009 20:13 |
I have an older E. F. Payne that is 8 1/2 feet. It casts a 5 wt with remarkable smoothness and accuracy. It is probably a 204, being 3 piece and a little under
5 oz. I love the slow loading, and there aren't many 8 1/2 footers for which I would trade it. DR
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Horton Creek |
Mike Clark's Gierach Best 8'6" | #45 | ||
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Posts: 623 10/27/2009 20:50 |
My favorite 8'6" rod for 5/6 is my Mike Clark Gierach Best Special taper rod.
I used it today because my plan was to walk and fish upstream for a mile using a dry fly with a DT5. Then swittch spools and fish a 250 grain sink line and streamer fish while coming back downstream. It is the most versatile rod I own. I caught the largest trout I have ever caught on a dry while at the Colorado Conclave this past summer and I have landed/horsed some good size browns away from logjams while streamer fishing here in Ohio. It is a medium action rod that does dry, nymph, and streamer very well. There are specialty rods that fish say a streamer better or land a tiny dry perhaps a little more gently but I have not fished a rod quite as versatile as this rod. For the money I agree Phillipson's (med/fast) and Grangers (med) are excellent versatile rods as well. My Phillipson Power Pakt did a very good job switching between drys and streamers when I floated the Gunnison a few years ago. I would like to cast a Limestone special someday as I have heard good things. Jeff |
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webcay |
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Posts: 28 10/27/2009 21:08 |
Not much can beat a Phillipson Dry Fly Special IMHO |
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canenut |
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Posts: 647 11/02/2009 12:59 |
Granger 8642, Heddon 2F or Phillipson Powr Pakt
I still have the Grangers and Heddon. Should have kept the Powr Pakt too. 
The trout takes the fly, the line tightens and it's like I was blind, but now I
see.
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alistair59 |
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Posts: 248 11/03/2009 01:07 |
Horton Creek wrote: Jeff, were you using a DC 250 grain 24ft tapered sinking tip line on the 5wt? I normally use a 7wt rod for that line (and for the 200 grain), and often feel like I should be using an 8wt. Do you have any pointers on using the 5wt rod to effectively handle that relatively hefty line? Thanks, Alistair |
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Hap |
Re: Favorite 8 1/2 5/6 wt | #49 | ||
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Posts: 99 11/03/2009 07:50 |
I have only fished a Goodwin Granger & a few Wright & McGill 8642's so I really don't have much to compare them to. Maybe I should feel
deprived.
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canenut |
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Posts: 649 11/03/2009 10:13 |
Forgot to mention my 8'-6" Leonard Tournament with reverse English snakes made late 20's or early 30's. It is a great rod and I fish it with a
WF6F, an old silk line of a WF6I sink tip. Wonderful casting rod.
The trout takes the fly, the line tightens and it's like I was blind, but now I
see.
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alistair59 |
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Posts: 250 11/03/2009 10:50 |
canenut wrote: It might be greater and cast more wonderfully if you replaced your snakes with Fuji's... 
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HighMeadowFarm |
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Posts: 106 11/03/2009 22:24 |
I'd throw in a Jim Reams 8 1/2 5 weight hollow built which has become my go to 5 weight rod. His waiting list keeps getting longer which stinks as I want
to order another rod from him.
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wefishcane |
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Posts: 844 02/05/2010 13:21 |
Of the limited 81/2' five weight rods I have owned and fished the two that come to mind are the Winston and Brandin. And of those two I preferred the Brandin, perhaps due to the hollowbuilt tips which seemed to give it a more lively action.
Jim
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krautcaster |
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Posts: 174 02/06/2010 19:51 |
Dave Norling´s 8´7" hollow-built 5wt.: Extremely light, smooth but precise and full of soul!
Mike Clark´s Gierach/Best Special Taper 8´6" 5wt.: What a great taper. What this rod can´t do will NEVER be needed in any trout fishing situation... Dave Kenney´s J-2 (8´6" 3-pc. 5wt.): About to take delivery (Dave?!) but fished it once: sublime, powerfull and a bargain. Andy |
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fishbates |
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Posts: 108 02/06/2010 21:59 |
payne 204 or my payne 205 are both really nice, also my 104L is very sweet, but maybe more a 4wt rod i will have to do some more testing,
and ofcourse my EC Powell, b taper is just like heaven, wish i had not sold my faster version of this rod a year or so ago, a more b/c taper rod cant wait for my 50 1/2 leonard to be restored, i just got a three piece maslan Powell rod and cant wait to fish her once the river melts dave
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softstick |
re: Favorite 8 1/2ft 5/6wt? | #56 | ||
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Posts: 674 02/06/2010 22:07 |
Modern day rodmakers in this range I really like my Carpenter Browntone 8' 6" 3/2 #5. The one rod I held on to. For classic tapers I prefer a hollow built Payne 204 and the afore mentioned Granger 8642.
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Posts: 1109 02/07/2010 19:47 |
krautcaster wrote:Andy, That is a very nice rod. I've used that rod when fishing with Dave. Another nice rod by Dave is the 8'3" 5 weight. It loads a little faster with a 5 weight line. one could almost use a 4 weight line on it. |
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wb4tjh |
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Posts: 592 02/09/2010 22:35 |
My favorite is also a Limestone Special, but mine is an Orvis graphite I bought back in 1979. My longest bamboo is a hollowbuilt Dennis Stone 8014.
Bill Anderson, SW Missouri |
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