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Post by ANDYCAMPING on Apr 11, 2007 19:10:21 GMT -5
So who makes a good one and are they a better fit for our area? Should I just bite the bullet and jump into a full blown double hander?
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Post by Steve Dobmeier on Apr 11, 2007 21:21:11 GMT -5
Switch rods are cool, but think about the water that you mostly fish and how. If you mostly swing flies with tips from 3IPS to 7IPS it may be in your best interest to go to a 12' 8 or a 13'7/8 cause they can handle the heavier tips than the switch rods can. Most switch rods are about 10.5 to 11 feet and usually a 6 or 7wt, which may not have enough back bone in them to bang out an efficient cast with those heavy of tips. Switch rods are nice if you mainly fish medium to smaller tribs and want to swing flies or dead dirft egg flies, but you can accomplish the same spey casts with a single handed rod on the samller tribs when fishing sink tips or dead drifting. Switch rods are nice in early fall when the jacks are in the creek cause I find them alot of fun to fish with a lighter rod, but if you like fishing bigger water, then a stouter double handed rod I think is the way to go. Do some research and really think about what you are looking for in a rod and how you want it to perform and the methods that you find the most productive when your out on the water.
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Post by Nick Pionessa on Apr 11, 2007 21:39:57 GMT -5
Steve's pretty much got it right there. if you fish the bigger water a doublehander is a fun and efficient way to do it while learning a new skill. the use of fast sinking tips, the ability to get down on big water and making many long casts in a day is where they truly shine. if you mainly fish smaller water simply learning to spey cast with whatever rod may very beneficial. the technique itself is definitely worth learning for anybody.
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Post by pendejo on Nov 26, 2007 14:05:01 GMT -5
So who makes a good one and are they a better fit for our area? Should I just bite the bullet and jump into a full blown double hander? the guys before me summed it up pretty well re: differences between switch and speys. i have a beulah 7/8 switch rod and lined it up with the matching elixir flaoting line that beulah sells. when i want to swing flies i add 10 ft polyleaders onto the business end of varying density to get the depth i want. i went with the whole shooting match and bought rio's versileader selection pack but you can buy individual tips from either rio or airflo aswell. then i just add 2 ft of mono and i am good to go. i find the switch is particularly usefull if i am going to be dead drfiting and swigning the same day. it does both jobs well in my hands but if you're going to dedicate yourself to swigning flies and using heavy sink tips all day then the spey rod route is the way to go. think about the type of fishing you do....if you like to mix it up then i see a switch rod in your future....ha ha. hope this helps.
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