salwater fly fishing outfit
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A 9-10 weight are your best bets for line size. I'd recommend a Teeny line like a T300 to start. Try the rod before your buy it. Sage and Loomis make great but expen$ive rods; not for everyone's budget. Temple Fork makes a good rod for a first timer. Don't spend huge bux for the reel, look into a used one. Spend your money on casting lessons, good flies, good flyline.
Hope this helps,
Pat
Hope this helps,
Pat
I would lean more toward the 10wt, it will be better in the fall and if you use it on a boat with sinking lines. Also a good rod for albies. A quality rod is important but if I was you get a good reel. You will need a reel that will hold 200-250 yards of backing and has a good drag.
FLY
I vote for a 8wt 9' , 3 or 4 piece, with
a intermediate line. Look at a SAII 8/9
# reel, and as mentioned the rod is key!
Check this out:
I sent my wife to FF classes last year$$, but she didn't keep practicing, and lost a 30-40# tarpon a couple of weeks ago in the Cayman's. The guide spent the entire morning with her working out what she was doing wrong, only to lose
a fish cause she didn't bow or let go of the spool handle on the jump. This was a $400 fly fishing on-the-water lesson!
I spent $100 on Bone, Tarpon, Permit fly's, $300 on a 4 pc fly rod, $100 for
bonefish flyline and backing, $100 for a spare spool, plus another $100 to fill it, $75 vest (you got to look good)
$50 for a flats hat.... ect.....
My advise is "DON'T DO IT!"
Jay
I vote for a 8wt 9' , 3 or 4 piece, with
a intermediate line. Look at a SAII 8/9
# reel, and as mentioned the rod is key!
Check this out:
I sent my wife to FF classes last year$$, but she didn't keep practicing, and lost a 30-40# tarpon a couple of weeks ago in the Cayman's. The guide spent the entire morning with her working out what she was doing wrong, only to lose
a fish cause she didn't bow or let go of the spool handle on the jump. This was a $400 fly fishing on-the-water lesson!
I spent $100 on Bone, Tarpon, Permit fly's, $300 on a 4 pc fly rod, $100 for
bonefish flyline and backing, $100 for a spare spool, plus another $100 to fill it, $75 vest (you got to look good)
$50 for a flats hat.... ect.....
My advise is "DON'T DO IT!"
Jay
If U want a cheap but a decent way out try a ugly stick 9 10wt. With a cortland 200d. Thats what i used befor i made my own sage 10wt still use the cortland 200d. U may even want to think about the 12 weight shark and tuna start to run close to home. Tight lines
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