07-21-2013, 03:59 AM
[quote mojorizing][quote RockyRaab]It always made sense to me to skip numbers in rod weight. I have a 3, a 5, and a 7, for example. (I always was a little bit odd.) One could do equally well with a 2, 4, and 6, though. But if the "universal fly rod" is a 5, then there's little point in also owning a 4 or a 6 because they're just too close in performance. Or at least that's how it seems to me.[/quote]
With the technology that is put into today's fly rods, I feel that the 6wt. is or will take over as the "universal" fly rod. Most good rods in 6 wt. today, Winston, Sage, Hardy, Orvis etc. are lighter than 4 wt. rods of 5 years ago. And 4 wt. premimum rods are stronger than 5 wt. rods (and lighter of course) of 5 years ago too. If I were starting today, 6wt. and then 4 wt. would be my first choices. But like mentioned before, you can't have enough fly rods.
To me a 9' 6wt. and a 7'-71/2' 4 wt. is a perfect start. Then a couple more 4 wt.'s of different flexes and lengths, couple more 6's, an 8, maybe a 3 or 2wt. graphite and glass, then a bamboo 4 wt. from Sweetgrass, etc. etc. etc.[/quote] +1 I started with a 6 and then bought a 4. I want to get a 7 just so I can go after carp or musky without having to worry about a big boy snapping it.
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With the technology that is put into today's fly rods, I feel that the 6wt. is or will take over as the "universal" fly rod. Most good rods in 6 wt. today, Winston, Sage, Hardy, Orvis etc. are lighter than 4 wt. rods of 5 years ago. And 4 wt. premimum rods are stronger than 5 wt. rods (and lighter of course) of 5 years ago too. If I were starting today, 6wt. and then 4 wt. would be my first choices. But like mentioned before, you can't have enough fly rods.
To me a 9' 6wt. and a 7'-71/2' 4 wt. is a perfect start. Then a couple more 4 wt.'s of different flexes and lengths, couple more 6's, an 8, maybe a 3 or 2wt. graphite and glass, then a bamboo 4 wt. from Sweetgrass, etc. etc. etc.[/quote] +1 I started with a 6 and then bought a 4. I want to get a 7 just so I can go after carp or musky without having to worry about a big boy snapping it.
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