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Mornin' to y'all.
I hope everyone is having a great day so far!![Big grin :D :D](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
Question for you, I need a recommendation on a line selection.
I few months ago I acquired a cane rod (bamboo). I cast it a few times with two different lines, a 6wt and a 5wt. I liked the action of the rod with the 5wt line and it handled it just fine. The 6wt kind of felt overpowering to me, but then again, I don't have too much experience with lines, over-lining, line selection, etc. Hence the need for this thread.![Big grin :D :D](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
Anywho, so I have the rod but didn't have a reel or line for it. The rod is kind of older and has that sweet old-school look, feel, and soul to it. :dance: It is awesome!!
I was looking at some reels to put on it but all the modern reels kind of clash with it .... at least the ones in my price range ....![Roll eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png)
But then I remembered, when my great-grandfather passed away a year or so ago, my mom was given a bunch of his stuff. One of the things she gave to me. It is a Pfluger 1494 1/2 DA fly reel. It still has the original box (kind of beat up), the instructions on how to change the retrieve for left & right hands, and something else. It has never been used and the reel is in very very good condition!!! I am not too familiar with Pfluger reels but hear the name tossed around here and there from time to time. All I know is that they have been around for quite some time, right?
So I have a reel that I think compliments the cane rood. The reel feels kind of old school to me and so does the cane rod. They look pretty good together!
But now I need to get a line for the setup. I am not sure what the reel is designed for, 5wt, 6wt, 7wt, etc. Is there a way I can determine what line would work better for this reel? I am hoping that a 4wt (possibly under-lining the rod), 5wt or at the most, a 6wt (possibly over-lining) would do the trick.
I realize that really, I could pretty much place the line that I want on it, and in the end that is what I will pretty much end up doing. But reels are typically designed to match a certain line wts or a range of certain line wts.
Any thoughts as to the matter?
Also, I need to figure out which line to go with, as in brand and model. SA, Rio, Airflo, etc....... Any suggestions or recommendations? Again, this is going on a bamboo rod that I will be using for trout fishing on small to medium sized streams/rivers.
Any input you have is greatly appreciated!! Thanks everyone for your help and good luck out there!!
Take care.
-Spydey
I hope everyone is having a great day so far!
![Big grin :D :D](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
Question for you, I need a recommendation on a line selection.
I few months ago I acquired a cane rod (bamboo). I cast it a few times with two different lines, a 6wt and a 5wt. I liked the action of the rod with the 5wt line and it handled it just fine. The 6wt kind of felt overpowering to me, but then again, I don't have too much experience with lines, over-lining, line selection, etc. Hence the need for this thread.
![Big grin :D :D](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
Anywho, so I have the rod but didn't have a reel or line for it. The rod is kind of older and has that sweet old-school look, feel, and soul to it. :dance: It is awesome!!
I was looking at some reels to put on it but all the modern reels kind of clash with it .... at least the ones in my price range ....
![Roll eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png)
But then I remembered, when my great-grandfather passed away a year or so ago, my mom was given a bunch of his stuff. One of the things she gave to me. It is a Pfluger 1494 1/2 DA fly reel. It still has the original box (kind of beat up), the instructions on how to change the retrieve for left & right hands, and something else. It has never been used and the reel is in very very good condition!!! I am not too familiar with Pfluger reels but hear the name tossed around here and there from time to time. All I know is that they have been around for quite some time, right?
So I have a reel that I think compliments the cane rood. The reel feels kind of old school to me and so does the cane rod. They look pretty good together!
But now I need to get a line for the setup. I am not sure what the reel is designed for, 5wt, 6wt, 7wt, etc. Is there a way I can determine what line would work better for this reel? I am hoping that a 4wt (possibly under-lining the rod), 5wt or at the most, a 6wt (possibly over-lining) would do the trick.
I realize that really, I could pretty much place the line that I want on it, and in the end that is what I will pretty much end up doing. But reels are typically designed to match a certain line wts or a range of certain line wts.
Any thoughts as to the matter?
Also, I need to figure out which line to go with, as in brand and model. SA, Rio, Airflo, etc....... Any suggestions or recommendations? Again, this is going on a bamboo rod that I will be using for trout fishing on small to medium sized streams/rivers.
Any input you have is greatly appreciated!! Thanks everyone for your help and good luck out there!!
Take care.
-Spydey