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Spydeyrch
Mornin' to y'all.
I hope everyone is having a great day so far!
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.
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 ....
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!
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.
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 ....
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
