A few good Bgs on a fenwick 535 w/ DT 3 line

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bill0215	A few good Bgs on a fenwick 535 w/ DT 3 line	Lead	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 282 (12/02/09 11:38:11) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Try underlining your glass rods. this rod can go down two line weights as well as up,
Cornmuse		#1	[-]
Posts: 954 (12/02/09 19:45:22) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm jealous! "Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each." - Henry David Thoreau Visit www.flyfishohio.com for great fly fishing and fly tying articles, the "Adventures in Fly Tying" monthly video podcast and the "Adventures in Fly Fishing" monthly audio podcast. The Midwest isn't a place you fly over to get to good fishing - it's right here in our own backyards. Think globally - fish locally.
corlay		#2	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 1200 (12/02/09 19:55:58) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	bill0215 wrote: Try underlining your glass rods. this rod can go down two line weights as well as up, I received a Sage quiet double taper #3 in the mail yesterday (thanks tonemike for the tip!...) and immediately tried it out on my 5'10" Riffle 3/4. I am very new to lines lighter than #5, and all I can say is that with a #4 that rod is pretty nice, and with a #3 it felt as though I had tied the line to the end of a stick! (no offense, Tenkara!) Big difference between a #4 and #3, I've discovered. Much more noticeable than the difference between a #5 and #6, for example. I see now why many folks consider lines lighter than #4 very specialized. Especially if there is any breeze about. But under the right conditions, I can see how a #3 can really lay a dry fly down with finesse! Building a 6'6" Diamondglass #3 right now. Need to experiment some more.... "From my observations I think that most of us spend too much time worrying about our tackle and too little time learning the intimate characteristics of the fish and streams we fish most." - Ray Bergman Trout, New York: Knopf 1938
halfhitch	How about that!	#3	[-]
Sport Posts: 6 (12/02/09 20:04:00) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wonderful pictures. Great fishing. I love bluegills too. It's funny that you should mention underlining. I have three fiberglass rods, an FF75 5/6 wt, a Diamondglass 7' 3pc 3wt, and a South Fork 8' 5wt. After experimenting with these rods for over a month, I have found that I like them all underlined by one line size. This seems odd to me because most people overline their rods, but I just love the way these rods perform underlined by one weight. I am glad to see that someone else underlines besides me. I was beginning to think I was weird or something!
mdwwhw		#4	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 706 (12/02/09 21:27:45) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Regardless of the line weight, that has got to be one sweet little rod. "Everything's better when wet...." Steve Miller Band
keebranch	Lighter lines have their place for sure	#5	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 1092 (12/02/09 22:03:39) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	corlay wrote: bill0215 wrote: Try underlining your glass rods. this rod can go down two line weights as well as up, I received a Sage quiet double taper #3 in the mail yesterday (thanks tonemike for the tip!...) and immediately tried it out on my 5'10" Riffle 3/4. I am very new to lines lighter than #5, and all I can say is that with a #4 that rod is pretty nice, and with a #3 it felt as though I had tied the line to the end of a stick! (no offense, Tenkara!) Big difference between a #4 and #3, I've discovered. Much more noticeable than the difference between a #5 and #6, for example. I see now why many folks consider lines lighter than #4 very specialized. Especially if there is any breeze about. But under the right conditions, I can see how a #3 can really lay a dry fly down with finesse! Building a 6'6" Diamondglass #3 right now. Need to experiment some more.... Corey, The Jeannie is out of the bottle- it won't be long before you're pushing the envelope. Everyone one I know who has used lighter wt rods has sought to find the right action and feel in these weights. Sometimes I'll go back to a 3wt sage of mine and it feels like a cannon. It's all very subjective. Les Ultralight fly fishing forum Creek guy and light liner
GRASSNGLASS		#6	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 239 (12/11/09 13:14:45) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Maybe glass rods had line weight to make them perform like the bamboo rods they replaced. That is they would bend pretty far down the rod. I think with the lighter line weights that we're now trying we are trying to make them feel like the graphite rods that they are now being used to replace. Barry
russell husted		#7	[-]
Master Guide Posts: 224 (12/11/09 17:48:33) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	i just purchased a 535 from all, and it is sweet. i didn't like my line, so i will be experimenting to fing that right match. will let you know what i come up with!!! thanks again alan, for the rod!! Fly fishing is not the only part of the adventure!! The Fly Fishing TroutBum http://flyfishingbums.ning.com/
WatercolorMan		#8	[-]
Guide Posts: 58 (12/12/09 11:13:22) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Russell I knew you would love that rod its very special. It performed real well with a Sage Quiet Taper II WF3-F for me. The lightest line I had . . . It just may be Fenwick's biggest little sleeper in the light line arena. Enjoy Alan
midmofly		#9	[-]
Guide Posts: 51 (12/12/09 18:38:10) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Way to go Bill----you are further north than I am but the ponds around here are frozen over---keep the fish and pictures coming Tight Lines Gary

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A few good Bgs on a fenwick 535 w/ DT 3 line

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