Fishing The Fly Scotland
Index => Tackle Talk => Topic started by: Ben Dixon on 08/02/2013 at 09:14
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What salmon rods has everyone got in their arsenal?
Cheers
Ben
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What salmon rods has everyone got in their arsenal?
Nothing at the mo, but seriously thinking of a rod for the Don early and late season (rather than Finnock scaring !) so I will be interested to see what everyone uses. Not a priority for me so just a decent good value for dosh entry level Rod, Barrio Line and cheapish reel ( Orvis metal cheaper one ?).
Lindsay
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Hi Ben :cool:
Daiwa Whisker 15 footer, a Barrio 14 footer prototype that Sandy made for me a while back, Daiwa Signature 12 footer and an Orvis Access 11ft Switch :z16
Cheers
Mike
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Nothing at the mo, but seriously thinking of a rod for the Don early and late season (rather than Finnock scaring !) so I will be interested to see what everyone uses. Not a priority for me so just a decent good value for dosh entry level Rod, Barrio Line and cheapish reel ( Orvis metal cheaper one ?).
Lindsay
Hang on a month or two Lindsay, there is an entry level MacKenzie coming along and maybe even a Barrio Spey line :wink
Cheers
Ben
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d/handed rods:
14 foot 9/10wt Orvis Streamline
11 foot 6wt Access switch
or, in other words,
- one 'normal' salmon rod
- one light-weight double hander for mucking about
One observation - I really found it more fun & less tiring to play about with the switch rod for learning or practising d/handed casting techniques.
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one 15' Bruce & Walker Norway Speycaster 9/10
one 13' 8/9 built on a CTS blank
0ne 11'2" Mackenzie 7/8 switch rod, waiting for a Barrio switch line, hint, hint
Irvine
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Just a lonely vision catapult 14ft 9/10 for me,
Jonathan
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0ne 11'2" Mackenzie 7/8 switch rod, waiting for a Barrio switch line, hint, hint
Irvine
Hi Irvine :z16
We manufactured what is hopefully the final Switch prototype with a couple of tweaks this week and these should arrive here over the next few days ........ all going well, I should be able to order the stock soon :wink
Best wishes
Mike
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Hi Irvine :z16
We manufactured what is hopefully the final Switch prototype with a couple of tweaks this week and these should arrive here over the next few days ........ all going well, I should be able to order the stock soon :wink
Best wishes
Mike
Awesome
My Winston B11mx 11'6" 6wt is desperate for the Finished 6wt light Spey, after devouring the prototype.
My Big stick is a DTX 15ft std. I can almost, even cast it a bit :z4 :z4
Sandy
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A few switch rods in there.....
I'm particularly interested in the rod length & line weight. Would anyone care to share the lines they use in the other thread?
I've got & regularly use
15' #10 DTX G2
14' #9 DTX shooting head rod
13' #8 DTX shooting head rod
15' #10 DTX shooting head rod
11' #7 Helios Switch
15' G2 gets the most action followed by the 13'er
In the cupboard but not often used mainly for reasons of being irreplaceable rather than because I don't like them!
Daiwa Alltmor 15' 10/12
Daiwa Alltmor 17' 10/12
DTX 18' #11 - casting toy
Cheers
Ben
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Hi Irvine :z16
We manufactured what is hopefully the final Switch prototype with a couple of tweaks this week and these should arrive here over the next few days ........ all going well, I should be able to order the stock soon :wink
Best wishes
Mike
:z14 :z18 :z16I'm sofa king happy
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Hi Irvine :z16
We manufactured what is hopefully the final Switch prototype with a couple of tweaks this week and these should arrive here over the next few days ........ all going well, I should be able to order the stock soon :wink
Best wishes
Mike
Mike
Need any help testing the prototype? :z12
Just to make sure it suits a Mackenzie as much as it does a Helios :wink
Irvine
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Hang on a month or two Lindsay, there is an entry level MacKenzie coming along and maybe even a Barrio Spey line :wink
Cheers Ben, but was hoping to fish asap ! What sort of price point will the entry McK be OOI ? Might still be too much for me as I will defo be part-time Salmon angler !
Cheers,
Lindsay
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15 foot Fibatube 10 weight
14 foot Greys 9/10
12 foot 6 inch Guideline 8/9
10 foot 8 inch Batson Rainshadow 5
On order, 11 foot Pac Bay Quickline 7 weight. I can see this being my go to rod for most of the seasons double handed work.
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Cheers Ben, but was hoping to fish asap ! What sort of price point will the entry McK be OOI ? Might still be too much for me as I will defo be part-time Salmon angler !
Cheers,
Lindsay
Hi Lindsay,
Will be about the £300 mark I think, there are other rods out there for less but buy once only if you can and don't buy crap! If you are in need of a rod to tide you over for a short while, give me a shout I'm sure I will have something I could loan you.
Cheers
Ben
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At the moment I'm down to 'just' the Mackenzie DTX 15' .... but I do have a shopping twitch :z7
Might nip up and see Scottie this week :wink
H :z3
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Guideline LPXe 13' 8/9
Guideline LPXe 15'. 10/11
But my favourite is my Scierra H M VII. 13' 8/9
Iain
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Whatever Hamish lends me! :z7
I don't do enough salmon fishing these days to buy another one (yet). If I did come into money then I quite fancy a 14 footer, in #9, simply because I always found a 15 footer to be a bit over gunned for a lot of the waters that I've had access to. I always thought that a big #10 or #11 demanded to be chucked to the other side rather than just fish the water. :z4
I am currently playing around with a single hander that, if it does what I want it to, will become my salmon rod. Here's hoping!
:z1
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Sage TCX 9140
Sage TCR 9129
T&T 1409
Sage VT2 8139
Redington CPX 8133
Greys G Series 14' 9/10wt
Echo 12 6wt
Some older Sage 14 foot 9 wt
I'm missing a couple but you get the idea, I'm completely fooked. Hope whatshername doesn't see this.
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14ft Loop Yellow Line, 9/10 wt
14ft Wychwood Trufly, 9/10 wt
12ft Daiwa Whisker, 8/9 wt
Will hopefully have a 10ft 8 inch, Batson Rainshadow 7wt switch built for my summer/low water fishing soon.
Cheers,
Dan
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Just got around to having a good look through this. Quite surprised that a 15' is not top of the list, a lot of shorter stuff in there.
Cheers
Ben
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Ben,
Up until 2 weeks ago I had a Vision 15 foot catapult.
This is now replaced by the Mackenzie 15 foot
Also a Peregrine 15 foot 10/11n
Hardy Gem 15 foot 10
A pair of Bruce and Walker Norway Speycasters 15 foot 10/11
And a 14 foot Mackenzie 8/9
I use both the Mackenzie rods as first choice depending on location and time of year and water height and size of fly required to turn over. Generally the 15 footer in spring an back end and the 14 footer for summer.
I may be adding a switch rod soon depending on road testing first.
Eddie.
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I used to fish a 14'er pretty much all the time then started playing about with long lines on the 15'er for the sake of it and now every time I go back to a 14 it just feels a little short. Funny as a 13'er just feels like a 13'er if you know what I mean.
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Ben,
I know what you mean. I feel seriously under gunned in the spring with high water with the shorter rod and with heavy tubes.
Eddie.
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Ben,
Up until 2 weeks ago I had a Vision 15 foot catapult.
This is now replaced by the Mackenzie 15 foot
Also a Peregrine 15 foot 10/11n
Hardy Gem 15 foot 10
A pair of Bruce and Walker Norway Speycasters 15 foot 10/11
And a 14 foot Mackenzie 8/9
I use both the Mackenzie rods as first choice depending on location and time of year and water height and size of fly required to turn over. Generally the 15 footer in spring an back end and the 14 footer for summer.
I may be adding a switch rod soon depending on road testing first.
Eddie.
Please try to make the Hardy the LAST choice! A) it only works well in my hands. :-P and B) I think it's still my turn to break it (again).
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I have built up quite a selection over the years.
18ft
B&W Powerlite Speycaster #11
16ft
B&W Powerlite Speycaster #9-10
B&W International Speycaster #11
Daiwa Alltmor (original version) #10-11
15ft
B&W Double Speycaster #10-11
B&W Norway Speycaster #9-10
Loomis GLX #10-11
Loomis IMX #10-11
Mackenzie DTX #10
Daiwa Alltmor Orator #9-11
Daiwa CF98 #9-11
Bloke XL-50 #10-11
14 1/2ft
No Limits #10-11
14ft
Sage III Euro #9
Sharpes Impregnated Spliced Cane, with spliced ferrules
13 1/2ft
Sage III Traditional #7-8
13ft
Mackenzie DTX #8-9
Partridge Ian Gordon #8-9
Airflo Delta #8-9 (surprisingly good if underlined with a 7-8 line)
12 1/2ft
Sage III Euro #9
12ft
Sharpes split cane, brass ferrules
11 1/2ft
Loomis GLX switch #8-9
Also an 11ft switch rod I made up by adding an extension to an old Sparton single hander.
At this time of the year, I mainly fish with the 15 and 16ft rods. The Sage 14ft rod is my go to summer rod for larger rivers, the 13ft Mackenzie is a recent purchase and the Loomis switch is excellent for low water on medium or smaller rivers in addition to single handers.
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:z4
That list almost makes me feel normal!! Shit, that really is a lot of rods :cool:
Fished my Alltmor 15' 10-12 last week on the Dee, still really nice rods even now.
Cheers
Ben
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Holy crap Graham :!
That's a better collection than most shops carry :shock
H :cool:
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Hi Folks.
11' 6" Vision Pult GT4.
13' Guideline Lpxe.
14' Vision Pult GT4
14' 8" Guideline Lecie fast action (10/11)
15' 9" Guideline Lecie medium fast action.
17' Daiwa Amorphous whisker, not cast this old heavy lump yet, got a 72ft Snowbee 3D in 11/12 to play around with this once the ice age buggers off.
C
P.S. Abreviated vision name as i couldn't be arsed writing the whole thing