Hi guys, I'm just back from Rock Lake near Kelowna Canada. It's up on the connector. I had a blast except that the 4th. waz windy with hail all day. Skunked out in the morning and sat by the fire all afternoon. The other two days I got 8 and 11 fish all from 2 1/2 to 5#. Couple of 5# just tore off line. One I lost got so much line out I couldn't believe it then started shaking and rolling and came off.
Shushi: No one peeves me off though sometimes I may sound like it, I'm a pretty cool guy.
I understand all fishing points of view,but like I say, I believe flyfishing and C&R is the future of our sport , so I'd love to make powerbaiting socially unacceptable....Right NOW.
Regarding the question someone ask about rod weights, heavier weights have their place,especially if you need to cast into a breeze dry fly fishing.
But I'm a proponent of ultralight flyrods. I land many big trout on a 2 1/2 oz. 2 wt. full flex rod from Orvis. It's very forgiving of my Steelhead reflexes when I'm chironomiding and get too excited. Only possible pblem asde from poor casting distance is you gotta let them run the first two or three lunges and like Microbrew mentions if theres weeds, well, kill that one goodby.
For a first rod for beginners I'd recommend a 4 wt. medium action if you're going to do any
Chironomiding....which you better around here.