Iam new to fly fishing and this year Iam going to fish the Rea brook in Shrewsbury ,what rod reel combo should I use,many thanks ,Phil

Welcome to the Forum redial.


I use an old 7' 9" #4 outfit for similar situations, some go shorter.

Have a read of: Small Stream Fishing - Fly Fishing Forums lots of good ideas there.

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Save the softmouth trout

What have you got already?

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

If you haven't got an outfit that can be adapted they you might want to check out the Fladen Vantage rods. They do a 7' #3 that will be fine for brook fishing for not a lot of money.
I have a Shakespeare professional DT4F line ice blue colour surplus to requirements. It has been used about a dozen times so plenty of fishing left in it. Yours FOC if you want it, PM me. It will be fine overlining the above rod on short casts.
Regards,
Dave.

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I only have one fly rod 9ft reel 4/5.

That will be perfect.

You can find out about some of the fishing you are about to do here.

Click over to July and start at the beginning to get a fuller picture.

Do you have a floating line? If you have and it is a bright colour, my advice would be to change the colour to a dark brown. Have you got a long handled coarse fishing landing net? Polarised spectacles? A drab coloured hat with a brim? You don't need much else...

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

Morning David thanks for your reply and kind offer , please let me know the postage cost and Ill send it. I have just retured to fishing after many years . Thanks again, Yours in sport, Phil Harvey.

Richard, is it really necessary to target new members with your subjective opinion on the need for drab lines when dry fly fishing in an attempt to get a sale? Can't you leave it in the retailer section where it belongs?

Business members rules:

Exactly! And Olive is nicer than Brown! But the colour wont matter when you've got in-to the grove so to speak! I have a 7ft, Fladen Vantage! Bought it when they first came out, a few years back. Real value for money and they fish nicely.

Have a look on the "Small Streams Thread" Plenty of information (re Brook style fishing) on there.

Welcome to the forum BTW.

Mostyn

Save your money. Stick with the 9 foot it will be perfectly adequate until you have more experience of where you are going to be fishing.