hi
im looking to get a rod that will do me for seatrout in wales mainly the towy
what do people here use or recommend and why
im thinking 10ft 7wt rod, im using a vision gt4 at the moment
something to cast big flies
cheers
macca76

ive had them all but i have been using a scott e2 10 ft 8 weight for three years now and i love it a 10ft 7 weight is the norm but i like the heavier rod for surface lures and fishing the deep pools

Sage SLT 10' #8

Out of production for quite a while, a great rollcasting rod for the Sewincaster range of sink-tip lines.

If you are get a chance call in to West Wales Tackle in the town centre of Carmarthen. The guy there fishes sea trout and knows what he is talking about. If I remember correctly he has some test rods you can actually try out before spending your money

I prefer a #7 line and use them on either a Fulling Mill Gold 10', a Bloke XL50 10', or a Caudle & Rivaz 9' on the smaller rivers. For bigger flies I use a #8 line on a Caudle & Rivaz 10' or a Winston 9' 6".

The Bloke apart the common feature is a through action as I think fast actioned rods rip hooks out of fresh run fish too often.

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I think that the choice of rod is the last of your worries,,,,Finding and persuading the beggars to take the fly is more of a challenge Personally I use a redington 9ft 7wt... But on another river that could be totally unsuitable....


Andy


Fly fishing North Yorkshire

Amen to that Andy. 9'6" rated 7# has been my weapon of choice for 30 years of sea tout fishing, as for brand, meh - whatever you're comfortable with.

It depends really, if theres room to get an overhead cast in I'll just use 10ft loomis glx d 7 weight. Otherwise I'll use a cheap 10ft 7 weight rod and roll cast with it where theres lots of over hanging braches and vegetation. The rivers I fish are not really maintainted and are pretty narrow as it is, so with all the branches and stuff hanging over roll casting seems to be the order of the day and I prefer a softer rod for this with either a mid to tip action or a through action. I think a 6 weight upwards will be fine though for sea trouting, and the possible salmon.

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Many say "The best big sea trout rod in the world!"

I have one; but can only do my trick Snap 'T' from certain left bank pools, usually on the Conway.

Elsewhere it's a 9' 6" #7, lighter if not a big fish river. I don't have one but a boat 10' #7 should be perfect.

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Save the softmouth trout

Fly size and weight drives the line size. Normally it's a 9ft 6 6/7 which I use with 7 weights as I only need short casts. For 90% of my fishing this is ideal however it struggles with the largest and heaviest flies that I use especially when spey casting. I've just bought a more powerful rod for heavyweight fishing but I don't think it will be used often.

Rods are a personal thing but nearly all seatrout fishers that I know use rods between of 9ft 6 or 10 feet 7 or 8 weights.

The only thing I would strongly advise is that you avoid fast actioned rods like the plague if you need to spey cast - and most of us do. They are truly awful unless you are very precise with the D loop placement. Unfortunately overhanging trees have no concern for our problems and a through actioned rod is much better at casting from less than perfect positions.