Fly fishing beginner help!!

[Kyfoster11]

I was wondering if someone could help we with a weight rod and length I should start with? I will be fishing for panfish and small bass mainly, but need something to land the occasional 2 or 3 pounder. Any combo choice ideas for under $100 would be great.

thanks for any help

kent

[Turkeygirl]

Can't go wrong with Cabela's...I have two rods from them....and reels. They make decent rods and reels on the lower $ side. I'm somewhat a beginner still,lol. My suggestion, for what you'll be fishing, would be a 5 or 6wt...probably in the 7 - 8 foot range. I just got a 7wt, 9 foot rod for steelhead. I also have a 5 wt that is I think like a 7 ' 6" length that I use for trout and panfish.

Cabela's has a couple combos for under $100 I believe.

There's a few other guys on here that should give ya some good advice as well!

[LifeNRA]

Try this one. I have it, for a starting outfit it works great! Just on Saturday I landed a 20 inch carp with it! LOL! I foul hooked it, none the less it handled the load quite well! Its the five weight, four piece, 8.5 foot. But if your seriously getting into bass only I would not get just a five weight. I would something in the 7 or 8 weight. But then that will be too heavy for panfish or trout.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0051114320440a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntk=Products&QueryText=three+forks+combo&sort=all&N=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form23

Edited February 22, 2010 by LifeNRA

[Kyfoster11]

So a 5 or 6 wt. about 7.5 to 8 ft. would be fine for what I need?

thanks for the help

kent

[Turkeygirl]

I think so. I battled some steelhead last weight on my 5wt....I got a couple in...tricky though! I'd say go with a 6wt....nice inbetween weight.

I'd say go with a Cabela's...check their Bargain Cave...I picked up my 7wt rod and reel combo for $60.

[muggs]

I'd get a 4 weight rod. Personally, I like to have a little bit lighter rod so I can play fish on it. Even with a 4 weight, you're not going to be able to feel any panfish. If you get up over 6, you're going to be way heavy and you'll be able to horse fish in.

[LifeNRA]

Its too hard to have just one rod to cover all bases, sure you can do it. But after having this 5 weight, now I want something lighter, like a three weight maybe. But I know if I was hard core bass fishing with a fly rod, it would be a 7 or 8. I used an 8 weight years ago, strictly for bass.

[flyrod64]

I've never used my flyrod for bass but I have a Fenwick 5 wt I use trout fishing. I have landed some pretty nice trout with it and I have also had fun at some bluegill ponds.

[MichiganHunter]

if your going to mainly gill fish and only once and a wile pick up small bass like 12" and under I would stick to the lighter side of rods....makes the fight more fun....say 5 weight...I have a few, 4 weight for my gill fishing 5 weight what I started out with and a new 8 weight I bought last year and used to catch pike in canada.