Gear

[Glenda]

Hi Jason
What should be in a fly fishers Arsenal please? By that, I mean rods, lines and flies for both, let's say, fresh and salt water.

I have a 4, 6, 8 & 10 wt rods (one of each only) but thinking of buying another 6 and a 7 wt. Reels-wise I have a four, a six that also converts to the eight and a ten. Lines are mostly floating with intermediate for the six and eight reels/rods.

Fly-wise, I have a load of trout flies.....all useless to me now but I have purchased some bass and Saratoga flies as well as a few clousers and deceivers which is more of what I need for salt water. I will also be learning how to tie my own salt water flies in the very near future.

TZ if you are reading this, could you please run a few fly tying sessions for salt water species?

[t.z.]

Hi Glenda ... I guess you should use this thread instead. - http://www.sexyloops.co.uk/theboard/vie ... 106&t=1857

Will see what I can do about saltwater stuff. Very imaginary things ... ;-)

[Glenda]

Thanks tz

[Jason Borger]

Hi Jason
What should be in a fly fishers Arsenal please? By that, I mean rods, lines and flies for both, let's say, fresh and salt water.

I have a 4, 6, 8 & 10 wt rods (one of each only) but thinking of buying another 6 and a 7 wt. Reels-wise I have a four, a six that also converts to the eight and a ten. Lines are mostly floating with intermediate for the six and eight reels/rods.

Fly-wise, I have a load of trout flies.....all useless to me now but I have purchased some bass and Saratoga flies as well as a few clousers and deceivers which is more of what I need for salt water. I will also be learning how to tie my own salt water flies in the very near future.

As before, I'll answer in paragraph order.

As far as arsenal goes, I'd acquire based on what you're doing (you can always add more! ) There are so many fly fishing possibilities that it's hard to buy a few items and have yourself totally covered. That said, what you've got can be extended with some line options and so forth to provide some solid light/mid fresh and saltwater usage. Really, look at lines, they can be the magic ticket to new angling opportunities.

Clousers and Deceivers are a good place to begin in general terms. Lots of fish (trout and bass, too) will eat those. Caught plenty of fish myself on both, and on variations of them, too.