saltwater fly rods

[DR]

i am thinking of dabbling in fly fishing, to those that are into it, what is the preferred fly rod weights to use for saltwater ??

[Duyz72]

I think you will find it depends on what you are intending on chasing.
There are quite a few blokes here who flyfish so they will have more input than I could.
I use a little fresh outfit for picking up mullet or gar, not too game on trying it out on something of considerable size just yet.

[cammac]

Yep depends what yr chasing!
5-7 weight in the estuaries. outside 7weight and beyond! ;D

cheers Cam

[Rocket439]

Redington make a good, cheap combo in a 7/8 weight. i got mine for 150 bucks and have caught small river trout to large lizards on it. combo comes 9ft rod & reel loaded with 20lb dacron backing, 8WF Int line and a 6lb tapered leader.

[cammac]

hey rocket what model and where did u get it?

cam

[Rocket439]

hey rocket what model and where did u get it?

cam
its the crosswater series and i got it from a tackle shop in wollongong (ern webbs)

[DR]

thanks for the replies fellas....

[kirin]

Also looked at the redington crosswater fly rods. Fly guy at TW raves about it. Uses one himself.