am heading back from ireland soon, after a few years over here chasing salmon i have built up a handy collection of single and double fly rods, i was wondering if anybody on the bay has tried a 12ft or 14ft double for the mac's or longtails, not only can you pump out a fair wack on a overhead cast, when there are few on board a spey cast could be used, just wondering as im a bit attached to my sage rods by now, any thaughts from some old sea dogs on this, cheers boys...
Atlantic Salmon
you'll be lucky - if I were you, sadly I'd keep your best one and try and sell them in Scotland / Ireland.
My guess is Spey rods (double handed fly rods) are not understood except by salmon fishers
Atlantic_salmon,
I am yet to hear of anybody using these rods out of boats on tuna or other heavy fish.
I reckon the challenges might be in managing that much line successfully, and landing a big tuna which is circling under the boat.
If you enjoy using them, no doubt you'll find scenario's where they will be ideal. Give it a go and give us a report
Voltz
its hard to let a sage rod go. my fly rods are sage( only 2 of them) 5 weight and got a 10weight for the tuna and other palergics. i just couldnt part with them. shoulda had the 10weight out today..was in the middle of a mac tuna frenzy. check out the reel attached cant wait to hear it scream
daniel
mmmm. do one post get 3 up! lets try that picture again. either the site is playing up or its me.
That looks beautiful - what is it ?? 0 Modified - just read it - How good are the Hardy reels ??Originally Posted by fishface
yep 0 modified hardy angel 10weight.
life time garantee so i figure they must be ok
Out of interest, how much backing can you fit on that reel?
Wessel
thats a great reel all right, a good mate of mine over here has splashed on the 6/7 for sea trout, the only gripe he has with it is it is to good to be using in the middle of a river at night with a unstable fotting and a good flow, sea trout are best fished for at night on s sparsely tyed black fly.
might give the double hander a crack, you can control a 15lb plus salmon like a dog on a leash by changing the angle on it, where as a salmon of the same size would have you in the backing on a single hand rod, sounds like a good excuse for a fishing trip to me...
if i remember right there is just under 300mtrs of backing
daniel
Hi Atlantic,
As soon as I saw the title of your post I thought of Ireland and spey casting, I'm from Dublin living in Sydney
I fished a 12ft double hander a couple of times on the Slaney but am by no means an expert however as others have said their application in Oz is probably limited..Fom a boat thge line amount and length of rod could be aproblem. Possibly casting for smabos or more tropical species further north from the beach could be the go??
Theres a guy selling 14ft double handers on the gold coast under the name Talon. Theres a link to him on aussiefly. He designs them and has them made up to his specs OS.
Hes happy to meet people and give them a demo, as hes usually out around Mermaid canals most arvos. I had a few goes with these rods, and I love em. They are easy to cast. A few guys are using them for broadwater/seaway, and even surf/offshore. I think this will grow as more people become aware of thier advantages.
Andrew
He goes by the name of Uncle Barry!
I must remember that my perceptions are not everyones. Couldn't agree more however that the advantages of a spey rod are fantastic
Hey atlantic salmon i am in ireland at the moment over here for a year i a, down in cork have looked at joining a club for fly fishing are you a member of any and if so was it hard to get in ,i have contacted one club but they said i had to be living in the town even though it is just down the road.
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