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Re: All Points Bulletin;Newb Needs Help!
Geez y'all's windy! I agree with Steve's statement that a 9' 8wt would be a good rod for both your local bassing needs and for those pike up north. A 5wt and an 8wt will cover 95% of fishing needs in North America.
I actually learned to cast with an 8wt, and its not all bad. (Then again, i was a 240lb NCAA athlete at the time.) An 8wt will wear you out if you try to muscle it. An adage Rodney Dangerfield applied to another pastime important to us all applies here: "If it hurts, you're doing it wrong". When you make a cast that felt easier than usual, but then line went farther, you're doing it right, so keep doing that. That means you were letting the rod do the work, and it is going to be a better caster than you are, for a while anyway.
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