southflflyfisher
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I'm looking to get a nice 3/4 wt reel for under 150. Also wanted to know if i should go with a 3wt or 4wt rod.
I use a 6wtA 4 weight rod will be more than enough for bluegill. No reason for you to get a 6 weight.
The Sage RPL 7' 9" 2 wt is perfect in this regard. I wrapped one for myself some years back and it has become my "go to" panfish rod. Light and alive like a good 2 wt should be but throws foam spiders on a wf3f with authority. I once landed a largemouth well over 8 #'s on that rod. ( Guess I wont get to test that again thoughI'm waiting for some company to market a really good two weight fly rod.
That is one which has a true #2 tip and enough butt in the rod so that the rod works as a fly rod should and not like a piece of rubber.
Think about it, when a rod bends way down to two feet above the butt you have more leverage in torque against the fish than if it were stiffer. That's the principle of a stand up rod.
However when you flex a rod and the bend goes way down into the butt section you really have no lever to accelerate the cast, the rod flexes up and down when you finish your stroke and it throws sine waves in the cast requiring a longer stroke just to get them out.
When the rod bends that far down into the blank during the loading, you can minimize the "wobble" after the rod unloads by releasing the pressure on the handle, but this requires a lot of concentration.
Loomis made a 7'9" #2 which was pretty good back 15 years ago but their 6' one was way too limber in the butt section.
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