Joe,
That rod is very nice! I like the rod bag also!
Doug
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Joe,
That rod is very nice! I like the rod bag also!
Doug
Dammit I love that bag!!!!
I have an Orvis frequent flyer 7 pcs, 5wt, 9ft that I love. It's a fast action, and allows you to fish a wide spectrum of waters, lakes, big, medium and small rivers. It cast a bass fly as well as a 3 nymph flies or a small dry fly. I love it!! It packs at the side of the backpack, I put in the hood, the reel, a single small or medium size fly box, tippets, floatant and clippers and I ready to go. :D
Martin
HEY FOLKS - thanks for all the great suggestions!
There are so many options it's hard to know where to start so you've provided some very valuable insight!
I just got a gift certificate for father's day so I have some added incentive to go out and get one before I strap the backpack on and head for the hills.
Thanks for all your help and tight lines to you all!!!
I fish the high country quite a bit here in the NW. Rod I take most of the time is a Maryatt Packer, 4pc, 5wt. IMHO 4 or 5pcs. is sufficient for day and backpacking.
Hey Snow - thanks for the note back.
I have always thought that I needed a 7-pc, and it seems that some of the posters here have had great success with them too. Do you think a 4 piece is small/short enough? I guess it would only be about 2 feet long which is easy enough to strap onto the side or back of the pack.
I've had my backpacker guitar strapped onto my backpack quite a bit and have to believe that's going to be bigger than the flyrod case, especially if I go with something 8' or less which will probably be the case with some of the high mountain streams.
Thanks for the suggestion - I think I have a new idea of what to get!
Jim
Jim,
There are so many options! You should figger out what packing size you want, what weight and length rod, action, etc and go from there. Bet you won't just find one or two that fit your criteria! Good luck and enjoy!
Marty
Jim:
Just recently someone was raving about the Cabelas Stowaway series. I found a link here
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templ ... id=0029773
Looks like they have several rod/reel combos that break down to 15" to 23" long AND include a rod soft case. For actual backpacking you may want to make a solid rod case from a piece of PVC pipe and 2 PVC caps. Only glue on one end and just slide on the other. That would really protect the rod in your pack.
So where ya going backpacking?
Greg
I have used a 8' four piece strapped to the outside of my pack. It worked well. I now have a Hardy Smuggler that easily fits inside even a day pack. The Hardy is a little heavier, due its tube, however. I might try to make a PVC tube to lighten it up.
Cabelas Stowaway 7 peces!