Fly fishing survey-need your input, please..

[WarrenP]

A friend of mine who lives here in Tennessee but spends at least 3 months in Montanna every summer, was at our Lynchburg Fly Fishing club meeting last night and he is doing a survey to collect input and I decided to post his questions here and see what input you all provide and I will forward the results back to him. I think the survey will provide some very interesting results and I am looking forward to what you all provide.

Here is the survey:

You are going to fly fish a body of water that contains equal numbers of rainbow and browns. All fish are 14" long. Your questions are:

1. Which species would you prefer to fish for:

A. Rainbow ____ why?________________________

B. Browns____ why?__________________________

C. No preference of one over the other____ why?_____________

2. What weight rod and what length would you use?
(please do not state rod brand or action, just weight and length)

Rod Weight ________ Rod Length _________

3. What would your leader length be?

Leader length_______

4. What would your tippet length be?

Tippet length _________

Thanks to all that respond to this.

[Uncle Jesse]

1. Which species would you prefer to fish for:

A. Rainbow _X___ why? Seems like they jump a little more and are just prettier to look at; blondes vs brunettes both are beautiful

B. Browns____ why?__________________________

C. No preference of one over the other____ why?_____________

2. What weight rod and what length would you use?
(please do not state rod brand or action, just weight and length)

Rod Weight __5 wt. & 3 wt._ Rod Length ___7' 6"______

3. What would your leader length be?

Leader length___6'____

4. What would your tippet length be?

Tippet length ____1 1/2'_____

But I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to trout fishing.

[Cold]

1. Which species would you prefer to fish for:

A. Rainbow ____ why?________________________

B. Browns__X_ why? Like Jesse, I think they're prettier...

C. No preference of one over the other____ why?_____________

2. What weight rod and what length would you use?
(please do not state rod brand or action, just weight and length)

Rod Weight ___3____ Rod Length __7'-9"__

3. What would your leader length be?

Leader length__5 1/2'__

4. What would your tippet length be?

Tippet length ___2'____

[bobbyg]

A friend of mine who lives here in Tennessee but spends at least 3 months in Montanna every summer, was at our Lynchburg Fly Fishing club meeting last night and he is doing a survey to collect input and I decided to post his questions here and see what input you all provide and I will forward the results back to him. I think the survey will provide some very interesting results and I am looking forward to what you all provide.

Here is the survey:

You are going to fly fish a body of water that contains equal numbers of rainbow and browns. All fish are 14" long. Your questions are:

1. Which species would you prefer to fish for:

A. Rainbow ____ why?________________________

B. Browns_X___ why?_More selective to the dry fly_________________________

C. No preference of one over the other____ why?_____________

2. What weight rod and what length would you use?
(please do not state rod brand or action, just weight and length)

Rod Weight __4 ounces______ Rod Length __8 foot_______

3. What would your leader length be?

Leader length__12 foot_____

4. What would your tippet length be?

Tippet length __approx. 2 foot_______

Thanks to all that respond to this.

I prefer to fish more still waters.

[Clay]

Warren I know that surverys are suppose to weed out many variables, but how many of us would make a decision on those questions, we would need more imput to make a decision.

For instance I fish many small spring creeks, those places I usually choose my 3 wt as my go to rod and very occationally take a 4. I will be fishing for trout tomorrow. perhaps in that bag will be rainbows, known as steelhead in this larger river and for big lake run browns as well as salmon. Two trips ago I took my 8 wt and that wasn't enough juice for the king salmon so last time out I took my 10 wt. I actually just placed an order yesterday for a 9 wt for that application.

In other words species are the same, completely different applications. The steelies are very shy in moving water and I can throw a 6' leader/tippet combo with a 15 pound break strength, on small spring creeks with the situation calls for it I will throw up to a 12' leader tippet combo.

Unless I know what kind of water and what size fish are to be expected, I really can't give you an answer to your simple questions.

I'm not try to give you the business, just trying to show you that the real decisions that we make, have more input.

Rick

[modocdan]

1. Which species would you prefer to fish for:

A. Rainbow ____ why?________________________

B. Browns_X___ why?_Don't get chances at them often, and they seem a
little more aggressive
C. No preference of one over the other____ why?_____________

2. What weight rod and what length would you use?
(please do not state rod brand or action, just weight and length)

Rod Weight __4______ Rod Length _____9'____

3. What would your leader length be?

Leader length_6'______

4. What would your tippet length be?

Tippet length 2'
...........................................ModocDa n

[Dave E]

I'll play.

Browns or bows? I'd prefer a mix.

Why? Variety is the spice of life. A whole day of cookie cutter 14" bows would be beyond boring to me.

Rod wt. & length: 9' - 4 wt.

Leader: 9' - 5x.

Tippet length: N/A, I use leaders as packaged and don't add tippet to start.


I agree with Rick about the ambiguity of the situations. So my answers are based on a probability, without knowing any particulars.

Best, Dave

[JohnScott]

Warren -

Nothing like making an old dog ( that would be me ) learn new tricks, i.e. figure out how to work with your survey. Good for keeping the brain working smoothly.

1. Which species would you prefer to fish for:

A. Rainbow ____ why?________________________

B. Browns____ why?__________________________

C. No preference of one over the other__XX__ why?____they are both trout_________

2. What weight rod and what length would you use?
(please do not state rod brand or action, just weight and length)

Rod Weight ___3_____ Rod Length ___7'6"______

3. What would your leader length be?

Leader length___approx 5' thread furled leader____

4. What would your tippet length be?

Tippet length ____3-4' of 4X_____

This assumes that I will be fishing a small to medium size stream / river under calm conditions with smaller flies, most likely a dry fly with a dropper until one of them takes a notable majority of the fish, then I would go that fly only.

For bigger water, bigger wind, and bigger flies, especially larger nymphs which I often fish tandem, I would up the ante to a 9' for 5 or 7, regardless of the size of the fish in the system.

John

[Silver Creek]

1. Which species would you prefer to fish for:

A. Rainbow __X__ why?___They are acrobatic and I like fish to jump.

B. Browns____ why?__________________________

C. No preference of one over the other____ why?_____________

2. What weight rod and what length would you use?
(please do not state rod brand or action, just weight and length)

Rod Weight ________ Rod Length _________ How large is the water and is it open terrain or forested? Is the water deep, shallow, riffled, pooled? Am I wading or floating?

3. What would your leader length be?

Leader length_______ Ditto

4. What would your tippet length be?

Tippet length _________ Ditto

[Cold]

Clay, he specified 14" fish. It doesnt take out ALL the guesswork, but it eliminates steelies, salmon, and other big lake-run fish.