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    What are you using for steelhead fishing -- primarily swinging and indicator as opossed to 'chuck & duck".

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    Quote Originally Posted by spike-2 View Post
    What are you using for steelhead fishing -- primarily swinging and indicator as opossed to 'chuck & duck".
    Varies depending on the river, fish, and conditions, so range is from a 6-weight to an 8-weight usually, 9'-11'. Usually lighter weights and shortish rods, because the fish are not that large, and the waters are relatively small. Larger rods and heavier weights are for when I head further north.

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    I have a 10' TFO Professional 9 wt. I got it specifically for Great Lakes steelhead.

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    I would recommend a 9' 7wt for that, but I have used everything from a 7' 1wt to a 9'6" 8wt. Many steelheaders prefer longer rods than 9' but the 9 footers work fine for me.

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    When I fish for steelies or salmon my number one choice is a Sage 9 foot 9 weight RPLXi. A fantastic rod.

    Larry ---sagefisher---

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    And mine is....Sage Xi3 9' 8wt. A fantastic rod. Got a great deal on it.

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    I use a 9' 6" 7 wt for Great Lakes Steelhead. I built it on a blank from Hook and Hackle that I purchased on a close out years ago. It is a medium-fast action. It has served me well, and the 7 wt is more than enough rod for fish to 32".

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    Ten foot Boron II, 7 weight. It was a gift . I use a 5 weight Skagit line,(line shoots like a rocket) a strike indicator and usually an egg pattern, although last spring smelt style clousers and black woolly bugger tube flies were the key.

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    Sage 8124; the best 2 handed steelhead rod made to date.
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    For Great Lakes steelheading I use 2 rods depending on stream size:
    - Sage Z-Axis Switch 11ft for 7 WT
    - Winston Spey 12ft for 7 WT

    For bigger steelhead like in upper BC I use a Sage Spey 14ft for 9WT.
    Max

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