OK....some great advice out there. Here are my thoughts...and I fish for bass with a 6wt rod. First, pick up a 6 weight bass taper line. Your rod will do fine. Will you lose the occasional football in the Lilly pads? Sure....but that is part of the fun. The main limitation of the line weight is the size fly you can fish. You will be limited to 6's & 4's tops in poppers. Avoid wood and stick with hair poppers for the 4's. Smaller flies generally mean smaller bass when dealing with bucket mouths. But smallies not so much. I use a 5’ furled mono leader, and maxima chameleon 8-10# leader for tippet.
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