There are a variety of reasons I use a 2 handed rod. The ability to throw large flies and sink tips with relative ease is the number one reason which you didn't have on your poll. Second would be the ability to cast with very little to no back cast room which again was not on your poll. Third would be distance. I don't like the idea of using a 2 handed rod for just distance. I see too many people on the river concentrating on distance and forgetting to fish the water. It doesn't matter that you can throw 120 feet of line if the fish are holding 30 feet out. Lastly would be I enjoy it.
Some of the reasons for using a 2 hander are going to be based on what type of fishing a person does. I based my answers on winter steelhead fishing.
Last edited by Kerry Stratton; 11-04-2009 at 08:17 PM.
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