I ordered online a Cabela’s Three Fork rod, 7’6" #3. I decided on this rod after reading all the good thing about it here on FAOL board.
Some friends from here recommended me to use a 4wt line, althought this is a 3wt rod, because it has quite a lot of power in it, so if you want to cast at short diste, you are in a bit of trouble with the 3wt line. So… what line should I choose? I want to cast up than 10 meters (some 30 feet), but sometimes I will cast some 4-5 meters (10-15 ft)
What do you say on airflo delta taper? is it a nice line?
I don’t know if I will reach heaven, but if so, please God, let my heaven be a trout-filled stream…
I bought a Rio ‘windcutter’ WF line for my Winston LT 3wt and absolutly love it. I can cast further into the wind and has enough weight in the tip to make mending with short lines a pleasure.
Most of the fishing I do with the 3wt is small stream stuff. Lots of casting with less than 20 feet of line out. I tried a DT line and found it difficult to mend and roll cast unless I put out enough line to load the rod.
The WF lines feel better to me for pocket waters. They do have a limit to how much line can be in the air while false casting. The loop will collapse when you feed out too much line and get into the level running line section. As a result I needed to learn to shoot line rather than false cast.
I got a SciAngler Headstart 4wf on mine. At $28 it cost almost as much as the rod! Does everything I need from it. It’ll even throw a popper for those LMB.
I have read posts here and elsewhere that some folks like a 4 wt on that rod…I like a 3 wt DT on mine and I tend to overline…as others suggest try different lines on it.
I have no experience with airflo although I do have a airflo line “in stock”
I believe its a Cortland 333 I use on the 3 forks.
BTW IMO the Three Forks casts like a rod costing much more. Best buy in ffing.
On mine I use a 3Wt. line. It casts like a dream with a 3wt (for me). I can’t imagine needing a 4wt. line to “load” this rod.
(I do have a 4wt line but I confess I have not tired it on the 3wt. rod because it is on a slightly bigger reel and the balance would be off with the bigger reel on the 7 1/2 foot rod.)
Muscarul, The rods I use are MUCH more powerful and stiffer then a Cabela’s Three Fork rod. I use the line the rod was designed to cast on all my rods. You didn’t mention if your friends are professional or very experianced casters, maybe they can’t get the rod to load with the correct line on them because of thier casting abilities. Manufactures spend thousands of dollars and man hours designing rods. They know which line weight thier rod was built to use.
[This message has been edited by Ray (edited 16 March 2005).]
Tim, You gave me a chuckle when you posted that your $28 line cost almost as much as your rod…AND U R doing well with it.!..just goes to show you don’t have to put out hundreds, if not thousands of bucks on Rod, Reel and Line to have fun…Love it…
