Fly fishing with lighter rods makes sense only if the conditions are right. In recent years, each of us has purchased a lighter rod for smaller creeks. In this episode, we relay pluses and minuses of fly fishing with lighter rods.
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Hi Guys!
So glad to have you back! I have really missed your podcasts.
I usually listen to your podcasts on my iPhone using their podcast platform, but the current episodes are not showing up there – the last one I see is 256 – One Fine Day on the East Gallatin. Are you not using this platform anymore?
Thanks! I can hardly wait to listen.
We’re having a bit of an issue right now with our podcast feed. It should get resolved in the next 24 hours. I am so sorry about that!
Dave
This is great. Have really missed your show. Please keep them coming.
Was really happy to see the new episode pop up on my download! Thank you and all the best!
Great podcast on light rods. Whenever there is an opportunity to be on a tiny stream — under ten feet wide — I use a 2-weight.
Like many things in life, rod selection is an exercise in compromise. When fishing smaller water out west, a situation I often face is being on a 3-weight stream in a 6-weight wind. The usual compromise is a 4-weight. A Scott 4-weight 9-foot has been my go-to dry fly rod in Montana on recent trips. (I just ordered a 4-weight from Montana Brothers Rodworks. Brothers Doug & Dan let me cast an early prototype and it was a sweet rod.)
Between newer materials, improved designs, and the trend towards faster actions, they say that 4-weight is the new 5-weight.
Great to have you two back in the podcast world.
Steve in Indiana