Two Trout Fly Rods Do it All
We all love having a full quiver of trout rods. You know everything from a 2-weight on up to an 8-weight. Man, we’re proud on our collection. Damn right we are. Now do we really need all of them? Well that’s a different story.
Fact is for the vast majority of our time on small to medium size streams, two trout rods do it all. Yup, and the rest of the rods idle back home. At least that is how I see it. What two rods you ask? A 6-weight and a 4-weight. They handle everything from a fair size streamer to a 22 dry.
Could not agree more, Lefty once said all one needs is a 6 and an 8 weight. I spent many years with just a 4 and a 7 weight and never needed anything else. The rod collection has grown since those days but if I were to be completely honest……………………
thanks for sharing.
Morning John, We all do it, collect more rods than we need. Its just an integral part of our sport. Funny you mention a 6 weight and a 8 weight. Years back I had a travel kit from Winston, two rods in a single tube, both glass. Yup a 6 and an 8!
Ed