Steelhead Fly Fishing Gear Help?!?!!??!?
Posted by admin on Sunday, November 29th, 2009
I have exactly $200.00 in cash to spend on fly gear for steelhead and salmon on the credit river. I live in acnada and can only go to bass pro shops. what shupld i get? is this combo i’ve found heavy ebough to tackle steeleys?
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_90948____SearchResults
Filed in Fly Fishing Gear | 3 responses so far
pheasant tailon 29 Nov 2009 at 2:17 am 1Yes, its an OK outfit to use, just because you have $200 doesn’t mean that’s how much you have to spend, i suggest the 8wt it will handle most steelhead with ease. There’s no point spending lots of money on gear when you’re just starting out fly fishing, you may discover you really don’t like it, use the spare cash to buy flies leaders etc, which are the most important parts when you’re starting out.
JJ Mon 29 Nov 2009 at 2:19 am 2If you can, check out the link Chimp Dancer gave you, the same combo that you’re considering is only $ 99, that’s a real good deal.
It will get you started and it will handle the Steelhead you’re fishing for.
You’ll need some flies, (egg patterns and egg sucking leeches) here’s a link for you that you can purchase them from cheaply.http://www.percysflies.com
Don’t forget that you’ll need leaders (9′ 0 or 1x), 1x tippet material,
split shot, nippers and a small pair of pliers for removing hooks.
Here’s a link for your basic knot needs, blood knot for attaching tippet
to leader, palomar or clinch knot for flies to tippet, nail knot for leader to fly line.http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishin…
Good luck and tight lines.
Feel free to e-mail me with any specific questions you may have
AIRFLOWon 29 Nov 2009 at 2:45 am 3You should really look into http://www.kmdtackle.com before hitting the bass pro’s. These guys are all about steel head fishing and can get you up and running in no time flat. Let me put it like this, why just look at a picture and guess if it’s okay to use (in your case, ask here) when you can talk directly to one of these knowledge guys and get the right gear? You really need to check them out.~good luck catchin’.