Fly Rod For Ozark Stream Smallmouth

[Micheal Kyle]

I happen to like the the Sage Bluegill rod a lot, it cast the floating line that it comes with great. I also like to cast sinking lines on them 150-250 grain sink tip ist is awesome.

I personally think the the Small mouth rod is to heavy for small mouth, I have sold quite a few of the Small mouth and Large mouth rods for guys going and fishing the Salt.

Remember that these rods are grain weighted Blue Gill is 230 the Small mouth is 290 and the Largemouth is 330.

Usually each line class is about 30-40 grains meaning that a six weight should be 180-240 grains depending on the line manufacture.

Redington has a 7'10 6wt and I absolutely think it is the best bang for the buck 199 they handle a floating line great plus when you cast a sinking line it is a rocket launcher.

The Ross fly Stick is a very stiff rod and matched up to the other 2 rods will not preform to the same standards it was a little tough to cast and I felt did not handle the sinking line well.

The Ross only has a one year warranty on it where the Sage and Redington have a lifetime Warranty.

I hope this will help.

If you would like to cast all three I have them all in stock.

Good luck

Michael

[drew03cmc]

I can't imagine using less than about 8'6"- 6-weight. But maybe you light-line-weight guys fish for Smallmouth in tiny creeks. I fish Bull Creek and there I use my 9' 6-weight. Just easier to cast poppers with.

When I am fishing rivers, I am thinking of the Wakarusa River here in Kansas (roughfish, bass, crappie, catfish), the Niangua River above Bennett (smallies), Roaring River above Table Rock (bass) and other mid to small size streams or rivers. Most of my favorites are brush filled along the banks and have tree cover overhead necessitating a short rod to avoid snagging in the trees above you.

[RSBreth]

When I am fishing rivers, I am thinking of the Wakarusa River here in Kansas (roughfish, bass, crappie, catfish), the Niangua River above Bennett (smallies), Roaring River above Table Rock (bass) and other mid to small size streams or rivers. Most of my favorites are brush filled along the banks and have tree cover overhead necessitating a short rod to avoid snagging in the trees above you.

I guess that many of the Ozark rivers have large gravel bars on both sides of the river that allow longer backcasts, and many others don't. When I think of a small brushy stream I think of Crane, not the Niangua, or even the small section of Roaring River downstream from the park.