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    Any premium brand. Get WF floating for reds. WF stands for weight forward and helps load the rod for short casts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stripa Swipa View Post
    Any premium brand. Get WF floating for reds. WF stands for weight forward and helps load the rod for short casts.
    And if I get a 7-8 rod you are saying get 9-10 weight Line?

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    If it's labelled 7-8, go with 8 line.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stripa Swipa View Post
    If it's labelled 7-8, go with 8 line.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Palmetto Bug View Post
    If you are using up your precious vacation time on an expensive bonefishing trip with a guide you're paying and need to make long casts into the wind at spooky fish, the extra money you spent on a better rod and a reel with a great drag will seem justifiable. For spottails near home, damn near any rod/reel combo will do.

    When I was looking for a 4wt. pond fly rod for bream, I checked out bunches of rods and finally found one I think is perfect. I have other ones but I can most certainly feel the difference and cast better with the good one and I'd bet most folks could tell the difference side by side. It wasn't anywhere near the most expensive rod I tried but it was worth it to me to test drive before I bought. I could catch bream on a cane pole or with a cast net but I prefer a good fly rod.
    totally agree on your scenario.

    I'm the local wade the bank and annoy fish till I accidentally hook one kinda guy.....
    Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.

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    and, led, definitely WF and heavy. dont skimp on line (says the guy with the $50 reel)
    Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.

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    Rio Outbound short


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    There is an Orvis store in Myrtle Beach, if you are near there. The Recon is a great rod for the money.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stripa Swipa View Post
    You don't get a lot of things.
    Finally. Something to agree on.

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    I saw thousands of fiddlers out on the sand flats this morning. What month usually do the fish figure that out? Presuming it stays warm?


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    Just because there are fiddlers does not normally gurantee reds. You just gotta pole around until you find a school and they will frequent that general area at all tides, every single day and will slightly change their location based on the tide. With all this warm weather I wouldn't put it past them to start getting up on those flats in a month or so. I caught a tailer here (Charleston) last January when it got up to like 75 degrees. Around this time of the year at least in Charleston the reds are best to target on the low tide flats schooled up. Winter is a good time to fish the low tide, Summer is good for both.

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    The biggest difference between a $200 fly rod and a $500+ fly rod is one thing. The warranty
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    Jake, the reds won't really get up on the sand flats.
    They prefer good deep water escape off the flats so look for short grass with small feeder creeks interspersed.
    The big sand is kinda no-mans lands!
    Not saying some won't and there is some crossover b/w what I'm telling you to look for and the sand but in general if they don't have good ingress and egress, move along!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Calibogue View Post
    Jake, the reds won't really get up on the sand flats.
    They prefer good deep water escape off the flats so look for short grass with small feeder creeks interspersed.
    The big sand is kinda no-mans lands!
    Not saying some won't and there is some crossover b/w what I'm telling you to look for and the sand but in general if they don't have good ingress and egress, move along!
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    Buy a good reel, you can get by on a midrange rod.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NorthNH603 View Post
    Buy a good reel, you can get by on a midrange rod.
    I feel like this is the exact opposite of what I would suggest
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    Think so? I've found that unless I have to cast long distances I'd rather have a good reel with a good drag. I've caught plenty of fish, I'm no pro though.
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    I'm with Dawhoo. The rod and line is what helps you get it to the fish accurately. A reel is only there to hold your line. You can get by with a reel with no drag by palming the spool.

    It's not hard to find a decent cheap reel that has a good (enough) drag, especially if your only talking about spottails.

    When you evaluate a reel, crank down the drag knob a bit and, most importantly, feel how smoothly it starts. If it has any hesitation before it gets smooth, look elsewhere. Try a bunch and you'll quickly understand what is meant by "start-up drag". It's that very first, extra bit of static resistance that some poorly built reels have that will pop your line.

    If you're going after bonefish, tarpon or any other notoriously long running fish, you also need to consider the actual area of the drag washers. Big running fish can burn up a reel with small drag surfaces just like driving with your emergency brakes on. Spottails are not long running fish and rarely get you into the backing. You're usually fighting them very close up so there is less line stretch to help buffer quick jerks. Start-up drag is even more important when the fish is close.

    Some of the other things that differentiate reels are sealed bearings and drags, spool diameter and width.

    Sealed drags and bearing are a great idea because you are eventually going to submerge your reel no matter how carefully you are wading.

    Big diameter reels help you gain line quickly and keep a more consistent drag pressure as you get deeper into the line. They also minimize the loop memory of your line. A narrow spool has a lot of change in diameter as the line pays out. As the diameter gets smaller, it has less leverage to overcome the drag. The trend has been really big diameter reels with wide and well ventilated spools. With the extra width, you have to be more careful to levelwind the line on as you reel in. With a well-ventilated spool, it's easier to rinse your line and backing without unspooling it into a bucket after every outing. I have an old garden hose reel I use for unspooling fly line and backing for cleaning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dawhoo View Post
    I feel like this is the exact opposite of what I would suggest
    Touche....
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    There were reds tailing last night in the grass. I walked the dog down after we got back from church and pop there was a tail. I went home and grabbed a pole and went back down to see more. I had a spinning rod and even then it was so damn windy I missed my shot.

    But they were there.


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