I was looking around at buying a Spey rod for summer steelhead and coho. Last year I primarily used my single handed 9wt for summer steelhead and silvers and I felt it was a bit to heavy for most of the silvers, and fairly heavy for the steelhead as well.
I really want to go out and fish for them with ultralight gear. I had my eye on two rods, brands aside, just talking about the weight/length. I was looking at a 11' 5wt and a 12'6" 6wt. I know a lot of guys fish 5wts for summer steelhead and I would love to fight a 5-10lb steelhead on a 5wt rod but when I tried to do it with my 9' 5wt single handed rod I couldn't cast far enough which is why I wanted to try with the two handed rod.
I guess it is all up to your personal preference, but I would like to hear what other people personally use as well as why they like that rod for that species etc...
I will be casting med-small traditional summer steelhead flies. #8-#4 purple perils, brad's brats, sharp steelie's are my favorite as well as deer hair surface patterns.
And for coho I will be casting similar stiff wet flies and will be casting some smaller maribou/bunny leech patterns as well.
Before I shell out the money I just wanted to know what you guys think. It's a lot of $$ and I want to get the right one the first time.
I really want to go out and fish for them with ultralight gear. I had my eye on two rods, brands aside, just talking about the weight/length. I was looking at a 11' 5wt and a 12'6" 6wt. I know a lot of guys fish 5wts for summer steelhead and I would love to fight a 5-10lb steelhead on a 5wt rod but when I tried to do it with my 9' 5wt single handed rod I couldn't cast far enough which is why I wanted to try with the two handed rod.
I guess it is all up to your personal preference, but I would like to hear what other people personally use as well as why they like that rod for that species etc...
I will be casting med-small traditional summer steelhead flies. #8-#4 purple perils, brad's brats, sharp steelie's are my favorite as well as deer hair surface patterns.
And for coho I will be casting similar stiff wet flies and will be casting some smaller maribou/bunny leech patterns as well.
Before I shell out the money I just wanted to know what you guys think. It's a lot of $$ and I want to get the right one the first time.