Fly Fishing Equipment

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I’m going fly fishing for the first time and need to buy a rod, reel and waders. whats good and where do I buy?

I heard Sage makes a good rod and I should get a 9 foot 5 weight 4 piece. But I don’t want to break the bank.

My advice would be to get a 9′ 5wt of medium fast action as this is considered the best “all around” action

Here’s a rundown:

Orvis makes a full line-up of rods ranging from the Clearwater starting at $169 to the ZG Helios – upwards of $755. They are 4 piece rods. The nice thing about Orvis is that you can choose the action of the rod – they make their rods from full flex (trout bum series) to mid-flex and tip flex in all their other series, and are covered by a 25 year warrantee.

Loomis flyrods are generally fast action. You can spend $660 for a GLX, $300 for a GL3 (which is old technology ) or now they have a new series for beginners called the Neptune – for $215 all are 4 piece rods

Sage makes great fly rods – Introductory rods include the Sage Launch ( I bought one of these for my daughter) which is a medium fast action rod and not too expensive and casts well at $250 and the Sage Flight which is a fast action introductory rod for $280.
You can step up to a Z-Axis for for about $630
All are 4 piece rods

There are others to consider that are not as expensive

Echo makes a great casting rod (called the Carbon) for under $200 that is terrific, check out www.kmdtackle.com for a great deal on it.
I like this rod ALOT

St. Croix makes some nice value series rods as well, the Triumph series is not bad for $120, but in my opinion, most St. Croix fly rods have a “clunky” feel to them.

Redington (owned by Sage) makes a decent rod for money as well.

Reel: you don’t need to break the bank here either.

Depending upon how much cash you want to spend, I would argue
that a Bauer or a Galvan is your best bang for the buck in the $300
world of fly reels

Under $200 it would be hard to argue with a Ross Cimmaron,

Under $150 I would hands down say an Orvis Mid-Arbor

Under $100 I would no doubt say a Cabela’s Prestige Plus. I use this reel on occasion for Salmon and Steelhead with no problems at all.

Don’t skimp on your flyline – Rio, or Scientific Angler make good value series lines.

You can get a decent pair of breathable waders for under $120 – Cabela’s makes a good pair in that range and the Orvis Endura’s are in that price range also. If you want to go less, Hodgeman makes a bargain pair for about $79

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