good fly rod

[wabearhunter]

what would be a good fly rod for small streams in the thick woods. the kinda creek that you have to bushwack 9 miles to get to haha. just tryed fly fishing on Wednesday and caught 6 trout i'm sure somebody knows what would be a good rod for this type of fishing

[boneaddict]

I use a 2 weight rod.  Its probably about 6'5 or so.   Its smaller for the brush and makes the little ones seem like whales.

[boneaddict]

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[wabearhunter]

great, thanks. i was using a 6 weight 8' rod and thought that was too big for small creeks. i'll look around for a used one probably. caught a 9.5" Brookie out of this creek here on a worm, wanted to try it with a fly.

[boneaddict]

Essentially the strength of the rod, as you increase in number, the bigger the rod is and the bigger fish it could catch in short.  5 weight is the "average" size.  higher than  that is stealhead into salmon.   My trout rod is a 3 and a 4.   My salmon rod is a 9.   

[wabearhunter]

thanks, i understand it now.

[wapiti hunter2]

I love my 7 foot 3 weight.  don't go bigger than a three weight if you can help it.  You loose to much of the fun of small stream trout.