motherhooker Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 Hi all Found a fly rod in my dad's garage he was going to throw away, need advice on what line to get. Really fancy giving it a go Thanks lads Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framey Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 What does it say on the rod as it would be no good saying 6wt if it’s a 9wt rod should say on the butt where it says the length Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 2 hours ago, framey said: What does it say on the rod as it would be no good saying 6wt if it’s a 9wt rod should say on the butt where it says the length 2 hours ago, motherhooker said: Hi all Found a fly rod in my dad's garage he was going to throw away, need advice on what line to get. Really fancy giving it a go Thanks lads Ian You can normally use a line one above or below the rod recommended. For floater fishing an intermediate or floating line, but with a floating hooklink. Hooklink choice, I like Drennan fly fishing hooklink mono, or Berkley XL. A few years ago Richard Gardner when he was regularly posting on here was doing quite a bit of fly fishing for carp, this was the thread he started. https://forum.carp.com/topic/20139-richard-gardners-fly-fishing-for-carp/?tab=comments#comment-234942 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhooker Posted May 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 Thanks lads as requested photo of writing on blank. Amazon are doing offers of fly reels with the line on so need to what line to get sorry don't understand this fly line business Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, motherhooker said: Thanks lads as requested photo of writing on blank. Amazon are doing offers of fly reels with the line on so need to what line to get sorry don't understand this fly line business Cheers Ian Floating line, and the line rating 6/7 is what you want. You can confuse yourself as there are double tapers, weight forward, single taper. A single taper is thicker at one end, double taper is thicker in the middle along the length, and weight forward is the 'heavy end' is what you cast. You are probably best to get a double taper, and make sure that the reel has backing behind the flyline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhooker Posted May 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 Thanks will order and let you know how I get on Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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