TFO 6' rod

[fishinbub]

Originally Posted by Jgregs

I have also heard that longer rods are better for small streams because you don't need a lot of casting room and will have an easier time highsticking and reaching over currents. If the weather is nice this weekend, I'm gonna go bluelining with my 8'6" near Helen and see what I can find. If I think it is too long then at least I have taken out some guess work

Just depends on the stream. For most folks a good "blue line" rod is 8'+ because they'll mostly be fishing it at Smith, Dukes, etc. and similar sized streams. For me those are medium to large sized streams. A "blue line" is something I can jump over. I don't care what type of fishing you're doing on these streams, anything over 8' is just impractical. I like to stay under 6', personally. So the real question is, what do you consider a blue line? How big are the streams you'll be fishing?

[Blueridgeflies]

What fishinbub says is true. Like for me the streams I consider bluelining area about 15ft at the widest point. I would say go out with a couple of blueliners and see if they will let you try the gear they use. (Because often there is also guys like me that use long rods and short rods for blue lining)

[Jgregs]

Originally Posted by Blueridgeflies

What fishinbub says is true. Like for me the streams I consider bluelining area about 15ft at the widest point. I would say go out with a couple of blueliners and see if they will let you try the gear they use. (Because often there is also guys like me that use long rods and short rods for blue lining)

Thats what I'm thinking as well.

[troutbum69]

I fish a 7' 6'' 3wt for pretty much everything from palm sized wild fish to pets on the soque... er maddog But seriously a long rod makes fishing small streams easy because of the lack of casting but what about getting to the stream? Ive almost snapped my 3wt a million times when it gets pinned just right in some rodo and then the felt soles meet wet leaves on a 45 degree slope

[fishnpreacher]

I don't get to blueline as much as I have in the past due to back injury and TMB (too many birthdays), but my go to blue line rod is a 6'3" bamboo 4wt, sometimes overlined to a 5wt. It is plenty long enough for the bluelines and strong enough for larger waters.

I have an 8'6" Cabelas SLi 5wt for the rare circumstance that I would need to fish it......hasn't been fished in 2-3 years.