trout rods and reels
 

I need to buy a good rod and reeel for the up coming trout season. any suggestions?

RE: trout rods and reels
 

Fly rod or spin casting???????What species are you targeting?????? Type of water?????? location???? etc??????

RE: trout rods and reels
 

Im looking for a spin casting reel for trout in pensylvannia. I usually fish creeks.

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Open or closed face? I normally use a closed face reel and for starters a Zebco 33 would do the trick as they can last pretty decent and you can walk down through the thick areas of woods with out getting a mess of fur or pine needles all through it. For a rod any thing that is ultra light is what I preffer.. Good Luck..

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g loomis or the berkely cherry wood i like them a lot. the cherrywood has a wierd guide layout i think but its good. but nothing beats g loomis

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Ugly Stick is the way to go for a fishing rod.

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Ugly Stik and mitchell reels, ya cant beat them and they are easy to get from Wally world!!

IMO stay away far far away from quantum poles...they seem very sensitive and they definantely are, the reels on the the other hand are nice!!


But honestly if you are just getting into it and do not want to spend a lot of money, I and others have got thousands of trout on ur basic cheap shakespeare combos!!( I still tend to buy one every year, because they are so cheap and always come in handy)!! Good Luck!!

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All brands named are great brands, but another thing you should take into consideration is the length of rod, with creeks you dont have to have a long rod cause you wont be casting very far, ive found that a 4ft rod is the perfect length.

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Troutslayer that is true. A 4ft to5ft rod is nice formost creeks and is mobile enough to be convenient, BUT IMO a longer rod 6ft 6'' and above tend to be more sensitive in bait fishing for trout! It all really depends on what you plan on doing mostly? Which is where a 5ft to 6ft rod comes in handy a lil bit of both worlds.

Me myself I actuallytake many poles along with me but prefer a 4ft 6'' pole for spinner and artificial fishing and I actually prefer a long fly rod for bait fishing.

Im sorry if I am confusing you, it really does boil down to what feels good to you kinda like buying a bow thats fits ya!

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Ohhh and while were at it, when you buy line stay below 6lb for trout. Well unless you going after some serious brutes!

Once again myself I use 2lb for bait and 4lb for spinner fishing mainly because I want that extra security if i get snagged with a $2-3 spinner that I can get it back! I dont have to worry about any of my pansy a#$ MD trout breaking 2lb line!! Im not sure what part of Pa you are fishing but I would say that 2-4lb would be just fine there as well!!

WOW can you tell its getting closed to trout season the way I am rambling on!! Haha[:-]

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you can get shorter rods that have the same amount of sensitivy as a 6 foot rod, but a 6ft may only say light action the 4ft to get an equivalency of the 6ft look for a ultra light rod, but yes i also prefer longer rods for bait fishing especially if you have mono on cause you need that extra length to set the hook since you will have a bit more slack line then as if you were spin casting. But as WesternMdHardwoods said, all depends on how you like the feel of it but hopefully we have giving you some guidelines.

Oh and about the line if your new to fishing i dont suggest going as light as 2lbs yet cause its easy to break off when you go to set the hook off if you arent used to the rod, that light of line, or how much force you really need to set the hook, i find 4lb is an all around good size of line for bait and casting but if you are more experienced go with the 2lb.

RE: trout rods and reels
 

you can get shorter rods that have the same amount of sensitivy as a 6 foot rod, but a 6ft may only say light action the 4ft to get an equivalency of the 6ft look for a ultra light rod, but yes i also prefer longer rods for bait fishing especially if you have mono on cause you need that extra length to set the hook since you will have a bit more slack line then as if you were spin casting. But as WesternMdHardwoods said, all depends on how you like the feel of it but hopefully we have giving you some guidelines.

Oh and about the line if your new to fishing i dont suggest going as light as 2lbs yet cause its easy to break off when you go to set the hook off if you arent used to the rod, that light of line, or how much force you really need to set the hook, i find 4lb is an all around good size of line for bait and casting but if you are more experienced go with the 2lb.
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Well said Trout slayer!!!! And welcome to HNI!!!

RE: trout rods and reels
 

Ultralight pole under 6 feet in length. open face reel with 4 pound test line.

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I just use a Shakespeare Prius ultralight rod and reel which is 4'6" with 2-6 lb test line in small streams and larger streams I use a Berkley Graphite Cherrywood light rod and reel 5'6" with 2-6 lb test line. Even in lakes I use the Berkley Graphite Cherrywood light rod and reel since its a very good larger water light rod.
I think its mostly dealing with presentation of both the lure and bait.

Like go to website to find more trout fishing tips because theres loads of them out there.

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For me hands down, Ugly Stik... and i have a Pflueger 6720X on the way.:)