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hI, i am looking for a good 4wt rod for a bit of late grayling fishing, anyone have any ideas, I am not the best fly caster in the world so one that would help here would be good, I don,t have 100,s to spend on a rod so offer to you, any ideas.

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hI, i am looking for a good 4wt rod for a bit of late grayling fishing, anyone have any ideas, I am not the best fly caster in the world so one that would help here would be good, I don,t have 100,s to spend on a rod so offer to you, any ideas.

terry

Grey's Streamflex are superb rods and have a bit of body to cope with the extra strain a good grayling can put on a rod in a stiff current. They ain't cheap (about £160 if you shop around) but it's the best 'medium' priced (modern) rod I've used on small rivers (mine's a 7'6" #3 but handles a #4 line no problem especially if Czech nymphing). They also come in 4 pieces so you can tuck them under your jacket when you're off out and then the wife doesn't know that you're off fishing!

 

I haven't tried one but apparently the GRX series are supposed to be quite good and about £50 cheaper.

 

You could of course buy a 7'6"-8' cane fly rod off ebay, a silk line, backing and an old fly reel, have change from the price of a streamflex, and enter a whole new world!

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If you were a good caster I would recommend the Sonic SK 4 #4 weight I use one regularly and it it is a thing of great joy to use but it does have a very fast tippy action.

As you claim to be an average to modest caster I would recommend the sonic SK 3 ~4 weight as it has a more middle to tip action and would be siuted to your purposes better.

Both of these rods are in your price bracket and both come recommended.

If you had lots of money I would suggest a Hardy Marksman as these are utterly superb but are very pricey.

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If you were a good caster I would recommend the Sonic SK 4 #4 weight I use one regularly and it it is a thing of great joy to use but it does have a very fast tippy action.

As you claim to be an average to modest caster I would recommend the sonic SK 3 ~4 weight as it has a more middle to tip action and would be siuted to your purposes better.

Both of these rods are in your price bracket and both come recommended.

If you had lots of money I would suggest a Hardy Marksman as these are utterly superb but are very pricey.

One could argue that a well balanced, better quality rod and reel with a matched line would help to improve your casting abilitybut, as with all things it's practice practice practice!

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Hi thanks for the replys, casting is not so much an issue as the waters I fish are not well suited to long casting, or long rods as very overgrown this time of year.

Has anyone a sage FLI 3wt, I have a mate who knows of one going cheap. are they any good, would it be able to take a 4wt line.

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You will tend to find that the quality makes like Sage are very weight specific in their rods ie a 3 weight is designed to work with that weight and a 4 weight would over line it very quickly, yes it is possible to use a shorter length of line in the air but it is not a course I would recommend especially if it is one of the tippier models.

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Hi, had a try with the sage fli 3wt today, ok not an idea test as I only have a wf4 flooting line and that an old one with more coils then a snake, But I was able to make some good casts of around 30 foot.

This I think will fit the bill and the chap only wanted £50 for the rod, so deal done, now looking for a better line, any ideas, and a lighter reel would not go amiss to.

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If you are not casting too far then a 4 weight is OK to use on the Sage '3' weight. It will just load the rod quicker.

As long as you don't have too much fly line in the air on the back cast i.e. less than 10 yards before shooting the line on the forward cast it will not overload the rod.

 

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Just one other thing, get the longest rod you can practically use. I'll be getting a 10 footer (4 weight) this year. A lot of time on a river you will need the reach. Far more use than fancy casts. The real specialists for grayling use up to 13 foot rods. These may be out of your pockets range but take a look http://shop.siman.cz/

 

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