ANY ROD GEEKS FLY FISH TOO?

[far bank stalker]

erm, maybe rod geeks is not the best description, but hopefully you know what i mean. just under 5 mnths to go till the trout season starts and i've started to think about tackle for some planned brook fishing sessions, the most important bit being the rod. really because the brooks i plan to fish are in places only a few feet wide i won't be needing either of my float rods for control but i do want to float fish, so my first idea was to get a ratty, short light line weight fly rod and refurb' it with low bells guides in a decsending pattern, like a float rod. is this a stupid idea? does anybody know if the action will suit the method?

 

my other idea was maybe to do the same with a short fibre glass spinning rod

 

will either of these ideas work? if not any suggestions? my biggest worry is being over gunned, i could tell you a story about the flying carp i caught when i was about 10 on a 6' solid glass boat rod with twenty lb line but you wouldn't be impressed!

[Sportsman]

I think you might find a fly rod blank or even a spinning rod blank a bit soft and slow for the application you want it for. Not impossible to use but not ideal.

What would probably work better would be to get a cheap second hand match rod from an auction site, strip it off and just use the top two sections made up into a short rod. Handles, reel seats and rings are easily available from companies like Guides and Blanks (http://www.guidesnblanks.com/)

Could be an interesting project

[far bank stalker]

I think you might find a fly rod blank or even a spinning rod blank a bit soft and slow for the application you want it for. Not impossible to use but not ideal.

What would probably work better would be to get a cheap second hand match rod from an auction site, strip it off and just use the top two sections made up into a short rod. Handles, reel seats and rings are easily available from companies like Guides and Blanks (http://www.guidesnblanks.com/)

Could be an interesting project

thanks, sounds like a solid idea. i'll give it some perusal. just noticed i posted this in the wrong forum!