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[fishgutz63]

any suggestions on a bass fly rods ,legnth,weight ,price, etc. thanxs

[noxcape]

mike you need to learn to catch bass on a gear rods first    fyi a  10'0  or 9'0  6 or 8 weight would be perfect

[steelie-slayer]

I did some bass fly fishing in kamloops area in the summer. Used a 6wt amundonson and  also tried an older 7/8 wt i got and prefered the  7/8 as they do get often over 5 lbs. and you will be using heavy lines. I think we used 8 pound leader. The amundonson is 9 feet and 7/8 is 10 feet. The 9 footer is good enough your not doing that long of casts your mostly casting to weeds and logs and rocks around shore. Use fairly big popper type flies on a floating line. When we went, we went to a canal for em and if i remember right did prety well for my first time bass fishing ...

[skaha]

--Sage has a new series of Bass rods 7'11" just under legal length for use in tournaments.
--Matching reel and line made for the series is also available.

--These are Sage... so be prepared for price shock.

--Generally if you think of fishing bass using gear you aren't throwing long distance but accuracy is important... these short rods have enough power to turn over large popper flies... My prediction is an adequate fly caster can keep the fly in the zone with multiple casts more often than an expert with spin or baitcast... this is why these rigs are becoming a popular tool on the bass tour. As will give a different presentation than with spin or bait cast.
--fly line also allows you to throw very light..leaches etc. with various sink rate.. again to stay in the strike zone.
--Longer rods can be less accurate when the main objective is short casts and rapid change of direction.
--If not going for a bass tournament rod I would still stay with a short powerful rod... given the area you want to fish with it.

[fishnjim]

where abouts did you go for bass near kamloops.  i have wanted to try for bass for sometime. 

[fishgutz63]

hey skaha,you mentioned short and powerful rod is there other rods out there comperable to the more expensive sage to your knowledge. thanxs

[newsman]

Hey Mike

last year was my first year of targeting large mouth and I though my 6wt would do the job. Wrong, it was fine for the small guys but when I had a seven pounder on the line, my rod was over powered. I landed the bass but I didn't find my rod acting like a wet noodle fun. I was no willing to pay the price for a sage although Justin pushed me hard to buy one. I figured a stout 8wt should do the job, so I talked to my wholesaler and he suggested I try an Algonquin. The price was good so I bought one site unseen and waited for it arrive from Ont.

To make the long story short, it is a good rod. Plain Jane nothing fancy (no bragging rights) but performs well and reasonably priced. Made by Daiwa, the Algonquin come in only two weights 8 & 9 WT made in Ont for Ont fish. If you are interested my contact is Bob Morrison phone 1-604-826-4625 

[skaha]

where abouts did you go for bass near kamloops.  i have wanted to try for bass for sometime. 

--was wondering the same thing? there shouldn't be any bass around kamloops

--Skaha, Vaseau and Osoyoos all south of Penticton and drain into the Columbia system which has Bass throughout

[skaha]

hey skaha,you mentioned short and powerful rod is there other rods out there comparable to the more expensive sage to your knowledge. thanxs

--Kind off prefer 7-10 wt rod but problem with most they are 9 ft.
--I only suggested the sage as it is tournament legal length specialty rod.

--Most USA manufacturers used to make 8 ft rods so if you can find something 6wt or above 8 ft it should work.
--also suggest mastery headstart as is a shorter line and forgiving caster with heavier weight forward... often recommended for beginners because of castability but good in wind or casting heavier poppers. mouse  etc.

--On softer rod you can point rod parallel to fly line and strike... set the hook by quick pull of the fly line rather than trying to set the hook with the rod which will not have the backbone of a  bass casting rod.

--Older used 8 wt like the fenwick Algonquin... not same as mentioned Diawa Algonquin might do the trick as they were 8 ft or steelhead rod with broken tip as these have lots of backbone in lower section of old glass rods... assuming you have to pull the bass out of heavy cover... if fishing Skaha you could use regular trout gear... just remember to bring a Net... If you try to horse these fish in with the rod you could easily break the tip.

--I'm sure with the popularity of the new sage there will be rods offered soon by most manufacturers and not a s pricey

[steelie-slayer]

--was wondering the same thing? there shouldn't be any bass around kamloops

--Skaha, Vaseau and Osoyoos all south of Penticton and drain into the Columbia system which has Bass throughout

im not sure if it was kamloops or one of the other hot places around. We were just over in Kamloops staying at friends place and he wanted to do some bass fishing. We drove for like an hour and a half to a canal. Ill send him an email and get the name of it from him.

[fishgutz63]

hey guys ,thanxs for sharing some info about bass rods also thanxs jeff for the contact i will be calling soon, also where abouts did you get your 7lber must have been great on the fly .best of luck to ya'll on the up coming fishing season.

[newsman]

Hatzic

[noxcape]

mike it was on teh dock with the slide on it you know where to fish the other docks right and the rock wall and the dock that ray caught his bass on hatzic is a fun bass lake to bad some of the people who live on it are messed up