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Looking for 8ft 6 or 7 weight fly rod blank
Posted by: Herb Bickings (---.phlapa.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 26, 2017 11:20AM

Hi, I'm looking for an 8ft fly rod blank for smallmouth bass fishing in a big creek. There are to many over hanging limbs for anything longer, I've been using a 7wt. St. Croix Mojo Bass fly rod that works fine but I want to build one as I prefer to use rods that I have built. The only fly blank I can find in 8ft that might fit what I'm looking for is the Sage Bass II blanks but I don't know which one would be equivalent to a 6 or 7 weight. Does anybody know? Thanks in advance.

Herb Bickings

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Re: Looking for 8ft 6 or 7 weight fly rod blank
Posted by: Tom Kirkman (Moderator)
Date: February 26, 2017 11:34AM

If you're not casting very far, you might do better with an 8' in a 5-weight rigged with a 6-weight line. It'll load a lot easier and facilitate shorter casts, say under 40 feet or so. Plus, there are many 8' 5-weight blanks available.

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Re: Looking for 8ft 6 or 7 weight fly rod blank
Posted by: Bill Hickey (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: February 26, 2017 05:54PM

You might want to look into Fiberglass for that blank. The CTS Quartz can be ordered that short, Steffen Brothers, ect. I'd place your line weight requirement on the size of the streamers or flies you want to be casting, plus what size bass you are going to tangle with.

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Re: Looking for 8ft 6 or 7 weight fly rod blank
Posted by: Michael Gardiner (---.pfcz2.cht.bigpond.net.au)
Date: February 27, 2017 03:45AM

Herb the 230g is the 6 / 7 weight of the bass ii series you can confirm this by the bass ii lines that sage sell the 230g line is marketed as 6/7 weight

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Re: Looking for 8ft 6 or 7 weight fly rod blank
Posted by: Herb Bickings (---.phlapa.fios.verizon.net)
Date: February 27, 2017 08:49PM

Thanks Michael, that's the info I was looking for.

Herb Bickings

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