Getting back into it, Salmon Steelhead help

[fishfrenzy]

Fellow flyfishers, your imput needed. I have not flyfished for about 15 years and that was with a 4wt bamboo and a 5/6 wt for trout and pan fish. Want to get into steelhead and salmon flyfishing and need imput on rod, reel, backing, line, leader ect. Been told by a few friends that I want a 9 or 10 wt setup. Thanks for any and all help.

[Pelhament]

This summer was my first year with steelhead, as well as flyfishing, but I did pretty well. I did just fine with a 9' 8wt, I have a Sage Launch and a Reddington RS3 with an Orvis Battenkill Mid Arbor reel. I used a Rio Steelhead line, but Im not sure about the backing. I yarded in at least 20 steelhead on the Launch rod before it broke due to my error, and another 5-6 on the Reddington. They both handled extremely well, and had enough backbone to fight the liveliest of fish. I would say if you are going to be mainly targeting salmon, you may want to jump up to a 9 or 10 wt, but if you are mainly targeting steelhead, 8 is where it is at. Hope that helps, Im not that experienced, but now you know my experience.

[D3smartie]

how much do you want to spend???

[mpruet]

Go see Don at River City. He will get you set up with everything you need at a very reasonable price.

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