Beulah line

mtalmadgeoregon · 10-13-2009, 08:46 PM

hello everyone,

I am am new to the world of two handed casting and am in need of some line advice for switch rods. I have read many good reviews of both the Beulah Rods and lines. I am learnig alot from previos threads and watching vides, but have aways to go before understanding it all. I am wanting to get a good line for winter run steel head on the Northern oregon coast. The guys at Beulah said that if I want to maximiz perforance that I should use a short spey linr for spey casting and get a diffrent line for nymphing. Also they say that their is not a true line to due it all and ultimitly it is better two have two spools of the two diffrent lines ready to go. They say their Tonic lines are great spey line. I was wonderin what your guys opions on the matter where? They also said in most cases An Angler should go up a wieght or two with single hand line for the switch rod

Lymanator · 10-14-2009, 05:34 AM

I just started two handed fly fishing a couple of years ago. I built a starter rod for relatively cheap and was able to talk to one of the rod designers for a recommended line and weight. So I bought the line then had my first personal on river lesson. The instructor lined up my rod with different wt heads as well as the one I bought and let me experiment. That first line I bought hasn't seen the water since then. Line choice is a very personal thing. Any recommendation may only get you into the ballpark as to what the right line for you may be. New heads are about $50 so trial and error can get spendy quick. Take a lesson if you're a beginner. It's $100 well spent and may well prevent you from collecting lines that don't quite feel right. Also check out speypages.com if you haven't already. One of the sponsors there, Red Shed, will mail you lines to test drive. All you pay is the return postage. Good luck.

btw I've tried the Tonic lines and like them a lot. I can also say the same for the Airflo compact skagits.

surfnfish · 10-14-2009, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by mtalmadgeoregon

hello everyone,

I am am new to the world of two handed casting and am in need of some line advice for switch rods. I have read many good reviews of both the Beulah Rods and lines. I am learnig alot from previos threads and watching vides, but have aways to go before understanding it all. I am wanting to get a good line for winter run steel head on the Northern oregon coast. The guys at Beulah said that if I want to maximiz perforance that I should use a short spey linr for spey casting and get a diffrent line for nymphing. Also they say that their is not a true line to due it all and ultimitly it is better two have two spools of the two diffrent lines ready to go. They say their Tonic lines are great spey line. I was wonderin what your guys opions on the matter where? They also said in most cases An Angler should go up a wieght or two with single hand line for the switch rod

As others have said, take a lesson, it will make a huge difference in how fast you start having fun...

And you might consider heads vs. full lines. With a head system, throw on your backing and shooting line of choice ( I like Ridge), and then with just two heads you're ready for year round fun without the need for an extra spool...Compact skagit for winter with a couple of 10' T8 and T14 tips, and a Scandi head (like an AFS) for summer with a couple of 15' floating and intermediate leaders, and you're good to go..if you want to nymph with the skagit head during the winter, just put a 10' tapered floating tip on to the head instead of one of the T tips, tie on a leader set-up just like a SH rod, and you're fishing..

mtalmadgeoregon · 10-14-2009, 11:26 AM

Thanks guys,
I will check into geting some lessons. I kow of a few guys who do it in salem. I like the idea of having the different heads makes alot of since with a switch rod. I will just have do a little trial and error and until I find something I am comfortable with, but your guys advice will help me get closer to the mark.

mtalmadgeoregon · 10-15-2009, 09:28 AM

I went down to the guys at Creek Side and decided to go with the Rio Skagit short. Thanks for the advice on the head system. than can just switch to scandi head for nymphing. I am going with the 525 grain for my 8# Z Axis and a 325 grain for my 6# Rainshadow. The 525 Grain short is new for 2010 and just came out with great reviews with Z axis 8# weight.