I got my 1st flyrod about 20 years ago at Dick's. It was a Pfleuger combo, with a 5/6wt rod and clicker reel, preloaded with backing, flyline, and leader, and it included a few cheapie flies. I still have it to this day, and I only got another flyrod when my Dad's best friend gave me a Wright & McGill 3wt rod. I got a 3/4wt MaxCatch Eco reel and all the line for Christmas, and it's one of my dearest possessions. (My Dad's friend passed away in 2021, and my Dad passed in 2022.)
I ordered the MaxCatch 7' 3wt fiberglass thanks to you. Based on this video, I started looking up reviews and videos on their rods and kept hearing the same thing over and over. Decent little fly rod at a price that can't be beat. I just got the shipping confirmation. I have a TFO 8wt pro II, and a TFO 5wt NXT... I just couldn't justify the price of those rigs for my first step into panfish fishing. The MaxCatch fit my budget perfectly.
My uncle had 1 arm and fished with an automatic reel. Thats all i ever used. The popping bugs were Made by a preacher that lived on Bayou Barbary, Elder Millet. I still have that old stuff. chuck
Oh man I would love to see some of those bugs! Thats old school history :) what was thats preachers name? I would def research him and learn about him :)
I’ve got way more days behind me than in front. When I started fly fishing I was the only one I knew who did it. My first fly rod was a Martin combo set up I sold night crawlers to be able to buy at Kmart. Best advice I was given was find fly groups who will teach you to build rods and tie flies. A lot more joy catching fish on something you’ve built or fly you’ve tied. Video is right on.
You give some good advice in here. Obviously, you get what you pay for. Yes, for panfish, you don't need an expensive outfit. I love my Cabela's CGR with a Battenkill reel. Using fiberglass rods can be far cheaper, and more durable than graphite rods. But, you do get what you pay for. I learned a long time ago, that not only is it the materials, but also the technology that goes into making equipment. Bottom line is, if you can do it, try different outfits to find what is best for you.
Shakespeare fly rods and that Cortland set that Walmart sales are actually nice kits. On 2wt to 4wt I will just use monofilament most of the time as my main line.
Hit the nail on the head with this one, I asked a forum good rods to start with and everyone was suggesting $400+ combo and luckily I found a sale on a redington 5wt crosswater combo for $92 and couldn’t feel any happier with this purchase and I’ve been slaying pan fish and even landed a couple small trout in the river down the street. Now the tough part is finding good places to go fish but I look forward to progressing!
First fly rod was a Martin starter kit for $38 at a sporting goods store. Caught some small bass, bream, and my first trout on a wooly bugger i tied myself. It has since been retired(tip broke), but i still have it.
Hey brother, I just bought a nice $10 rod tip repair kit on the ole interwebs. It came with several tips, glue, proper string, UV resin, and a black light to cure it. It saved my surf rod that was fairly new. I'm sure there's one for fly rods out there if you look. I broke my cheapo 5/6 weight, now that I recall, and I wrapped it with poly string, and epoxied over that. I used it several more times, then gifted it to and taught my neighbor to use it. I love saving beloved gear
I love it 👍. I definitely fell into the trap of feeling like I needed to buy the recommended top notch stuff in the beginning. Ironic but all my super expensive stuff broke quicker than the bare basic gear I've got. You can build your own leaders with regular monofilament material, maybe some floro for your tippet. I'm far from an expert but it has seemed like to me over the years that when the fish feel like eating, they will. When they don't feel like eating they won't, doesn't matter how much money your wearing or how much your gear cost. Maybe if your a guide you need to "look" like you know what your doing bit if your just fly fishing for fun then just go have fun. And if the fishing is tough just enjoy the scenery and beauty of nature, that's something I still have to work on. Good stuff man, thank you. And PS: boy would I love to go out to Louisiana and go catch some bluegill, bass, and whatever out there, thats my dream vacation 👍
I got a 12 ft crappie rod, with a lews spinning reel ,with 15 pound braid ,a water barber, 1 bead ,a swivel and 10lb monofilament leader and I catch just as many fish and sometimes more fish than my friend with a fly rod setup.
It’s not a fly rod but I bought a 9 ft telescopic spinning rod combo for $40 from a Chinese website, and I rigged it with a bobber, 80 lbs braid, and some mono leader with a bobber and a small fly. It’s overkill but better safe than sorry. The whole thing folds up to like a foot long and doesn’t take as much space to cast as a fly rod, plus the action I get out of the fly is good enough to trick so many bluegill by the banks you wouldn’t believe it.
so after your other video i was looking into a 1wt rod kit and could only find a 2wt combo is there that much difference when it comes to close quarters ditch and canal fishing oh and i also own a long 5wt rod that is to long for m9st of the fishing i want to do
yea the 1wt combo kit is always sold out, but I see the 1wts rod on amazon with 15 in stock at $59.99,a reel 29.99, and line kit 18.00.. I had to buy mine all separate as well
Maxcatch make really good rods, reels, and line. I will never own a Hardy or Galvin reel or a Wilson rod…. $400 rods and $500 reels are a ridiculous concept to me.
Chuck I live out in the south west along the Colorado river north of Lake Havasu. Lots of back water bays and slow moving water & not to brushy. What length of rod should I start out with for blue gill & trout combo. I am a beginner but sure would like to pan & trout fish. Thank you & enjoy your channel!👍👍
So what will the 1 weight cast efficiently? Poppers even? I’ve seen a people say 1weight won’t cast poppers well is that a farce as well? I was gonna buy a 1 weight for bluegill
I cast small poppers and dry flies all the time on my 1wt fly rod. I can cast small poppers sized for panfish super easy, but yes, the larger poppers meant for bass you need a at lease a 4-6 wt fly line. check out my video on DIY foam popper heads I make my poppers out of punched foam bodies, but name brand like Betts cast just fine as well.
Well I am done talking to that johnbennett1162 character shamelessly plugging information on Mad River Outfitters fly shop. Feel free to disagree with what I am saying in this video, but if you post here like an idiot, I will ban you from this channel.
“This is the essential panfish load out”! 😂😂😂 good advice man
I got my 1st flyrod about 20 years ago at Dick's. It was a Pfleuger combo, with a 5/6wt rod and clicker reel, preloaded with backing, flyline, and leader, and it included a few cheapie flies. I still have it to this day, and I only got another flyrod when my Dad's best friend gave me a Wright & McGill 3wt rod. I got a 3/4wt MaxCatch Eco reel and all the line for Christmas, and it's one of my dearest possessions. (My Dad's friend passed away in 2021, and my Dad passed in 2022.)
I ordered the MaxCatch 7' 3wt fiberglass thanks to you. Based on this video, I started looking up reviews and videos on their rods and kept hearing the same thing over and over. Decent little fly rod at a price that can't be beat. I just got the shipping confirmation. I have a TFO 8wt pro II, and a TFO 5wt NXT... I just couldn't justify the price of those rigs for my first step into panfish fishing. The MaxCatch fit my budget perfectly.
My uncle had 1 arm and fished with an automatic reel. Thats all i ever used. The popping bugs were Made by a preacher that lived on Bayou Barbary, Elder Millet. I still have that old stuff. chuck
Oh man I would love to see some of those bugs! Thats old school history :) what was thats preachers name? I would def research him and learn about him :)
I’ve got way more days behind me than in front. When I started fly fishing I was the only one I knew who did it. My first fly rod was a Martin combo set up I sold night crawlers to be able to buy at Kmart. Best advice I was given was find fly groups who will teach you to build rods and tie flies. A lot more joy catching fish on something you’ve built or fly you’ve tied. Video is right on.
My first rod was a 5 weight eagle claw. That rod cost me ten dollars. It still catches a ton of fish and it is 60 years old.
Support your local fly tyer! (Like me) 😂
Love the advise. I got a maxcatch extreme 3wt couple of years ago and have caught plenty of fish.
Thank you for putting this out there, new to fly fishing and was getting overloaded with way to mush detail, Thanks again.
You give some good advice in here. Obviously, you get what you pay for. Yes, for panfish, you don't need an expensive outfit. I love my Cabela's CGR with a Battenkill reel. Using fiberglass rods can be far cheaper, and more durable than graphite rods. But, you do get what you pay for. I learned a long time ago, that not only is it the materials, but also the technology that goes into making equipment. Bottom line is, if you can do it, try different outfits to find what is best for you.
Great video and right on point. Wild Water has a 3wt kit for $99.00. Great bluegill setup.
Shakespeare fly rods and that Cortland set that Walmart sales are actually nice kits. On 2wt to 4wt I will just use monofilament most of the time as my main line.
Hit the nail on the head with this one, I asked a forum good rods to start with and everyone was suggesting $400+ combo and luckily I found a sale on a redington 5wt crosswater combo for $92 and couldn’t feel any happier with this purchase and I’ve been slaying pan fish and even landed a couple small trout in the river down the street. Now the tough part is finding good places to go fish but I look forward to progressing!
Like when you fish at False river and catfish to.
Man false river has some of the best channel cats around, almost sure to hook into one, there are so many catfish in that river!
First fly rod was a Martin starter kit for $38 at a sporting goods store. Caught some small bass, bream, and my first trout on a wooly bugger i tied myself. It has since been retired(tip broke), but i still have it.
Hey brother, I just bought a nice $10 rod tip repair kit on the ole interwebs. It came with several tips, glue, proper string, UV resin, and a black light to cure it. It saved my surf rod that was fairly new.
I'm sure there's one for fly rods out there if you look.
I broke my cheapo 5/6 weight, now that I recall, and I wrapped it with poly string, and epoxied over that. I used it several more times, then gifted it to and taught my neighbor to use it.
I love saving beloved gear
I love it 👍. I definitely fell into the trap of feeling like I needed to buy the recommended top notch stuff in the beginning. Ironic but all my super expensive stuff broke quicker than the bare basic gear I've got. You can build your own leaders with regular monofilament material, maybe some floro for your tippet. I'm far from an expert but it has seemed like to me over the years that when the fish feel like eating, they will. When they don't feel like eating they won't, doesn't matter how much money your wearing or how much your gear cost. Maybe if your a guide you need to "look" like you know what your doing bit if your just fly fishing for fun then just go have fun. And if the fishing is tough just enjoy the scenery and beauty of nature, that's something I still have to work on. Good stuff man, thank you. And PS: boy would I love to go out to Louisiana and go catch some bluegill, bass, and whatever out there, thats my dream vacation 👍
Thanks, brutha. I feel better.
I love my 1wt maxcatch flyrod. You definitely dont need to spend a mint to go out and have a great day on the water
Getting ready to get into fly fishing - pan fish. Thinking about Maxcatch 4wt
Go for it, 4wt is a great choice and can handle some nice fish as well.
I got a 12 ft crappie rod, with a lews spinning reel ,with 15 pound braid ,a water barber, 1 bead ,a swivel and 10lb monofilament leader and I catch just as many fish and sometimes more fish than my friend with a fly rod setup.
It’s not a fly rod but I bought a 9 ft telescopic spinning rod combo for $40 from a Chinese website, and I rigged it with a bobber, 80 lbs braid, and some mono leader with a bobber and a small fly. It’s overkill but better safe than sorry. The whole thing folds up to like a foot long and doesn’t take as much space to cast as a fly rod, plus the action I get out of the fly is good enough to trick so many bluegill by the banks you wouldn’t believe it.
Good bud. I don't have an expensive setup either.
so after your other video i was looking into a 1wt rod kit and could only find a 2wt combo is there that much difference when it comes to close quarters ditch and canal fishing oh and i also own a long 5wt rod that is to long for m9st of the fishing i want to do
yea the 1wt combo kit is always sold out, but I see the 1wts rod on amazon with 15 in stock at $59.99,a reel 29.99, and line kit 18.00.. I had to buy mine all separate as well
Maxcatch make really good rods, reels, and line. I will never own a Hardy or Galvin reel or a Wilson rod…. $400 rods and $500 reels are a ridiculous concept to me.
Rudder brand rod and reel great starter combo
Chuck I live out in the south west along the Colorado river north of Lake Havasu.
Lots of back water bays and slow moving water & not to brushy. What length of rod should I start out with for blue gill & trout combo.
I am a beginner but sure would like to pan & trout fish.
Thank you & enjoy your channel!👍👍
For me shorter was better to get around those low hanging cypress limbs.
Man you can't go wrong with a 5wt fly rod combo, and I agree the shorter the better, but longer rods are easier to learn to cast on for sure.
PS I’m also an old codger pipe smoker too.😁👍😎
Like you pipe reviews too!
Just found this….thanks much!!
So what will the 1 weight cast efficiently? Poppers even? I’ve seen a people say 1weight won’t cast poppers well is that a farce as well? I was gonna buy a 1 weight for bluegill
I cast small poppers and dry flies all the time on my 1wt fly rod. I can cast small poppers sized for panfish super easy, but yes, the larger poppers meant for bass you need a at lease a 4-6 wt fly line. check out my video on DIY foam popper heads I make my poppers out of punched foam bodies, but name brand like Betts cast just fine as well.
Preach!
The WalMart Legacy fly kit will get you going for $40
Well I am done talking to that johnbennett1162 character shamelessly plugging information on Mad River Outfitters fly shop. Feel free to disagree with what I am saying in this video, but if you post here like an idiot, I will ban you from this channel.
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