Depends on what type of fish you’re going for! If you’re fishing for inland trout, anywhere from 3wt-5wt is good. If you are fishing for steelhead, then I’d recommend the 6wt-8wt.
@@SouthMend I think realistically I'm going to be fishing waters with more trout than anything else but i wanted to be able to handle the occasional bass and maybe even a steelhead. I do plan on getting a nicer rod down the line so I'll have one lighter and one stronger in the future. Thanks man!
@faz4983 Gotcha, I currently use a 6wt rod for both steelhead and smallmouth bass so it’ll definitely work for both of those. If you are going to be catching inland trout most of the time then I’d recommend a 3wt just because they’re generally smaller and you won’t need as heavy a rod to fight them (plus fighting fish on a lighter wt rod is more fun!). But a 5wt is generally seen as an all around good rod that you can catch all 3 species of those on (maybe not huge huge bass or steelhead), and a 5wt will be better at casting bigger flies than the 3wt if you’re into using streamers as opposed to smaller nymph like flies. If you have to choose between only a 5wt or 6wt, I’d go 5wt if you’re mostly catching inland trout, and I’d go 6wt if you’re mostly catching bass/steelhead. Let me know if you have any other questions! There’s a lot of things to consider when choosing a rod and I am by no means an expert lol.
@@SouthMend I appreciate you man! I've got questions here and there but not a lot of people around me that are into fly fishing. I'll probably grab the 5wt to start then go from there. Keep up the content man, it's videos like yours that get me hype to get on the water! 🫡 Thank you!
@faz4983 no problem, best way to figure out what gear you want/need is to try out some rods yourself anyway! I started with just a 7wt and now own a 2, 6, and 8wt lol. Thank you for watching and supporting the channel brotha
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Brother, I'm looking to get my first fly rod and I'm torn between weights. Would you recommend a 5wt or a 6wt to start off on?
Depends on what type of fish you’re going for! If you’re fishing for inland trout, anywhere from 3wt-5wt is good. If you are fishing for steelhead, then I’d recommend the 6wt-8wt.
@@SouthMend I think realistically I'm going to be fishing waters with more trout than anything else but i wanted to be able to handle the occasional bass and maybe even a steelhead. I do plan on getting a nicer rod down the line so I'll have one lighter and one stronger in the future. Thanks man!
@faz4983 Gotcha, I currently use a 6wt rod for both steelhead and smallmouth bass so it’ll definitely work for both of those. If you are going to be catching inland trout most of the time then I’d recommend a 3wt just because they’re generally smaller and you won’t need as heavy a rod to fight them (plus fighting fish on a lighter wt rod is more fun!). But a 5wt is generally seen as an all around good rod that you can catch all 3 species of those on (maybe not huge huge bass or steelhead), and a 5wt will be better at casting bigger flies than the 3wt if you’re into using streamers as opposed to smaller nymph like flies. If you have to choose between only a 5wt or 6wt, I’d go 5wt if you’re mostly catching inland trout, and I’d go 6wt if you’re mostly catching bass/steelhead. Let me know if you have any other questions! There’s a lot of things to consider when choosing a rod and I am by no means an expert lol.
@@SouthMend I appreciate you man! I've got questions here and there but not a lot of people around me that are into fly fishing. I'll probably grab the 5wt to start then go from there. Keep up the content man, it's videos like yours that get me hype to get on the water! 🫡 Thank you!
@faz4983 no problem, best way to figure out what gear you want/need is to try out some rods yourself anyway! I started with just a 7wt and now own a 2, 6, and 8wt lol. Thank you for watching and supporting the channel brotha
Will you show us how you tie your flies sometime? They seem to be working great!
Maybe one day! If more people want me to, but I’m not a professional by any means and I get most of my fly tying recipes from other RUclipsrs.
I gotcha! Do you have any beginner recommendations for other RUclipsrs to watch?
@@annie-zheng Yes! For my marabou jig fly, I learned how to tie it from Bill & Mikes Angling Adventures, who is also in the WNY area. I have also been tying a lot of nymphs for euro nymphing for trout recently, and I have been loving OldDominionTroutBum videos, as well as MainelyFlies. OldDominionTroutBum is a great resource to learn how to euro nymph/tight line, and I also watch some George Daniels videos as well.
I’ll check them out, thank you!