trout fishing

[aculbert675]

hello, im new to this forum.
im 16, and i fly fish for trout.
but i want a spinning rod for trout and small salmon maybe in rivers and small lakes. but i dont have a clue on any rods or reells etc, any suggestions?
thanks

[MrGrey1]

Hi,
I think that you're asking actually for two rods! I fish for trout a lot and the best I can recommend is 7' light "Ugly Stick" with a 6 ball bearing reel "Small Spool". The reason for small spool being: It is easy to change line often and relatively inexpensive. I use 6 lb mono with 4 or 6 lb fluorocarbon leaders. I also love float fishing for trout. You may want to visit my site: www.trout-floats.com

“The Small Salmon"?
I'm afraid that unless you fish for Kokonee Only, there are no small salmon! You may get the odd Jack here and there. However, most of the salmon will come in the 8 - 50 lb range. So be prepared. Here I would suggest a longer rod. The 8 to 10 foot rod is good choices. I hated the Ugly Sticks a long time ago just for the name. But now I see it everywhere and got a couple myself. They are awesome strong rods with 5year warranties!

The only thing to consider here is a good reel. You may like spinner as the “Level wind” maybe to complicated for a beginner. If you don’t target the “Long Line Pullers” like a Steelhead, smaller or medium size reels are generally fine. Think about changing line often and don’t buy a huge reel! It can be costly to replace lines later. Buy a good fluorocarbon leader material and use Chemically Sharpened hooks for salmon species. Stay a way from braded lines for now as they can be tricky and hard for you to set the hooks.

Hope this helps a bit. MrGrey1.

[paul p]

Mr grey1, young lad is from bangor northern ireland im guessing, and you in the states. Anyway i fly fish in northern ireland and a small salmon is called over here a grilse 6-7lb mark and springers the big salmon up to 22lb. If you are mate let me know i am a member of the big agivey and have a look at my post "photos". Your in the right hands mate. Let me know.Welcome to the forum

[valleyboy]

hi mate it all depends on what type of spinner u want to use i would suggest a 8ft rod that has a 10 -30 gram rating this will be fine for small vibrax and mepps spinners for trout and will cast flyin cs,tobys etc in most situations however if the river u fish is in spate u might have to go bit heavier say a rod that will cast 50-60 grams i would use 6ib line for the trout and 12ib for the salmon.have a look here www.garryevans.co.uk i bought a 10 foot 30-45gram greys grxi at the start of the season and cant fault it

[paul p]

If you are fishing for trout i take thats wild trout and salmon/grilse you will need a rod licence and permission to fish waters with this type of fishing- find out fees 1st then buy rod. Salmon beats are not cheap. Ask local anglers in the summertime for advice. The gear is the easy part. Hope this helps.

[aculbert675]

thanks. well yes its bangor northern ireland.
and i fly fish for trout at the moment so already have liscience and permit, and know all about price of day tickets etc..

i used to spin for pike so have things like tobys and flying C's.

really all im wanting is advice on what rod and reel to use with say 15-30g lures. just any names of good rods or reels but nothing too expensive, for fishing in the united kingdom.

thanks guys

[NICK R]

i use these reels
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Penn-Captiva-2...NEW_W0QQitemZ3

and the penn rods here

http://www.jims.org.uk/fishing/penn_...ng_rods_uk.htm

[paul p]

Nice one nick. There you go young man sorted.