Fly fished with my first outfit for a few years. It's a great 5-weight setup. As I gained more experience in fly fishing. I started to learn more about the latest equipment available. This helped me in deciding to put together a new 5-weight outfit.
Features I Like In Equipment
- Fly Rod: Medium/Fast Action; Gives you the power to cast a variety of fly lines. This includes floating, intermediate and sinking.
- Fly Reel: Machined or die-cast aluminum with a sealed drag. No need to oil or lubricate any drag system parts. Occasionally rinse dirt off the reel frame and spool with fresh water. Low maintenance.
- Fly Line/Floating; One line that you can cast a range of flies. Dry, wet, nymph, streamer, popper, and an indicator setup. This gives you the ability to change flies and fishing techniques, when you are on the river all day.
You might be thinking of what to do with two 5-weight outfits?
- Setup one outfit to fish with a nymph. The second outfit to fish with a streamer.
- Or use as a backup outfit. Accidents to equipment do happen. You wouldn't want a day or week long fly fishing trip ruined by a broken rod or reel.