03-02-2011, 11:05 PM
Thanks for the info Curtis. I just received the Sage Bass Smallmouth model (290 gr.) in the mail today. I decided to buy this rod specifically for Lake Powell bass fishing.
I'd really like to target some Striper action with this set-up and have been tying up a BUNCH of flies, kind of based on what was going on up there last spring and again in fall. I've never fished with a bass taper before and am very excited to try it out. None of my ties are super big, so I'm thinking this Smallmouth model will be quite adequate.
Can I ask you which reel you coupled your Smallmouth rod with? I am leaning toward a Ross CLA 7-9 wt. model. After wrestling with those Striper's up there last year, I definitely want a reel with some backing capacity. The Ross seems to fit that bill pretty well. Those Striper's are some mean suckers boy....When we were trolling for them they would slam that lure and strip off 60-80' of line before you could even get your rod out of the holder. WOW....I'm hooked :-))) And don't even talk to me about those "boils". Have we left yet........
Randy
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I'd really like to target some Striper action with this set-up and have been tying up a BUNCH of flies, kind of based on what was going on up there last spring and again in fall. I've never fished with a bass taper before and am very excited to try it out. None of my ties are super big, so I'm thinking this Smallmouth model will be quite adequate.
Can I ask you which reel you coupled your Smallmouth rod with? I am leaning toward a Ross CLA 7-9 wt. model. After wrestling with those Striper's up there last year, I definitely want a reel with some backing capacity. The Ross seems to fit that bill pretty well. Those Striper's are some mean suckers boy....When we were trolling for them they would slam that lure and strip off 60-80' of line before you could even get your rod out of the holder. WOW....I'm hooked :-))) And don't even talk to me about those "boils". Have we left yet........
Randy
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