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tnt

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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #15 on: April 18, 2012, 06:33:59 PM »

13 ft GLX and a Mac centerpin
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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2012, 08:07:10 PM »

9 foot 8 weight Sage Launch with a vintage Hardy St. John reel.  I alternate swinging flies with my clear sinking tip with 3 feet of 10 pound flourocarbon leader, or dead drifting with a floating line with an indicator and a couple of small split shots.
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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #17 on: April 18, 2012, 10:36:34 PM »

Sage 2106b built into center pin rod and a Milner kingfisher center pin.
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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #18 on: April 18, 2012, 11:04:53 PM »

Sage 2106b built into center pin rod and a Milner kingfisher center pin.

hard to beat this combo for Vedder fish
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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2012, 11:13:50 PM »

Fenwick HMX and Islander Steelheader
Fenwick HMX and Okuma Aventa
G-Loomis GL2 and a Luna 300
Fenwick HMX and a Abu Garcia Black Max
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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #20 on: April 19, 2012, 07:13:16 AM »

For winter steelhead,

Sage VT2 7133, Hardy Maquis 2, 550 Skagit flight

Sage 3113m, Islander Steelheader
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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #21 on: April 19, 2012, 07:49:54 AM »

Gear/drift:  Sage 2106 rod and Diawa Luna 253 reel (or Shimano Calcutta 200B).

Fly:  Sage RPL+ 896 and Hardy Ultralight Disc 8/9, or Sage XP 796 and Hardy Ultralight Disc Large Arbor 7/8.  Also have a Sage FLi 896 and Lamson Velocity 3.5 Hard Alox reel as a decent back-up system.
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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #22 on: April 19, 2012, 08:27:17 AM »

I haven't upgraded for a while ...

Currently using a 10' 6" Fenwick Lamiglass GSH1262MH with refurbished Avon Royal Supreme  ;D.

Also have an 11' 3" Hanson "Light Steelhead" with sliding reel seat that I fill with either a Hardy, The Silex, or an Ambassadeur 6500CA.
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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #23 on: April 19, 2012, 09:35:32 AM »

Sage 3113lb with a milner kingfisher.
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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #24 on: April 19, 2012, 09:55:56 AM »

5wt!  It's all you really need ;)
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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #25 on: April 19, 2012, 12:54:17 PM »

9 foot 8 weight Sage Launch with a vintage Hardy St. John reel.  I alternate swinging flies with my clear sinking tip with 3 feet of 10 pound flourocarbon leader, or dead drifting with a floating line with an indicator and a couple of small split shots.

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The OP is asking about CASTING setups, not fly setups.
It would be nice to extend the original poster the courtesy of actually reading their opening post before answering a question.  ;)
« Last Edit: April 19, 2012, 12:55:53 PM by milo »
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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #26 on: April 19, 2012, 05:42:20 PM »

Fenwick HMX and Islander Steelheader
Fenwick HMX and Okuma Aventa
G-Loomis GL2 and a Luna 300
Fenwick HMX and a Abu Garcia Black Max

Are you an octopus?
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Sandman

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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #27 on: April 19, 2012, 05:44:21 PM »

The OP is asking about CASTING setups, not fly setups.
It would be nice to extend the original poster the courtesy of actually reading their opening post before answering a question.  ;)

It would be nicer to extend the OP the courtesy of trying to convert them to the only way to cast. :P
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milo

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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #28 on: April 19, 2012, 07:23:18 PM »

It would be nicer to extend the OP the courtesy of trying to convert them to the only way to cast. :P

Stinky elitist, LOL! ;D
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Re: What's your steelhead set-up?
« Reply #29 on: April 19, 2012, 07:46:32 PM »

The OP is asking about CASTING setups, not fly setups.
It would be nice to extend the original poster the courtesy of actually reading their opening post before answering a question.  ;)

Actually Milo, perhaps YOU should read the opening post. The original poster says he decided on a casting setup, what is YOUR current set-up.

Deciding on a casting set-up myself .... what is your current set-up for steelhead?

Brand, rod length/size, reel type etc  :)

I choose to CAST my centerpin or CAST my spey rod  ;)
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