Bob's Fly Fishing Log

Every now and again I come across a rod and line combination that’s absolutely sweeeeeet! A rod that suits the style and type of fishing I enjoy most of all (small salmon rivers) and a line that’s so balanced with the rod that fly casting is absolutely effortless. So much so that I really feel like I’ve found the Holy Grail in small two-hander and line combo’s.

This was very much the case yesterday when helping one of our customers match new lines with his old rods, I tried one of our Sewincaster lines with a Scott LS2 12ft #6wt two-handed fly rod. Now the Sewincaster fly line is only available as an 8wt and is used mostly by those people fishing for sea trout with 9-10ft single handed fly rods, rated say #7/ 8. The line profile (front taper) lends itself to turning over heavier than average flies and tubes and so it was this that got me thinking. Whilst the rod rating was for a #6wt line the #8wt Sewincaster might have just enough head weight (the weight forward section) to load this lighter rated two-hander, well it did! And with spades!

So much so that I’ve now made this my preferred choice of rod/ line set-up for fishing for grilse in our smaller Westcountry rivers this summer, big sea trout and surf fishing for bass. What’s more it’s also a an ideal combo for those just starting out in fly casting two-handed rods as there’s just so much feeeeeel for the line loading at short range. Available in Floating, Sint Tip Type I, III & IV, I have a Sewincaster line for just about any bigger game fishing situation….awesome!