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Fly Fishing Basics
Equipment: How to Match Up Fly Tackle
This table is meant only as a general guide for helping you put together, in proper balance, the basic elements of a fly fishing outfit tailored for fish of a particular weight category. Specific conditions and your ability and personal preference should also be considered.
Note: The line sizes above are given in the number system of the American Sportfishing Association. These line sizes are meant only as a general guide, and the newcomer to fishing should note that there is a wide range of conditions and circumstances that determines the correct line weight for a given rod.
| Species Fish |
Reel |
Rod Length |
Level |
Lines Double-Taper |
Weight Forward |
| Trout, small bass, graying, panfish |
Single- action auto |
6 1/2 to 7 1/2 |
L 4 or L 5 |
DT4F or DT5F: DT6S |
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| Smallmouth, largemouth and white bass: pickerel,
trout, grayling |
Single- action auto |
7 1/2 to 8 1/2 |
L6 or L7 |
DT6F or DT7F; DT8S |
WF6F; WF8S |
| Large bass and trout, landlocked salmon, walleye, pickerel,
pike |
Single- action |
8 1/2 to 9 |
L8 or L9 |
1/4 DT8F or DT9Fto 3/8 |
WF9F; WF10S |
| Salmon, lake trout, muskellunge, pike, bonefish,
tarpon, striped bass, bluefish |
Single- action |
9 1/2 |
L10 |
DT10F |
WF10F;WF10S |
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