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    Fly fishing, switch rods hot or not?

    Just a fancy remarketing of longer still water rods, a made up product for a hungry market or an essential bit of kit that is just the job for longer light casting?


    Switch Fly Rod / Access Switch 5-weight 11' Fly Rod—Tip Flex -- Orvis UK
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    Or a new piece of kit for a Tackle Tart.......Trout Woofter!
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    A 11ft rod rated 5 weight wouldn't be my first choice, to light for sea trout or wild trout, but at 11ft a good size for boat fly fishing.
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    I think that I would pass on the 11 ft 5 wt. My current kit covers the appropriate bases and I see this as an expensive bit of fluff. But then again, I'm a bit of a minimalist when it comes to kit.

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    I've ordered one up.(yep a full on kit monster)

    Thinking of it for off rock fishing when I'm targeting pollack (micro fucking pollack) on an evening. Which is mainly roll casting due to the background being about 30 foot of sea wall.

    I normally fish mega light for them (down to a 0 weight on one occasion) but definitely could do with the extra distance

    will report back when I get back to the green and pleasant land and open my special parcels to myself
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