Using a 6 wt line on a 6/7 wt line

mattcullen · 2017-05-07 09:33:12

I have 9ft 6/7 wt fly rod combo (budget starter kit from Airflo). I swapped the line out for a Barrio wf 7 which is a nice line. I kind of feel a bit over gunned for lough fishing as I understand most people use 5 or 6 weights. Would there be any advantage in me switching to a 6 line? Also, I understand folk usually go for…

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#32 12-05-2017 12:46PM

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rpmcmurphy wrote: »

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The law states it is illegal to have more than 3 rods mounted in a boat when spinning, trolling or bait fishing. You can have as many fly rods set up as you want. Mounted means ready to fish - hook attached to line, etc. If everything is ready but the hook or leader is not yet clipped on, it is not mounted.[/quote

Zippy does this apply to all loughs on a national basis or just the corrib? I'd be interested to see the bye law concerned....

This is just Lough Corrib, Mask and Carra. Can't lay my hand on the actual byelaw now, but I think it's Byelaw 840 from 2008 IIRC, might be searchable on the google...

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