8'6 rod good enought for right now ?

[Mister Swenson]

Lot easier to be a "good angler" with a 10+ float rod, in my opinion. Try a Quantum Coldwater!

-ms

[chum77]

Tride using my 8'6 lamy today for float fishing again didnt catch nothing but still workin on it. Its a fun and new way for me to fish salmon and steelhead, but i can see were a longer rod would be usefull.

[Chum Man]

i actually prefer a shorter rod in a lot of situations.  90% of my tidewater chinook this season were taken with a float/eggs and using a heavier action 8'6 rod.  however, it's a very slow drift(think 2 or 3 minutes if you don't freespool further).  not much line mending necessary, my arm doesn't get fatigued as quickly, and the short rod lets me horse fish in better.

where the long rod really helps is fishing those far pockets on the other side of the river, where you've got some fast water between you and the fish.  you can hold that line off the water to keep it from getting pulled downstream quicker than you'd like.

[chum77]

hmmm thats somthing to think about never thought to use it in tide water.

[chum77]

my 8'6 worked pretty well for float and jig on the green this week caught alot of salmon ! it was great had alot of fun with jig and float.