5 - 8ft Rod: |
Ideal for fishing on small streams, casting small flies on light lines. A 3oz casting weight helps makes a little splash when landing so you do not disturb those fish. |
9 - 10ft Rod: |
This size suit fishing larger rivers or small stillwaters. |
9 – 10ft 6": |
Best for large stillwaters or fly fishing from a boat. |
10 / 11 ft: |
Paired with a 3 to 5 weight, this size suits nymphing flies. |
Weight-Forward Taper (WF) |
A fly line that has added weight and thickness in the first 10 yards of the fly line and the remainder of the fly line is uniform in thickness and weight. |
Double Taper (DT) |
Not suited to long casts or windy days but offers a fly line that gradually widens in diameter, helping with casting. For an affordable option, you can pick a level taper fly line that has the exact same width and weight throughout its entire length but this tends to be harder to cast. |
Shooting-Taper (ST) |
A faster, better version of the WF taper. The first 20 feet of the fly line is heavily weighted whilst the remaining fly line is then of uniform width and weight. This line is very narrow and is great for tournament casting where you need to cast as far as possible. |
Fly Line Weight 1-3: |
Ideal for smaller fish such as panfish, very small trout or fishing for larger trout in tiny streams. |
Fly Line Weight 4: |
Great for panfish, but mainly for the largest of trout. This weight fly line is best used on small or middle-sized streams, where your longer casts are not needed. |
Fly Line Weight 5: |
The ideal, all-rounder line for trout fishing. This line weight covers a multitude of trout fishing situations. Although it will work for catching smaller fish, it will not be as fun to use as a light line. This line will also work well in catching small bass or species in rivers. |
Fly Line Weight 6: |
Another versatile line weight that is again ideal for trout fishing but forgets catching smaller trout and panfish with this line. This weight is much more suited for large trout and the largest of bass. |
Fly Line Weight 7: |
This weight is not for trout river fishing but instead suited to larger, more powerful fish such as bass, smaller salmon, and steelhead. |
Fly Line Weight 8+: |
Fly line weighted from 8 or more are built for catching very powerful, very large fish, such as saltwater and salmon species. A freshwater fly angler will not have much use for a line weighted above 8. |
Copper / Orange Lenses: |
Ideal “all-rounder” for freshwater venues such as rivers and stillwaters. |
Yellow Lenses: |
Perfect for low light conditions such as late evening sessions on rivers and stillwaters. |
Blue Mirror Lenses: |
Saltwater fly anglers favour this lens as they are great for fishing blue water of the sea. |
Green Mirror Lenses: |
Another lens colour suited for saltwater fishing. |