Over the weekend I had the opportunity to go and fish the Williams river in North Central Massachusetts. This is much larger water than I am used to and I was having a great deal of difficulty with my casting. I was nymphing with both a poly yarn indicator and some weight on the line and could not get the line up and out of the water. I am using a Cabelas PT (8.5 foot 5 wt) rod which I have been very happy with in smaller streams and with small dries. I was nymphing on the Tongariro river (also very big water) in NZ a few weeks ago with a 7 weight Sage rod and had no trouble lifting and rolling a similar set up. My question is what is the best reasonably priced rod for deep nymphing? Is a fast action or slow action what I want and do I need a heavier rod to throw the indicator and weight? What are folks thoughts on this??
Mike M.
