With today’s range of rods and actions, it is very difficult to decide on the right length and action. We would like to give you some tips here to make the choice a little easier.
Wiesenbach
With a width of 2 – 10 m, these streams are mostly fishable from the bank or with waders. Here we recommend a rod length of 1.90 m to a maximum of 2.40 m. Often it is very nice to fish here with light lines of classes # 2/3 or # 4/5; depending on the use of dry flies or nymphs. The rods should have a parabolic action, because stiffer rods do not give pleasure in casting and a good presentation of the flies at a shorter distance is hardly possible.
Medium wide river
Mostly well vegetated rivers, deep and hard to fish with waders or waders. Here we recommend rods from 2,55 – 3,00 m in the classes # 4/5 or # 5/6, which should not be too stiff to present the flies or streamers optimally. Especially since here is very often fished in the area near the shore or under bushes and trees.
Mountain stream/river
Rods from 2.40 – 2.70 m are used here. One casts mostly between 5 – 15 m. The line class ranges between # 4 – 6. Since very often trick casts are used, we recommend a medium-fast rod.
Salmon species Pacific
Depending on the type of fish rod line class
Steelhead: 9’6 – 10′ # 8/9
Coho: 9′ – 10′ # 7/9
Kingsalomon: 9′ – 9’6 # 11/12
However, here too, fishing is increasingly done with two-handed rods.
Large rivers, mixed water
Since longer distances must be thrown at once here, we recommend:
on salmonids rods from 2.70 – 3.00 m # 5/7
on pike, carp rods from 2.70 m – 3.30 m # 7/9
The action should be medium-fast.
Lakes
here are used rods from length 2,70 – 3,30 m in line classes # 5/7
A medium-fast action has proven to be excellent.
Sea trout – and salmon rivers:
In the smaller rivers in Scandinavia, single-handed rods of 2.70 – 3.30 m are recommended.
or short two-handed rods from 12′ – 13′ in # 8/10 line classes.
In the larger rivers of Scandinavia and Scotland, we recommend, depending on the season
and water level two-handed rods from 14′ – 18′ of line class # 9/11
Salt water
Fighting fish like bonefish, tarpon, permit need rods with a strong backbone. The most common length is 9′ – 9’6. Line class bonefish # 7/8; tarpon # 9/13.