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UL takedown fishing pole for bow hunts

Hardcorehunter

Hardcorehunter

UL Shelter/Stove Geek
This is the Browning takedown Safari rod. It is 6'6" and is a lightweight to medium action rod. I am pretty impressed with it. It comes with a crush proof, quiet exterior case, and each section has it's own sleeve. $99.99 at Bass Pro with a one year warranty against defects. I am not much of an extended warranty guy, but Bass Pro offers a deal on these rods which is a good bargain imo. 2 year NO QUESTIONS FULL REPLACEMENT WARRANTY for $19.99. If I bust it, no matter what, I get a full replacement. I equipped it with a Pflueger President spinning reel model number 6730. It comes with 2 spoolsand performs and casts like a dream. Cost, $59.99 at Bass Pro. I have a local Bass Pro, so they got my business. This setup performs very nicely. I mainly fish for trout and walleye, and I use 4 lb test on one spool, and I have the other equipped with 8 lb. Here is the rod case attached to my Kifaru Spike Camp pack.

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So I have to ask, with the exception of going after walleye, why not just take a 4 or 6 piece 4- or 5-wt fly rod? This wouldn't be the most ideal for going after walleye, but if you are up in/near mountain streams out west, it seems, from my own experience, that a packable fly rod would be lighter overall. The reels are much lighter, take up less space, and the flies are going to be even lighter than the lures. You can carry a ton more flies than lures and cover all the bases with streamers, nymphs, and dry flies.

Of course, I'm a horrible example of packing light since I carry all kinds of heavy, often useless stuff in my packs b/c I like the extra weight for the challenge and keeping me in shape in the mountains out here. Overall, I love your approach and attitude, but I just had to ask. I'd love to have the time and knowhow to make one of those ultralight bivy/hammocks you made a while back.
 
Good question AZH. I do my trout fishing in NE IA, and our streams are small, with trees everywhere over hanging them, and to me, fly fishing just wouldn't work that well. I have seen guys use them in some of the open areas here, but they are limited to where they can use them, because of all of the low branches from trees. Now, if I was out west, then I would have to get into fly fishing. It looks like a blast, but I have never done it. Now and then I like to do bow hunts in SE MN and NE IA, and the area is riddled with different small trout streams, and a long rod to clear the weedy shores, and a lightweight spinning reel really shine here. These streams aren't over 10'-15' ft wide on average, and narrower in places.
 
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That makes perfect sense. I've fished a few of those streams from when I grew up in IA. I would offer up a 6' or 7' 3-wt fly rod in that case and roll casting instead of traditional back casting. That's how you get around the veg issues. We have tons of those same types of streams out here and I've snagged/caught more than my share of "limb trout". If you ever want to come out west and do any fly fishing and hunting, you know how to find me! Ever since I learned how to fly fish and hooked my first trout, I understand how people can be fly-fishing snobs; however, I love fishing way too much to dedicate myself to one genre and I'm too Iowa still to ever turn snob. Come on out sometime!
 
Looks like a good set up. When I used to fish a lot, my biggest catch came off an old Browning Silaflex rod.
 
AZHunter said:
That makes perfect sense. I've fished a few of those streams from when I grew up in IA. I would offer up a 6' or 7' 3-wt fly rod in that case and roll casting instead of traditional back casting. That's how you get around the veg issues. We have tons of those same types of streams out here and I've snagged/caught more than my share of "limb trout". If you ever want to come out west and do any fly fishing and hunting, you know how to find me! Ever since I learned how to fly fish and hooked my first trout, I understand how people can be fly-fishing snobs; however, I love fishing way too much to dedicate myself to one genre and I'm too Iowa still to ever turn snob. Come on out sometime!
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Would love to sometime!:way:
 
The door is always open, HCH! You never know when I'll show up back at my old stomping grounds in Ames and look up HCH in the phone book and ask you to help me make one of those UL hammocks in my favorite red/gold! So I figure the least I could do is get you on some elk, mulies, Coue's, and trout! :drink2:
 
Thanks AZ, I would love to take you up on that offer. Same, here, if you ever get back up, you better PM me and let me know:way:
 
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