gear suggestions folks?

[bramptonjerry]

no real experience river fishing....thinking, 7 ft ultra light spinning rod, 8 lb fire line with 8lb floro leader, with a slip float and pink berkley worm...do I stand a chance?

[mikec]

depends on what your fishing for....assuming its steelhead i would reccomend a rod no shorter than say 8 and a half feet (preferably 10 feet or more) and a 6 pound leader maybe, the slip float and worms sound ok though.

 

on a 7 foot ultralight the steelhead will take you for quite the run and then snap your line, no control with this size....if its all you got why not though

Edited March 18, 2008 by mikec

[bramptonjerry]

thanks for the tip...if I have fun at it I'll get one of those river spiining rods at bps the next time they go on sale

[muskymike]

What are you fishing for Jerry?

[mistaredone]

Stay up stream of Dundas in Erindale Park. Im pretty sure anything down steam is off limits. This may be just during spawning season but unless someone corrects me I wouldn't chance it.

[Radnine]

At the risk of sounding like a dope, why the Floro leader (in any circumstance, cause I seem to hear it a lot)?

[mistaredone]

Thin, Clear and tough for rocks and teeth.

[bramptonjerry]

floro is abrassion resistant and has close to the same qualities of refraction as does water making it near invisible

[bramptonjerry]

What are you fishing for Jerry?

is there anything other than steelhead open/available?

[urbanangler1990]

id like to know how u do up in that area, let us know, good luck

[nofrills]

Make sure you pack along your patience.

I suspect quite a number people will be out in that particular area.

[bramptonjerry]

drove by last week-end and saw no one from the Dundas entrance anyway that's why I thought it would be a good place to practice up

[danbo]

All you can do.. is try,Grasshopper!