TFO Lefty Kreh Signature Series

[euroflifisher]

Tried out the 7' 3'' 4pc. 2 wt. at the Fly fishing show. Great rod and casts well. Before I buy it, any reviews on this rod or any others in the line?

[LopatNympher]

I have a 9 ft 5 wt Signature Series that Aaron gave to me. I love it. This was basically my first season fly fishing and I made it thru without breaking the damn thing so that's got to say something about it.

[Walshmiko]

Euro: I own a Hardy Marksman 7ft 3wt and I love the thing for fishing small dries and emergers. I couldnt imagine going down to a 2wt though.. Have you checked out the sage txl, they have a 3wt 8 ft that is really nice.. Are you going to be fishing small creeks with this rod?

[Adam]

I have the TFO pro in the 7' 6" 3 weight for fishing small creeks/streams...it is my brookie rod. Nice action, I have a 3 weight double taper line on the rod. I toss a lot of dries with the rod and very small streamers, mickey finn's...small ghosts...and I will fish dry dropper combos with the rod. I find it responds well with very lightly weighted nymphs...anything with remotely decent mass to it gives the rod some trouble.

Nice small stream rod, wouldn't bother with it for the housatonic or farmington as a comparison. But 3+ seasons....at least 100 trips with the rod..no issues.

[euroflifisher]

The 2 wt. may be light but the average size fish in these creeks and feeder streams i fish ( the largest about 15- 20 ft. across and the smallest 3 ft) is about 7- 8 inches with a big one being about 12 inches. So i can get away with a rod this light plus it's a four piece making it extremely easy to pack. Also I'm not really going to fish anything larger than a size 14.
I did try the 3 wt. Adam described also good, by the way, anyone know of any cheap light reels for a 2 or 3 wt. outfit?

[kyle]

for a reel you can find orvis battenkill barstock reels for pretty cheap, they're light and I can say they're all you really need for trout, especially the smaller ones you described.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/st...:referralID=NA

here's one for a 2wt at a fair $119

[euroflifisher]

Kyle- thanks i like the battenkill. The price is fair and it looks like a good reel, my only other thought is that i do own a cortland endurance 6'6" 4 wt. which is great for everything and i coupled it with a fly cast 1 reel which costs about $55. Good reel, i wonder if a lighter line weight is available for it because it would save about $50, yet the quality of the orvis is undeniably good. I just wonder at this point whether the quality of the reel really matters as much as when you larger hunting larger fish

[Adam]

I just wonder at this point whether the quality of the reel really matters as much as when you larger hunting larger fish

nope...never needed drag on a WTMA brook trout...even if I run into the occasion brown still not a big deal. I have my rod paired with an old SA System 1 678 that I have had for 20 years.

I do want an abel reel...but that is a want not a need.

[euroflifisher]

Adam- now that the question of the reel is pretty much answered, does the 3 wt. you spoke of work well with the bow and arrow technique and what length leader is best for this technique?

[Adam]

It works fine with the bow and arrow. I typically use a leader between 7 1/2 and 9 foot...with a fair degree of certainty I would say the shorter leader works better...but honestly I don't change the leader all that often.