Posted By: j_hirn2
Working Out the New 3 wt - 06/13/16 12:30 AM
Went out for a couple of hours after dinner last night to try out my new Echo Base 7' 6"3 wt.
I had tossed it for a little while Friday night at a pond with some small sunfish, but this was its first real test.
The wind was blowing pretty hard when I got there but there was a corner of the pond relatively sheltered and when it got later the wind pretty much stopped. Managed seven or 8 small bass and quite a few bluegills with a greenie or two.
There was 8 - 10 feet of moss and some kind of weed surrounding the pond. I would fight the fish until they buryed themselves in the vegetation. Then I set the rod aside and pulled the line in by hand. I felt like a kid opening his Christmas presents as I dug through the slop to see what I had caught.
Only lost 1 bass after they hit the slop and were hand lined.
All fish caught on a #12 olive woolly bugger on a 6 lb flourocarbon Tippet. For once I didn't lose a fly.
I had 4 more pictures I tried to attach, but I think I exceeded the limit for a post.
Anyway the 3 wt is a really fun little rod.
I had tossed it for a little while Friday night at a pond with some small sunfish, but this was its first real test.
The wind was blowing pretty hard when I got there but there was a corner of the pond relatively sheltered and when it got later the wind pretty much stopped. Managed seven or 8 small bass and quite a few bluegills with a greenie or two.
There was 8 - 10 feet of moss and some kind of weed surrounding the pond. I would fight the fish until they buryed themselves in the vegetation. Then I set the rod aside and pulled the line in by hand. I felt like a kid opening his Christmas presents as I dug through the slop to see what I had caught.
Only lost 1 bass after they hit the slop and were hand lined.
All fish caught on a #12 olive woolly bugger on a 6 lb flourocarbon Tippet. For once I didn't lose a fly.
I had 4 more pictures I tried to attach, but I think I exceeded the limit for a post.
Anyway the 3 wt is a really fun little rod.