Fun with a 10' 2wt

[SashaT]

I met up with a Mike to do a little fishing on a river that isn’t too far from home. Once we were there we ran into a couple of guys that I know. Well actually ran into isn’t quite accurate; you see Jeremy knew I was going and he owed me a few flies. He gave me a text saying that he would meet up with me at a specific spot.



After we BS’ed for a bit we decided to split up and fish different areas. The day was a bit warm already with the highs expected in the 70s there wasn’t any clouds in the sky. I put on sunblock but I should have reapplied as I got a little toasty by the days end.



The first run we fished is normally a very productive run. However, today it wasn’t really doing much with Mike picking up one and then nothing. We decided to head elsewhere which ended up being a great call. Once at the next spot we began to fish. He picked up some and then I finally got my first one of the day.

Once released I noticed mike hooked one up so I grabbed a few shots of him. I didn’t bother to take a zoom lens so these are cropped quite a bit.

Mike worked his way down to another section picking some more up. He yelled to me to see if I wanted to try his 10’ 2wt he built, I eagerly agreed. This rod is just badass, it does very well throwing three fly weighted nymph rigs with an indicator. It also does just fine with the 17-22 inch browns we were catching. Here are a couple of examples of the quite a few guys I landed while fishing the 2wt.

While fishing the run, Jeremy and Zeke showed up. They said hi and then fished the upper part of the run for a bit. They ended up taking off and Mike and I fished for a bit longer picking up some more fish. I was having such a blast, I forgot all about taking photos, realizing I hardly had any pics; I quickly took a few scenery shots.

We ended up trying a new spot next, this place looked good but nothing came up.

Next we ran back into Jeremy and Zeke. The four of us fished a pretty long stretch of water so we weren’t really near one another. From the looks of it everybody was picking up good numbers of fish. After a while they decided to call it a day, Mike and I stayed a bit longer picking up some more.

We packed up the truck, Mike broke out some sandwiches out of the cooler and we headed out. It was a fun day for sure. Lots of bugs on the water though very little risers, lots of fish to hand, lots of fish LDR’ed and good times were had by all. I will say this though, I liked that 10 foot 2wt so much, and Mike offered to show me how to make my own this summer. I can’t wait not only to get one of my own but to also learn how to rod build.

 

[BrickHouse]

Where was this at? South Fork?

 

[Ron Evers]

You need to clean your sensor.

 

[SashaT]

Where was this at? South Fork?

Nah the South Fork like a lot of water up here is closed until Memorial Day weekend. I went to the river that is in the other direction.

 

[BrickHouse]

Where was this at? South Fork?

Nah the South Fork like a lot of water up here is closed until Memorial Day weekend. I went to the river that is in the other direction.

My dad and his buddy float the South Fork most weekends in the summer but I guess it got pretty washed out last fall with some storms? I've been a few times with them, man that river is fun. When I move back I plan on spending most my free time on the water.

 

[deeky]

Nice pics. But really - 2wt handling 3 weighted flies and an indicator? That's impressive! No doubt the length helped. Definitely build your own if you get a chance. My first build was a 4-piece 8.5 ft 5wt. Caught my first trout on a fly on that rod. Have since built a 6.5 ft ultralight spinning rod that I also love. Imagine building your own lens and capturing great images with it - it's like that. I'll get a shot of the rod tomorrow and share.

 

[SashaT]

Where was this at? South Fork?

Nah the South Fork like a lot of water up here is closed until Memorial Day weekend. I went to the river that is in the other direction.

My dad and his buddy float the South Fork most weekends in the summer but I guess it got pretty washed out last fall with some storms? I've been a few times with them, man that river is fun. When I move back I plan on spending most my free time on the water.

Well if you want to hit the water when you're up let me know. If I happen to be off of work, I am always game to go fish. Yea, after the fires last year the SF got pretty jacked up with the rains and all. It is a different river for sure...

 

[SashaT]

Nice pics. But really - 2wt handling 3 weighted flies and an indicator? That's impressive! No doubt the length helped. Definitely build your own if you get a chance. My first build was a 4-piece 8.5 ft 5wt. Caught my first trout on a fly on that rod. Have since built a 6.5 ft ultralight spinning rod that I also love. Imagine building your own lens and capturing great images with it - it's like that. I'll get a shot of the rod tomorrow and share.

I am pretty excited to try it out, my wife is excited that the blanks and components are quite a bit less than the usual rod purchase


I shouldn't mention throwing three fly nymph rigs with my Sage 0wt SPL on the same river then Although it kind of sucks doing so unlike with the 10' 2wt rod. I was really impressed at how easily I could cast a rig with the thing. Plus the fish on feel was pretty damn good especially considering my friend said it cost him about a hundred bucks for the build.

 

[deeky]

Here's a quick pic of what I did with my 5wt build. Wanted something to make it mine, but didn't want to go overboard either. The big one is the butt wrap right ahead of the label and the ferule wraps all used jungle cock nails for alignment when assembling the rod. Like tying, the joy is making it yours.

IMG_6717a by breckmiller, on Flickr

As you can see, it is definitely used.

 

[SashaT]

Nice stick, nothing wrong with it being used!

What blank did you use and how does it fish?