Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Recommended lines for Orvis Access 6wt?

My two cents.  Tip flex/fast action rods should do better with a shorter head.  I recommend you head to District Angling and pick up a Titan floating line for starters. 

The 6 wt Titan will give you 210 grains in the first 30 feet and should be optimal for that rod.  I have a 6wt Douglas Sky which should be very similar to what you have and the combination of fast action and the Titan is butter.

I believe optimal size fly for this setup is size 2 poppers and streamers.

On Thu, Oct 1, 2020, 11:27 AM Josh Cohn <joshccohn404@gmail.com> wrote:

See if you can find out how many grains its rated for and go by that instead of having to guess off generic line WT's, which often vary by brand.

On Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 12:32:54 AM UTC-4 willia...@gmail.com wrote:

I have an Orvis Access 6 wt  fast tip flex I purchased a few years ago and I have a love/hate relationship with the rod. It fun to cast with a skagit head, but the Clearwater 6 wt fly line I have on it feels like casting a broom. I've toyed around with an old 7/8 wt line I have around and that's a little better.

In an ideal world, this would be my bass and streamer rod for trout, but I frankly don't enjoy fishing it without the skagit head at this point.

I'm not sure if anyone has experience with the Access rods (they don't seem that fondly remembered on the interwebs) but if there's a good line pairing or recommendation for consistency I'd love to try and get some life out of it.

-Will

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