I've been lurking a while so I might as well introduce myself. I'm small town Georgia born and raised, did some travelling and have been an Atlantan for 40 years. I used to do a fair amount of fishing (much of it on the Chattahoochee and on streams in the mountains), but the time pressure of my job has kept me away from it for the last 15 years or so. By inclination, I'm mostly a small water pan fisherman and in general I had used ultra light spinning gear until the last few years.

I got hooked on fly fishing and as my skill has increased, I've found myself drawn toward the ultralight side. My two main trout rods are a Cabela's Lst 9' and a 3 Forks 7'6", both 3 weights. This past fall, I took advantage of the after Thanksgiving sales to pick up a couple more rods. An LL Bean 5'9" 3wt and a CGR 6'2" 2wt. The Bean works fine with my 3 wt Cabela's line (1/2 weight heavy WF), but the CGR is a bit overwhelmed so I'm looking at 2 wt DT lines. The H&H DT 2 is out of stock until June and neither Cabelas or bass pro list a 2 wt DT. The Cortland 444 peach and sylk lines both look good.

Joe

Hi!

Thanks for the welcome, folks. Jim, I'm looking forward to fishing the 2wt when I get it lined. I've been using the little 5'9" LL Bean rod, it's a lot of fun. I find myself improvising casts I wouldn't attempt with a longer rod.

It does have it's limitations, doesn't like to chunk heavy multiple nymph rigs and of course it's not much of a high sticker. It really is lovely rolling short dry dropper rigs under overhanging limbs and into tiny pockets along the bank.

8wt on a 2? I guess we are only limited by our imaginations.

Got it, that's an interesting approach (like overlining carried to an extreme). I remember being disappointed that my fancy 9' LST 3 weight wouldn't throw a brim bug as far as my SA beginners 5/6 outfit.

What do you use for the running (shooting?) line?

I am just experimenting. When the brim start back up I'll be fishing that 2 wt CGR with 2 wt line; that thick line absorbs some of the fight of the gills and takes some of the fun out of it.[/quote]

Agreed on that point, that is why I prefer a 15' head as opposed to a shorter one. Running line as you said as thin as possible from the running line of a weight forward line. If you really want distance get the Lazar line from OPST.

PM sent, thanks.