When I fish moving water, I fish with fly rods. My gear rod interest is mostly just limited to bass/panfish fishing when poppers aren't working or fly casting isn't feasible.
But I sometimes think it wouldn't be a terrible idea to have a gear setup for salmon so I could go out and have a more consistent shot at catching something for the freezer on my poor abused fly-unfriendly local river system. Plus, it might teach me a few things I don't know about where fish actually hold instead of me concentrating on casting so much.
I, however, know nothing about how to gear fish for salmon or what rod/reel you'd want. All I know is bass as far as gear. I know there are multiple ways of fishing for salmon with a gear rod and that serious dudes have multi rods for each. But is there something in between that would let me try a couple different styles on one rod? For bass, that'd be a medium spinning rod (or maybe a MH casting rod depending on where/what you were fishing). You can get a lot done with a rod like that, not everything, but enough. Is there something for salmon that is that kind of thing? An all-around stick?
This random PNW site suggests a 9'6 ML and says you can get float/drift/spinners/jigs done with it well enough. This BC guy suggests a baitcaster and a 10-11' M to MH rod.
But I sometimes think it wouldn't be a terrible idea to have a gear setup for salmon so I could go out and have a more consistent shot at catching something for the freezer on my poor abused fly-unfriendly local river system. Plus, it might teach me a few things I don't know about where fish actually hold instead of me concentrating on casting so much.
I, however, know nothing about how to gear fish for salmon or what rod/reel you'd want. All I know is bass as far as gear. I know there are multiple ways of fishing for salmon with a gear rod and that serious dudes have multi rods for each. But is there something in between that would let me try a couple different styles on one rod? For bass, that'd be a medium spinning rod (or maybe a MH casting rod depending on where/what you were fishing). You can get a lot done with a rod like that, not everything, but enough. Is there something for salmon that is that kind of thing? An all-around stick?
This random PNW site suggests a 9'6 ML and says you can get float/drift/spinners/jigs done with it well enough. This BC guy suggests a baitcaster and a 10-11' M to MH rod.