Clearwater River Rod Advice?

[Bob Rankin]

Poppy is the man! Call the Red Shed. When you pick up a beautiful Meiser ,Poppy will send you some Gaelforce lines to test out free of charge. Can’t say enough good things about the man.

 

[ianpadron]

Wanted to update this thread as I found a mint Sage Graphite IIIe 9140, apparently a legendary rod in the PNW and almost as old as me, kind of cool ha. Should be a sweet rod on the Clearwater.

 

[MatthewLeBret]

I have one of those 9140 rods will handle any fish you run into out here. I fished it with a 9/10 delta. So a Gaelforce 54 or Vector 9/10 should be a good match for that rod. I have seen everything from 6wt switch rods to 17' 10/11 rods. Ealry run with the water still high I fish my sage 8124-3 and a steelhead scandi. Then once they drop the water I switch to a 15'0 7/8/9 paired with a 64' Equlizer. 54'ish heads are a great fishing length.

On a side note I am glad that I found this pnwflyfishing! Didn't even know it was a thing

 

[Yard Sale]

Fished it for my first time last fall and picked up a Burkie 8142. Poppy set me up with a GF 63' in 8/9 and it was a dream to fish. I went with the integrated line because I like to start short. Work out to 9 or 10 pulls and you are well over 100'. Definitely felt like the river needed all of that and I'd love to go back with a 15 or 16'er. If I had more confidence in that system staying open long term I'd probably invest in one.

Just picked up a Delta multi tip and a Delta Long multi tip for the 8142, excited to see how it goes for winter fishing.

 

[Rob Allen]

Just to keep in mind for decades people used to catch steelhead from the Clearwater with single handed rods
Just for some perspective...

 

[O' Clarkii Stomias]

Just to keep in mind for decades people used to catch steelhead from the Clearwater with single handed rods
Just for some perspective...

My first big Clearwater B-Run was caught on a 9 foot, 7 weight JK Fisher blank wrapped by me with a Hardy St Aidan reel.

 

[Yard Sale]

Just to keep in mind for decades people used to catch steelhead from the Clearwater with single handed rods
Just for some perspective...

Yeah, but back then you could walk halfway across the river on fishes backs and start casting...

 

[RWBAILEY]

If I could I’d list out all my Clearwater sticks… the collection has grown.

But if you talk with Poppy and fish a green butt skunk like he surely will say you should find success.

 

[O' Clarkii Stomias]

Yeah, but back then you could walk halfway across the river on fishes backs and start casting...

There are more fish returning to the CW than there were back when I first started fishing it.

 

[cmann886]

My new favorite rod for the Clearwater is a Walker 16’6” 8/9 with a Boss long 8/9. Before that it was a Steve Godshall 16’7” 7. My first CW Rod was a 14’ 7/8 with a GF 54.
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