Mike Connor caught this redfish with a custom-made 7-foot, 10-inch fly rod. Photograph by Mike Conner
The usual 9-foot rod works high-quality for many saltwater functions, however writing in Florida Sportsman, Mike Connor makes a convincing case for utilizing shorter rods in particular conditions. A brief rod might be gentle, quick, and correct for while you’re attempting to solid in a decent hall, tuck a fly underneath the mangroves, and so forth:
I’ve owned and fished rods from 7-foot, 4-inches to 8-foot, 4-inches in cramped quarters, corresponding to mangrove creeks—typically tunnel-like—within the Everglades, that snook and child tarpon name house. Casts are usually shorter than 50 toes, and name for accuracy, and that’s the place quick rods excel.
I discovered early on that the relative stiffness of shorter rods helps with loop management, too. And casters with good casting fundamentals can solid extra slender loops which helps buck a headwind.
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