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Originally Posted by Lady Bowhunter
Thanks everyone for the great advice! Thank you Pipco I have now been in touch with Mike, that seems to be the smartest route to take!
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Keep a look out in the fishing section of the buy & sell here on AO, there are some good bargains from time to time.
re. the Hobbs Creek. I just bought one for my wife to go with a 6wt rod I am building her. It is a large arbor reel and great value at $40. The 6wt will be used primarily for trout. She has an 8wt she used for Atlantic Salmon, but will use that one now for pike.
If you are in Edmonton, check out Cabelas and WSS to see what they have in a six weight as a packaged outfit or if they can put an outfit together for you, depending on how much you want to spend.
It woould be good to get some instruction first, just so you know what you are looking for in a fly rod.
Costco has a couple of Amundson starter fly fishing outfits on their on-line store. Iam not sure if they have them in the Edmonton stores.
There is an entry level outfit for $159.99 no line weight stated) a 6wt outfit for $169.99 and another for outfit (no line weight) for $359.99 . I would be wary about buying these as you really won't get a chance to flex the rod to deternine the action.