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| | | Supreme Being
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| yea i was just wondering if i could use a 3 weight for snook off of a beach because i catch them on my stradic mgfa with ease but i just thought id have some fun with it lol
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| | | Supreme Being
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| I think you maybe a lil undergunned... a small snook would probably be a blast...
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| | | Supreme Being
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| | small snook sure but a decent snook probably not...i use an 8wt for snook and it works great |
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| | You are definetly not undergunned, those beach snook have no where to go, the only problem I see with that is it may be tought to cast if it gets windy. |
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| | | Supreme Being
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| I can't imagine what some of those big snook would do to a 3weight. I am not an expert in fly fishing though so who knows.
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| | Hmmmmm How do I start? First off, I have a 5 wt and only consider that rod when I'm in a school of small trout(14-18) in open water. I usually use an 8wt floating line with a 20# shock/bite leader. I'm not sure where you plan on fishing but if there is structure for a snook to hide in, they will try to break you off in it. I would NEVER try a snook on a 3wt, Just a personal opinion. Snook are everything a bass wishes it could be, strong on runs/fights, bigger, stronger and have sharp gill plates that will cut through 10# mono pretty fast. I would worry about hooking up with something of size (18-36 inch snook, redfish, trout...) and breaking a rod at the the last moment (high sticking a tired fish). Personal opinion would be to keep the 3wt for the small fresh water stream trout and or pan fish. Hope my opinion helps Joe |
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| | Off the beach there isnt anywhere for the fish to go, and the gill plates dont matter because your using a leader, and a shock tippet anyways, and if you pay attention you wont high stick your rod and break it. |
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| ok thank you i just wanted to see because i dont want to brake it
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| | Please DONT try it...the rod is way too small...the reel that will fit on the rod wont hold enough line and backing...also it is very bad for the fish to be played to literal exhaustion ensuring it will die one way or the other... |
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