Thread: Kawahai on lightweight setups

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Kahawai go good on a 7 weight fly rod reasonably easy to catch too if they're in close any streamer type fly will get them

Yeah, I've had heaps of fun with kahawai on my 6wt. The most fun I've had on a fishing rod is a flats kingy on fly, but kahawai on 6wt is a close second.

My go-to light kahawai spin set-up for years was a 4-6kg softbait rod paired with a 4000 series Abu reel sporting 8lb braid. That is til I snapped the top foot off the rod (not on a kahawai) and now it's got a new life as a sturdy 6' boat rod. My current lightweight setup for kahawai is a 2-5kg Daiwa paired with either the same Abu or a 2000 series Daiwa reel which currently sports 4lb mono but will soon be re-spooled with 4lb braid. First fish I got on the 2-5kg rod were about half a dozen kahawai caught off the rocks near home on a wee popper I made out of an old toothbrush.