Thread: What size spinning gear for trout.

i use a 6 foot, two piece rod on the manawatu,6lb mono and lures no heavier the 7gm. mepps and soft baits are great for the Manawatu. 62 trout for the year.

make sure you buy some black furys

Originally Posted by Dundee

make sure you buy some black furys

Will do, BTW I will be picking your brains when I am there

Agree with all above. Four through to seven.... Feet long rod,lb of nylon and grams spinner weight lol.

Originally Posted by Dundee

i use a 6 foot, two piece rod on the manawatu,6lb mono and lures no heavier the 7gm. mepps and soft baits are great for the Manawatu. 62 trout for the year.

Do you find mono better than braid?I have braid on my spinning rods with fluorocarbon leader but not having a lot of luck fishing lake karapiro??

Originally Posted by The bomb

Do you find mono better than braid?I have braid on my spinning rods with fluorocarbon leader but not having a lot of luck fishing lake karapiro??

My vote is for the mono, 6pd all day long in the fresh h2o. I'm using braid in the salt tho.

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If you're fishing small rivers, then mono or fluorocarbon all the way through might be the way to go. I can't see that it would make much difference. If you need to do longer casts on bigger rivers and lakes I'd stick with braid mainline. I only have one trout setup, so braid for me.

Mostly longer casts on the waikato river and lake karapiro .

I prefer 4- 7lb mono
Braid gets wind knots and seems just cause more issues especially walking through thick gorse or thistle
In salt , Braid with a Fluoro leader

Might swap out the braid for some light mono then.