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Hey guys! I've recently moved to Boulder from Melbourne, Australia. I've wanted to get into fly fishing for years and after taking a beginners course at a local fly shop it's time to get the ball rolling.
I'm wondering if you guys can recommend me a setup under $300 to get me started with a decent setup that I can catch pretty big (and small) fish with and won't have to upgrade for a long, long time?
I was thinking either the Redington CT (classic trout) 9ft, line weight 5 rod ($89.95 on sale) + the Lamson Konic II ($100). That setup would be about $200.
The other option I was looking at was the Echo Carbon ($170) 9ft 5wt + Ross Flyrise reel ($100).
Is there any reason to spend nearly $100 more on the Echo rod over the Redington? Any other setups you think might suit me better? This setup would be mainly used fishing larger streams and rivers in Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, though I would also like some flexibility to use it in smaller creeks as well.
I'm wondering if you guys can recommend me a setup under $300 to get me started with a decent setup that I can catch pretty big (and small) fish with and won't have to upgrade for a long, long time?
I was thinking either the Redington CT (classic trout) 9ft, line weight 5 rod ($89.95 on sale) + the Lamson Konic II ($100). That setup would be about $200.
The other option I was looking at was the Echo Carbon ($170) 9ft 5wt + Ross Flyrise reel ($100).
Is there any reason to spend nearly $100 more on the Echo rod over the Redington? Any other setups you think might suit me better? This setup would be mainly used fishing larger streams and rivers in Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, though I would also like some flexibility to use it in smaller creeks as well.