I did take 2 rods for a while last season but now on weod and cassette reel..
Just my way of doing it..
Also less stuff to carry..
G

 

In a boat? Three. One for wets, one for dries and one just in case.

 

Ah that's good to hear. I thought i was just being greedy ?

 

one rod reel and line and a box of wet flies, spare casts , nippers , depending how long I go for then small stove Kettle and some coffee, suits me,easker1

 

Normally one.. but after 20 mins I'll go back to the car and get a different one!

 

Fish with one at a time, but always have a backup in the car. Sometimes strap the spare on my backpack if I know I want to alternate between two lines (e.g. on stillwater, but never on the river)

 

In a boat three. Two 10' #6 for floating and intermediate or intermediate and full sinker depending on conditions. Third would be a 9' #5 for dry flies of nymphs.

I normally take two rods when bank fishing, so I can switch lines or fish dries on one and nymphs on the other. I bought a new multi rod tube over the winter that holds three rods. So I may use it to bring three rods, but I'll wait and see because it might be a pain dragging it around.

 

When float tubing I usually have two, beginning and end of season both a10ft, 7wt and a 9ft, 6wt. In the warmer months when you can guarantee fish on or near the surface, a 9ft, 5wt and an 8ft' 9", 3wt.

On the rivers, always one but 'reserves' in the car. On smaller streams it'll be either a 6ft, 2wt or 7ft, 3/4wt cane or if the river's larger, an 8ft 4wt.

 

Very occasionally I take two in the boat set up,one for wets and one for dries.
Mostly I use one and then have a spare rolling around the bottom of the boat in a tube.
On the river I only take one and leave a spare in the car.

 

One rod. That's one of the attractions of fly fishing for me, no surplus gear to carry.

 

One usually....I'm happy to take some time to switch between setups. I don't carry much stuff in general.

Last season I did carry two rods on a few occasions and it wasn't too awkward. Would depend on the river and conditions I think.

 

One and that is one too many!

I used to occasionally take both fly and spinning rods on rivers but the hassle of walking back up the pool to pick up the second rod was just too much. If I was fishing one of those salmon beats with a road or track up the side I'd have a second rod on the car and chop and change a bit.

I'm not mad keen on two rods in a boat either. If the thing is in a tube then by the time you've got it out and set up the moment has often passed. If it's set up and ready to go it's just in the way. If I were fishing a big loch and going to be an hour or more from base then yes a second rod in it's tube just in case disaster strikes.


Andy

 

unless its a competition I like to carry one, especially on the river.
In the boat its generally a 7wt and sometimes a 5wt if its tricky difficult fishing.

If the rivers is at summer level and Its not windy I can wade in a get close to the fish so I bring a 10ft 3wt for everything.
if the river is swollen ill bring 2 rods, a 7wt streamer rod and an 11ft nymph rod.

 

One in the boat, one in the car. It wouldn't be the first time someone's plonked an oar on a rod and snapped a tip section.

Its a long day sitting in a boat watching everyone else fish.

 

Two rods and two reels . The second set in the car boot . I’ve had a new rod snap clean in two whilst fishing a hundred miles from home , the second setup turned a disaster into an inconvenient walk from the river to the car .

 

My buddy snapped my 9-weight as he climbed in the boat - clean through the second section. He doesn't do things by half

...and in my case, 2x 8-weights, plus a 9 and increasingly infrequently a spinning outfit.

 

I take 2 10 foot rods assembled out in the boat. A 5 weight for dries and a 6 weight for wets. And at certain times of the year I'd have a dapping rod.

 

I can get a pulling rod, a nymphing rod, a dry fly rod and a dapping rod in one of those tubes for carrying posters...

 

Yep, same as that. Great on a dry day but not waterproof. Solved it by securing an old waterproof jacket sleeve with an elastic band over the extending end.

 

Always 2, but I also carry a spare in my vehicle just in case.

 

I wonder how many rods the very late A.H. Woods ever took?easker1

 

He generally used 3 but probably not at the same time. No doubt a ghillie would be despatched if he needed a change.

 

One to fish with,one in the car Incase of an accident

 

One for chalkstream fishing and on small stillwaters; usually two on reservoirs whether from bank or boat. I might stretch to a third when reservoir boat fishing if it looks as though traditional wet fly fishing might be productive on the day.

 

One in hand and one in the car as back up. Same with the reel after a memorial failure when a screw came out!

 

Ha-ha - the classic is when you have not clipped the spool in properly and when you cast it flies off and over the side of the boat and into the water and starts plummeting through the depths. So, you are sitting there, furiously hauling on the line... followed by the backing... to try and haul it up faster than it is spinning itself and spewing off the line... and then the backing. Eventually the diameter of the turns starts to narrow, and your hauling overtakes its spinning and you get it up. Then you are left to wind all the backing... and line... on without tangling all the coils lying at your feet... ?

 

None....
Once. Turned up at the bank and realised that I left my trout rods at home. I did have a 13 foot salmon rod in the car for casting practise and got odd looks from fellow anglers, punching a minkie out, until a mate brought a spare rod for me.
Normally three rods on the boat, floating, and sinking lines plus predator rod for deep work.

 

Boat - one made up and another for emergency use in its tube, both with the same model of cassette reel.
Bank/shore - just one, plus at least one spare in the car.
Tropical boat - depends on how many rods my boat partner has, I'll make sure all the tubes on the boat are used.

 

Usually just one with a spare in the car. Now I've started tubing I'll probably take both out with me, if I can find a rod holder for the spare.