Double handed salmon rods for local saltwater fishing

[PeterH]

Arnoc,
What you say makes sense , for pleasurable casting for smaller fish if that is what you are after. You did not mention the type of line you use. I dare say that you will get less hookups with big fish if you don't use a sink line and I doubt that you will have the pulling power for that 1 metre fish in the environment where you have to try and stop the fish.

You are talking to me, I guess...
(tho' I'm not "arnoc")

I was using a 12 SA Tarpon clear intermediate line.
These rods work beautifully with shooting heads - all sinking densities.

I'm far from being a surf-expert, but there is a great variety of rods with appropriate stopping power I guess...(TCR 9129, CND Atlantis 11-12wt, etc...)
I would be really glad to test my 1212 on some serious fish...even if I'm risking loosing it...

There are a lots of great info on the speyclave-forum about this kind of fishing. And people all over the world catch serious fish with DH-rods.
some interesting discussion HERE

...HERE

But really, the variety of tackle and methods is another enjoyable part of this wonderful obsession of ours...with one- or twohanded, doesn't matter

cheers, Peter

[Paul Weingartz]

Peter, sorry forthe name mix up, thks for the links