[napawino (Roger Craft)]

Hello and good morning.

I found a real nice Sage LL 3 wt. I'm a relative newcomer to light rods, so I am wondering if anyone can recommend a good line for small streams, ponds, and small lakes that will get the most out of this rod.

Also, what reel? I'm more concerned about line, and whether I should go up a half weight, but any reel recommendations would be helpful as well.

Western Washington mostly, but a few trips to Montana is usually my M.O.

Thanks in advance for any info.

 

[Olive bugger]

I recently looked and and purchased a 3 wt Airflo Super Dry Elite,
for my Sage LL 2 wt. Thing cast like a dream. As far as the reel goes, I have a Hardy flyweight on it. Works good but the boys over at Pacific Fly Fishers showed me a Redington Zero reel that looks interesting. Runs ~ $90.00. Just my $0.02.

 

[napawino (Roger Craft)]

I see that you are running 3wt line on your 2wt rod. I'm wondering if I should get 4wt for my 3 wt.
I don't have any 4wt lying around to try. My casting skills are middle of the road.

 

[creekx]

I see that you are running 3wt line on your 2wt rod. I'm wondering if I should get 4wt for my 3 wt.
I don't have any 4wt lying around to try. My casting skills are middle of the road.

IMO, I would not overline an LL. They are medium action rods. I would think a Rio Trout LT in a WF3 would be sweet on it.

 

[Bobbin]

Or you could try a 3 wt double taper, I use one on my 3wt and have no trouble

 

[Olive bugger]

I see that you are running 3wt line on your 2wt rod. I'm wondering if I should get 4wt for my 3 wt.
I don't have any 4wt lying around to try. My casting skills are middle of the road.

I would stick with the 3 wt, but you could ask the shop to let you try a 4 wt if that is where you want to go. I would try the 3 wt first. That Airflo is a very sweet line. I like it much better than the Rio Gold I have on another reel for another rod.

 

[napawino (Roger Craft)]

Sounds like some good advice. I may try the Airflow. I just need to figure out a reel. I don't want to get too heavy of a reel. I could be wrong, but I'm thinking something around 2.8 oz. like an Orvis Battenkill I. On a 7'9" rod would that be too light?

 

[Stew McLeod]

I have paired my LL 379 with a Sage 3100 reel and Rio LT Trout WF 3 WT . Works for me.

 

[Olive bugger]

The Redington Zero is touted as the lightest reel on the market.
You might want to take a look at it.

ED: 2.7 oz in the 3/4 wt reel. I have not seen anything lighter. BUT, and there is always that ugly but, it is a click an pawl reel. No disk drag. But with a 3 wt, you are pretty much kidding yourself with a disk drag on the reel. I am assuming that you will not be targeting steelhead or salmon with it.

 

[Yak]

The Rio LT Trout WF3F is a good choice and I also really like the Wulff TT WF3F for the LL 3 weight rods.

 

[napawino (Roger Craft)]

Click pawl is OK. On small fish, I would think that I would strip the line in by hand anyway. I watched my dad fly fish for 50 years and I don't think I ever saw him catch a trout by reeling it in. But he was old school in a lot of ways. Best fisherman I ever saw.

 

[seattlesetters]

This is easy: Sage Click 3-4-5 and Rio Perception WF-3 or Rio Trout LT WF-3.

And, honestly, you could even get the Rio Trout LT in DT-3 for that length of rod.

 

[napawino (Roger Craft)]

Just ordered a Sage Click 3/4/5. Looks like it will fit the bill. Still thinking about the line.

Thanks for all of the input, guys.

 

[Fishnow]

I fish a 379 LL every week with Scientific Angler trout mastery wf3f (true 3wt line) and my click pawl reel weights 2.8 oz and balances the rod on my finger about 1" back from the end of the cork , love the setup and cast like a dream , There's no need to over line that rod IMO

 

[Red Arch]

Get an Airflo elite or a river and stream.

After fishing rio lines and airflo, I find the airflo are much more durable and do not tangle due to very little memory.

Only problem with airflo is it is harder to find. However they are way ahead of rio with line tech, take in touch for example. Airflo had a low stretch core for 20 years before the intouch cores came out.

 

[theTastyPlecopteran]

Scientific Angler trout mastery wf3f
and a ross reel - the only way it should be.

 

[napawino (Roger Craft)]

I found the Airflow Super Dry Elite online for $65 and jumped on it.

 

[theTastyPlecopteran]

I casted that line the other day and it was very nice on a 5 weight.Durability wise Airflo lines always outlast Rio and S/A by at least double - That is my experience.

 

[Stew McLeod]

Forgot to mention. Before I got the Sage 3100 reel I used my Vosseler RC L reel with the LL379. It paired up very nicely too.

 

[dh303]

Napawino - Any feedback on the Airflow Super Dry Elite that you decided to go with? Happy with the choice? I am trying to decide between the Airflo you purchased, a SA Mastery Trout and the Rio LightLine. Thanks!