The Floating Fly – Rune Andre Stokkebekk

1, Choice of equipment Rods, reels, fly lines, fly floatants, clothes, glasses and other useful items.
Having fly fishing as a job surely makes the pile of stuff grow steadily! However, I find myself using a few rods on regular basis and these are my favorites. I never go fishing with one rod, that’s how it is, I like to have one rod for dedicated dry fly fishing and another for nymphs, streamers and other setups. I’m fortunate to be a part of the Guideline product development team and my favored rod action is typically mid-to three quarter flex. I like rods that bend progressively and the feeling of this. For me and my fishing I think this kind of action has advantages such as more secure playing of the fish, smooth presentations that are easy to control and great protection of the finer tippets. So, If you wonder why our rods are like this, it could be that I have a role in the development process.

The All-round Rods
Typically, I use the 9ft #4 LPX Tactical or NT11 9ft #4 as my nr 1 all-round dry fly rod and the 9ft #5 LPX Tactical as my nymph/streamer/big dries weapon. My most used line on these rods is the Presentation+ in same line rating as the rod. This is for me the most versatile line and since I’m fishing in places where I have to vary the casting between overhead and Spey casts it makes it the ideal option for me. This goes for fishing in lakes and quite a few rivers I visit. If the fish is not too big I always bring the #3wt 9ft LPX tactical with same line as the other two, this is a gem for fishing with small flies and normal size trout’s.