I'm trying to figure out what I can do with a glass 3wt here in South Florida (no boat, just from land). Most of our fishing is bass, bream, peacock, and smaller cichlids in freshwater canals. I've caught all of those on a cheap 3wt graphite rod, which didn't have a problem throwing little poppers, size 12 buggers, and small terrestrials. For salt, if I could get a 20# shock tippet onto a fly small enough for a 3wt, I think I could probably land small jacks, snapper, houndfish, etc. Don't know if that's possible tho.
Here's my question: if I were to go with a glass 3wt, would my ability to throw bigger flies be better or worse than a graphite 3wt? When I was researching my graphite 3wt, lots of people told me anything other than dry flies would be too much for it. So if I'm pushing right up on the limits of a 3wt, I'm wondering if going to a fiberglass would put me over, or if I'd get a bit more margin? I'd assume that, given people seem to overline fly rods more than graphite rods, I'd get more margin. But you know what they say about assumptions.
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