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Originally Posted by Z7Extreme
Babine river in BC. for sockeye. Pound for pound the hardest fighting salmon in the pacific. First time I went there with my 6 weight thinking it would be ok cause they average about 6-10 lbs. boy was I wrong, every fish I hooked except 1 spooled me and I had to break them off on the leader before I lost all my line. The one I did land took 1 hr to get in. Long story short I drove to smithers and bought an 8 weight. One of the best trips I've ever done.
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Yeah, same size in the Skeena. I started with a 7 wt and normal AB size reel. I learned too
Now I'm a 10 wt and larger reel. Still only using a 9 footer though and you really need that 10 foot plus to help.