Utlra light maybe not ultra right (yet)

photo, a photo by cklineUHC on Flickr.

First time out on the water with the new ultralight fly rod set-up. I had a old 5wt line at home so I strung the reel with that. There are a few things wrong. The rod line guides are very small and a knot to connect the fly line to the backing can even go thru the largest guides. And the other thing is also a big deal, you can't get more then 15ft of fly line on the reel. So I must drop the line wt to a 1 or zero if I can find it.
The rod is a little difficult to cast but after a while I found that a roll cast and then a cast like I was casting into the wind work, but only up to 15 ft.

New Ultralight Fly-Fishing set-up

Here is my new ultra light weight fly fishing set-up.  The reel and rod were $18 !!

Total weight of the kit including reel, rod that opens to 36", nippers, and flys is less then 7 oz.  This is the new ultimate bike touring set-up.

9:ZERO:7

9:ZERO:7
Originally uploaded by cklineuhc

9:ZERO:7 Fat Tire

9:ZERO:7 Fat Tire
Originally uploaded by cklineuhc

First Ride out with the 9:ZERO:7 !!!