A little CGR fun this morning

[gillchaser999]

Cabelas CGR , Custom Glass Rod , fly rods .
This morning I took my first generation 5’9” 3wt and my second generation 6’2” 2wt to the largest local water reservoir this morning.
On the 3wt I had a 4/5 Redington Zero reel loaded with a 4wt line and on the 2wt , a 3wt line on my Orvis Battenkill 1 reel .
Started off with the 3wt and it didn’t disappoint. Switched to the 2wt and it performed well but I didn’t like it as much as the shorter 3wt .
The darker green is the 2wt second generation CGR .
I wondered how the 3wt would cast with the Orvis 3wt combo , so I took a little break and swapped the reels .
The 3wt line worked great . The little 5’9” CGR is an amazing little rod that’s just a hoot to fish for small gills .
Short casts weren’t a problem and when I tried longer 25-40’ cast , I had no problem casting that distance with a size 12 spider . With Foam spiders , it worked better with shorts cast . The 4wt line may allow longer casts with the larger flies , but most of my small gill fishing is les than 25’ .
A partly cloudy sky with thunderstorms predicted sometime today. Humid , low 80’s .