{"id":509,"date":"2013-11-07T18:31:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T18:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=509"},"modified":"2013-11-07T18:34:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T18:34:51","slug":"more-bamboo-switch-rod-casting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=509","title":{"rendered":"More Bamboo Switch Rod Casting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Ann and I took one of my Bamboo Switch Rods out recently on the Metolius River and the Deschutes River, swinging for larger trout or steelhead.\u00a0 We experimented with several different leader set-ups and flies on a Snowbee 4\/5 Switch Line.\u00a0 This 10&#8242;\u00a0 6&#8243;\u00a0 5 wt rod worked\u00a0extremely well with AirFlo\u00a0Intermediate and Super Fast Sinking (4.9 inches\/sec) Polyleaders with unweighted or moderately weighted streamers and intruder-style flies.\u00a0 Though we didn&#8217;t hook up on any larger fish, we still have a great time.\u00a0 Here are a couple of photos:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_510\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/004-640x482.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-510\" class=\"size-full wp-image-510\" alt=\"Casting on the Metolius River\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/004-640x482.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/004-640x482.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/004-640x482-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casting on the Metolius River<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_511\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PA170032-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-511\" class=\"size-full wp-image-511\" alt=\"Swinging for Deschutes River Steelhead\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PA170032-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PA170032-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PA170032-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swinging for Deschutes River Steelhead<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Ann and I took one of my Bamboo Switch Rods out recently on the Metolius River and the Deschutes River, swinging for larger trout or steelhead.\u00a0 We experimented with several different leader set-ups and flies on a Snowbee 4\/5 &hellip; 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