Euronymph Steelhead Rod

[Sylvaneous]

I have been steelheading with my 10ft6in 3wt Euronymph rod for the past 3 years. You can imagine, it doesn't have a lot of A$$ to fight a steelhead. So I'm looking for a beefier rod to Euronymph for steelhead. I will be using bobbers/strike indicators more than I usually do trout fishing due to the situation that is steelhead fishing. Eggs are heavier flies, especially wet and when equiped with a bead, so a super supple tip isn't as necessary to flip or lob egg flies. Plus, I drop shot egg flies, so the split shot will do a lot of work for me.
Do you have a recommendation of a 10 ft-ish rod that would be good for this?
I have one recommendation, the Recon 5 wt 10 ft. Any others?

 

[ryc72]

T&T makes a 10’8” 6wt nymphing rod meant to do this.

 

[gunpowderglass]

T&T makes a 10’8” 6wt nymphing rod meant to do this.

Diamondback also makes an Ideal Nymph 10’10” 6 weight - same designer, he left T&T and went to Diamondback.

They’re coming out with a next generation version in February, so you’d have to track one down at a Diamondback dealer until the new ones come out. Decent bit cheaper than the T&T, but not US-made.

 

[albatross]

I have a 10 ft 5 wt Helios ZG that I've used up there particularly in more challenging low water conditions. Probably very similar to the Recon you are already looking at.

I think a 5 wt is adequate for Lake Erie tribs fishing for steelhead and the occasional brown. If you want to do some of the bigger Lake Ontario run salmon etc. then you might want to bump up to one of the 6 wts. recommended by others.