Contact Kasba Lake Lodge

North America Toll Free
1-800-663-8641

US Office - Clark Jenney
952-473-7077

Using the proper tackle will add to your enjoyment and fishing success. For your convenience, all line, lures, flies and leaders described below are available for purchase at the lodge. Upon request we are pleased to offer spinning, casting and fly fishing outfits for daily rental. All fishing at Kasba Lake Lodge is done with barbless hooks.

Northern Pike

• 6½ - 7' medium action spinning or bait casting outfit
• 12 lb. test monofilament line
• Quality 6" 20 lb. test wire leaders.
• A good selection of weed-less spoons (Johnson Silver Minnow^TM are most effective)
• Len Thompson #2 spoons (five-o-diamonds)
• Sluggo^TM-type worms
• Top-water plugs. Silver, yellow and other bright colours work best.

Fly Fishing Northern

• 8-wt or 9-wt. 9' rod
• Both floating WF and WF rapid sink tip lines
• 20 - 30 lb. test backing
• 14 - 18 lb. test tapered leader/tippet.
• Floating lines use a fly line one size up from the rod weight-an 8-wt. rod uses a 9-wt. line.
• Big hair bugs like the Dahlberg Diver and Whitlock Mouserat
• Large streamers
• Large poppers
• Weed guards on your flies. Wire leaders are essential.
• The same outfit may be used for Trout and Northern Pike

Light Action Casting and Jigging

• 6½ - 7' medium action spinning outfit
• Original Rat-L-Trap^TM (accept no substitutes)
• Blue Fox Pixee^TM spoons (¼oz. 1¾", 7/8 oz. 2½", Nickel/Fluorescent Orange)
• Round lead-head jigs, ¼ oz and 3/8 oz., with single-tail twisters (yellow, florescent green) and rubber minnow-imitation shad bodies (natural silver or pearl)
• Len Thompson #2 spoons (five-o-diamonds, red & white, black & white)
• 2 oz. buck tail jigs
• 2" - 3" crank baits, floating and diving

Trophy Lake Trout

• 8'-9' medium-heavy casting rod
• Casting reel (Abu Garcia Ambassadeur^TM -type 5000 to 6500 series). 17 or 20 lb. test monofilament (Trilene XTMaxima) line
• Trophy Lake Trout - BIG lures, BIG fish
• Large-sized T-60 Flatfish^TM, (Coho blue/silver, chartreuse, pearl, yellow and other bright colors)
• Eppinger Husky Junior^TM and Husky Devil^TM spoons
• Len Thompson #4 spoons (Five-o-diamonds, silver, copper/gold, black & white, red & white)
• Half-Wave^TM spoons (4-1/2" gold/red and white, nickel/red and white)
• 2 oz. buck tail jigs for jigging

Fly Fishing Lake Trout

• 7-wt. or 8-wt. fly rod
• 2 spools of line to effectively cover the water column-one with fast sink tip or sinking line and the other with floating line.
• 20-30 lb. test backing
• With floating lines use a fly line one size up from the rod weight-an 8-wt. rod uses a 9-wt. line.
• Surface lures such as Lefty's Deceiver
• Poppers
• Large streamers (even a few Tarpon flies)
• Red/white, blue/white or silver work well. 1/0 hooks are recommended.

Grayling

• 5' - 7' light or ultra-light spinning rod (a longer rod will help to control the line while fishing the rivers.)
• 6 lb. test monofilament line
• 1/32 - 1/4 oz. tube-type jigs & traditional round-head single tail jigs (unpainted and painted lead heads. Bring both natural
• browns and olives as well as a few bright whites, yellows and greens for bodies.)
• Mepps^TM-type spinners (silver/natural, 1/8 oz., 1/6 oz., 1/4 oz.)

Fly Fishing Grayling

• 8.5' or 9' 5-wt. or 6-wt. rod
• Both floating and moderate sink - tip lines
• 4x - 6x knot-less tapered leaders/tippet
• With floating lines use a fly line one size up from the rod weight-a 5-wt. rod uses a 6-wt. line.

Wet Flies/Nymphs:

• Bead Head Caddis
• Wooly Worm
• Hare's Ears

Dry flies:

• Elk Wing Caddis
• Adams
• Blue Dun
• Mosquito
• Browns, blacks, tans and olives, size 10, 12, 14.

For your convenience a selection of appropriate flies is available at the lodge.

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