It's always a good idea to have a fly rod in the BWCA! You can carry a wide variety of presentations in a small light fly box, as opposed to a tackle box packed with lead jigs and spinners. Carrying two spools (one floating line, one sink tip/full sink) will make changing presentations pretty simple.
RM
"The world we've made scares the hell out of me. But there's still a little bit of heaven in there, and I want to show it due respect." ~Greg Brown: Eugene
If you are on pike lakes, the pike come in shallow that time of year and it can be great for larger pike. The bass go deeper though. A sink tip line and large streamers on an 8-9 wt would be good for pike.
Sinking leaders are a pretty good idea if you don't need to get real deep. Probably a little easier to cast as well. I think a 7 wt would be a pretty good all around rod. But I'm far from a expert for BW fly fishing equipment.
Going into the deep woods is always an adventure, full of humor, drama and normally someone's blood, at least when you go with me!
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