Ultralight fishing rod and reel for bushwalking and cycle touring

My ultralight setup for fishing when bushwalking or cycle touring uses the following:

Pfleuger Patriarch XT 9530X reel


Pfleuger Patriarch XT 9530X

The Pflueger Patriarch spinning reel weighs 187g and I have it spooled up with about 100m of 8lb Platypus Super 100 mono.

Berkley Nomadic NMs665-24 rod

This rod uses a graphite IM-6 blank, weighs a mere 114g and packs down to less than 35cm in length owing to its 6 piece design.  When assembled, it is 6' 6" long and is rated for 2-4kg line.

Total weight

Total weight of the setup is 301g.  This is an awesome lack of weight for a proper fishing setup capable of landing some decent sized fish.

Related articles:

Ashima AiRotor Ultralight Disc Brake Rotor

These rotors in 160mm diameter weigh 85g. They're 2.0mm thick and have a minimum wear thickness of 1.7mm. In Australia, these rotors are sold by JetBlack and normally bear that name.

Ultralight carbon fibre chain guide

This is for my daughter's Anthem X0 that uses an XT crankset with a 28t chainring in the granny position. The bike has a 68mm BB so I'll make it mount on the DS BB replacing the DS 2....

Alligator Aries Ultralight Disc Brake Rotor

Quick facts

Links for unusual bicycle related tools

Touring with the tandem and bob trailer

Did my first offroad bike tour with the tandem and the bob trailer. Was just a quick overnighter. Tandem tows the bob trailer really well. The long wheelbase of the tandem and the extra weight of two ...

Air can volume and shock tuning

The principle