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Interesting Question. I fish Lake Isabella during the summer months when the river is full of commerical rafters and the banks lined with camping turist. Our lake at least this last summer when full has a varity of species. Trout, Bass, Catfish, Crappie and bluegill to name the most common. At least this year all have thrived, the lake trout have been common in the over 3# size, likewise the Bass and even Crappie have been running in the 2-3# range. We have had quite a few Bass taken over 9 pounds this year, trout over 7 pounds and Catfish over 10 pounds as well. While I haven't been in the running for those really big ones this summer, Ive been lucky enough to have caught and released an abundence of Bass and Trout, keeping only a few for weekend dinners, the Crappie likewise has fed quite a few visiting friends and family. Anyway this summer my almost daily rod was a Phillipson Johnson Profile 800 7 1/2 ft 6wt using an Orvis Wonderline WF6F bonefish (actually a 6.5wt bass taper), fishing poppers, medium large dry flys and a few smaller wet flys that I only allow to sink enough to take the tippet and leader under, those little bead head wet flys, usually Im getting hit in 7-10ft with slightly weighted bead head wet flys. Anyway Im usually in by the time the winds kick up too much so the little 6wt works out nicely. The Fiberglass Phillipson is one of the most comfortable to fish Ive ever own. On days when I just plain want to fish a short while against a wind I take a vintage glass Conolon 9ft 9-10wt Bass rod fully equipted with a FW10F Bass taper line and fight the winds until my arm gets tired flailing around with over a pound of rod, reel and line in the wind. Still the monster rods do serve their purpose, on days I wouldn't be able to fly fish I am and can, and catch fish too.
Last part of the question about being boat bound, I would take along a Bass weight Spinning Rod to be able to fish some of those lures and artifical soft plastic frogs and such when nothing else will work on picky Bass. Sometimes when your invited along with someone in their Bass Boat your given little choice as too the best locations to fish with a fly rod. If I really wanted to be on the ball I would take my Phillipson Swamp Fox, its one of those 4 piece spin/fly rods, 6wt fly rod and with spinning reel still able to handle medium soft plastics and light lures.
Richard