This should be interesting to find out.

[Bran]

And of the few I've tried I'll say my 8'6" BIIX 5 wt. is a great all around rod although I still like my TFO Prof. 4 wt. for it's softness. I would probably enjoy a BIIT 4 wt. but for the money I'll keep using the TFO for now. I'm thinking of getting a BIIX 3 wt. next year maybe.

[pmike]

...not to mention my most effective Smoky's rod is my 3 weight, 7' 9" St. Croix Legend Ultra, the older three piece model. It does great with dries or nymphs and can easily handle a dry, dropper rig.

Mike

[fourx]

Originally Posted by jeffnles1

My 2 favorite rods for the mountainsa are
1) my Winston BIIt 9' 4wt.
2) my Scott G2 8'4" 3wt.

Both of these are fairly soft action rods and load well with just a little bit of line out. The longer rods give me a little more reach and allow me to keep more line out of the water. Sometimes, I more or less "dapp" the fly into likely looking runs and only have a few inches of fly line outside the tip.

Jeff

Nice quill of sticks. People underestimate the long rod's effectiveness.

4X

[flyred06]

I am really surprized (and pleased) to see all the winston fans on the board. I have two winstons but catch myself going more towards sage, I guesss just to have both. But I do love my winstons also. 9' 6wt and 8'6" 5wt im6.

[lauxier]

i have a 3wt babb bamboo 7ft,and a 5wt 7'6" that are great--have a scott 4wt fiberglass and a 5 wt redington(south fork) fiverglass that's fun to.have a 5 peice winston 4wt 7'9" thats gooood.several years ago i bought a little winston (not a retro) fiberglass rod 4wt that was fab-someone stole it out of my pickup-Bought a second hand bamboo (won't mention the builder)4wt 5 1/2 ft long,it was a club,like trying to cast with a louisville slugger-had a 3wt winston 8'3" 5 piece,that i gave to my grandson,it was an all time favorite and still is--there's no other rod has that feel like a winston,although i've noticed sage guys really like their rods--that new orvis rod is supposed to be fab-i like rods--about 10 years ago i went bamboo-and bamboo is what i like now