I'm a sage rod person. I have a RPL 9' 5wt for dries and I use a 9'6" 6wt for most other fishing. Dean --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have owned and used the following rods: A Fenwick > 6 weight fiber glass > rod, a variety of St. Croix pro-graphite rods, a > couple of Elkhorn rods, and > couple St. Croix Legend Ultra rods, and two Powell > "LGA? LGT?) rods from the > original Powell blanks (Powell has new owners and > new blanks) . None of > these rods are ultra fast, in spite of advertising > to the contrary, but the > Legend Ultra is the fastest and also my favorite > rod. Why? I primarily > nymph fish (not by choice, but necessity, I still > need to catch fish to enjoy > fishing and most of the time this means nymphing). > The extra stiffness seems > to communicate more about where the fly is and what > is happening to it than a > softer tipped rod. The Powell, with its softer, > fuller flex casts like a > dream, but I feel "blind" when I nymph with it. (I > might add that most of > the time I use the "high stick" method of nymphing > where feel is as important > as sight). > > Anyway, this brings me to an old subject: Are there > rods you prefer for for > different kinds of fishing? And if so, which do you > consider the best?
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