Your rods to go

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It’s slow here so let’s do a small survey

[malcolm robertson]

Tailwaters – Winston BIIx 9′ 4wt, Scott G 8’8″ 3 wt (mid July – September)
Smaller Streams – Winston IM6 TMF 8′ 4 wt

[Carter Simcoe]

What do you mean by rods to go?

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The rods that come in mind if you decide to go fishing / take a trip.

[Billy Belsom]

I am sure he means “go-to” rods?

Salt Marsh: Sage Xi2 9′ 8-wt.
Rivers: Sage XP 9′ 5-wt.
Streams: Orvis Silver Label 7.5′ 4-wt.

[david king]

Scott S3 906 4 piece, and S3 904 4 piece, with floating and sinking lines and a Sage 893 4 piece. I don’t have a short rod now, but I am looking. I have a S3 8 weight that I hope to beat up on some Stripers soon.

[John Pavoncello]

Man, I feel like a lackey with some of the rods listed already.

Local waters and mountain streams:

[Jack Cummings]

Winston 8.5′ 4 weight BIIx
Scott ‘G’ 6’10” 3 weight
My two favorites with others rarely collecting dust… thank goodness!

[greg mitchell]

1. 8 1/2 foot 5 wt custom built on St. Croix blank – use this one 90% of the time.
2. 7 1/2 foot 4 wt custom built by me on forcast blank.

Greg

[Carter Simcoe]

I generally drag most all of my rods around with me, multi rod tubes are great.

[Bob Riggins]

Light saltwater:  Recently acquired Scott Heliply 6wt
Saltwater:   Scott SAS 8wt
Backwater Canals:

[Cameron Mortenson]

I’m going old school glass with both my “to go” rods right now…

Warmwater (bluegills and pond bass) – Eagle Claw Feather Light 7′ Five Weight Fiberglass

Small Water Trout – Heddon Pal 7′ Five Weight Fiberglass

I am still waiting on the McFarland Spruce Creek eight foot five weight fiberglass rod to arrive…but I am hoping that will end up being the go to rod for small to big trout water.

[paul taylor]

Lake/Salt Water 9′ 8wt Orvis TLS Power Matrix
Small Stream 7′ 4wt Orvis SuperFine Trout Bum
Steelhead 10′ 7wt Orvis T3
Rivers 9′ 6wt Orvis TLS Power Matrix

[mike andrews]

Man you guys fish higher dollar rods than I do :'(

TFO Pro 8′, 4 weight
TFO TiCr 9′, 5 weight
TFO TiCr 9′, 8 weight

Can ‘ya tell I like TFO’s??

[Carter Simcoe]

Nah, in my opinion those TiCrs are nicer than most of the rods named thus far.

Dunfly I’m interested in your 7′ St. Croix built from a spin blank.

[Bob Riggins]

Dunfly I’m interested in your 7′ St. Croix built from a spin blank.  Do you know exactly what blank was used?  I’ve been wanting to do something like that for a while but haven’t quite gotten around to researching appropriate blanks yet.

I think I have the specs on the rod at home somewhere.

[bryan hulse]

T & T LPS9033 for most of my tailwater fishing because I enjoy fishing midges so much. But, for the times I need something practical and versatile I go with a Fly Logic FLO+9053–it is pretty good at turning over a wide variety of leaders and flies.

I built the following rod a few years ago and use it pretty often. It is an oddball taper, a 7’6″ 6wt. It is pretty easy to pick out my mistakes from the picture, but it is a sweet casting rod and isn’t hampered at all by my ineptitude.

Bryan

[Carter Simcoe]

Thanks Dunfly, yeah if you can get the exact specs on it when you get back home I would be very interested in hearing them.

[Jack Cummings]

Nah, in my opinion those TiCrs are nicer than most of the rods named thus far.

Ouch.

[Carter Simcoe]

Roll your eyes all you want, its not going to change my opinion though.

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