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What's your favorite fly rod for streams?

I own a Redington 8wt for steelhead, and a rod I personally made that is a 5 piece 4wt for smaller streams and lakes. I used a Cabela's "Stow-away" and my husband just corrected me its a 7 piece, (Heck, I guess I lost count, either that or it was just late when I made this post...) with Fuji, single-foot guides with a reverse-wells up-locking reel seat. It's a purty forest green too! My 5 wt is a graphite blank I purchased on Ebay, with a fast action tip for a delicate presentation.

Public Comments

1. For small streams, there is nothing like my Phillipsons: 7'6" Preferred (bamboo), an absolute joy w/ DT5 line or my 7' Phillipson Epoxite midge rod. DT4 for using small blue wings, tricos, midges,ants (my Summer rod) For the larger streams I usually reach for my Dan Craft Five Rivers FT (9' 5wt) that I built, the rod is an absolute cannon.
2. I use my old trusty Fenwick FF755 with 5wt line for most trout on even large rivers. More fun to keep it light weight.
3. has to be my sage 4wt brilliant rod also last time i was in england i bought a hardy rod but i dont use it on the river as its 10 ft and where i fish the trees etc get in the way if i use that
4. I use a 5wt for small streams.
5. My favorite small stream rod is a 3wt which I built on a St Croix SCIV blank