New Fly Rod Suggestions!?

[sick lid]

Most everyone I've talked to says to go for a six. You feel six would be too heavy? I'm not opposed to getting a five, but considering I'm now focusing my finances for the first time on my lifetime hobby I can picture myself purchasing a few rods in the months to come...

I would have to say that the people telling you to get a 6 have never fished a good 5. If you are going to be mostly trolling, the six will be fine. If you are doing a lot of casting, you will like your 5. I use my 5 for 75% of my fishing, my 6 and 7 for only about 10 % of the time. the other 15 % I use my 3 and 4 wt.
And yes you are right, nice flyrods are very addicting.

[Illbuyourcatfish]

Any other suggestions guys? I'd like to make the purchases this week so I can get out and start using them!

[charles]

I would not rush into it. To me, a good fishing rod will last very long. I have some of the oldest gloomis rods and they are still going strong. And for custom rods, I am on model build 4 and still not satisfy it. Every model, I treak it a little more. So I will take your time and choose...

I have own my gloomis saltwater series rod and my other gloomis gl3 rods for over 17 years+.

To me, life time warranty means nothing. You are paying for the warranty when you purchase the rod. That is why the price tag is high for some of them. It has to feel right for you. That is why I always go down to the state, and I used to live in S.F. and tackle shops there has a very large selection of rods to try on.

[Illbuyourcatfish]

Oh trust me I've handled every rod there is to handle and I've been waiting a long time for this! I just wanted to make sure I've thought of everything!

[Illbuyourcatfish]

So I looked around and finally picked up a Sage Z-Axis 5wt 9ft rod with an Okuma Helios reel with 5wt sharkskin floating line. With the Z-Axis line of rods discontinued I managed to pick the rod up for $599 and the whole package including a 4 piece rod case for around $1075. My only "reel" guilty pleasure was also ordering a Hatch reel...thanks Charles, upon seeing them I had to give one a try! Now to put it all to good use tonight!