I can't say I have a lot of experience with different rods especially for stream fishing, but this year I purchased the Hardy Glass "The Aln" which is a 5ft 2wt rod for fishing the small river I'm a member of and to next season go searching more streams. I've fallen in love with it and think it's fantastic. I can even cast a fair distance when needed, well a fair distance for me anyway ;) I'm even thinking of taking it for a spin on the rods namesake, the river Aln in Northumberland, England, I sort of feel I need to / have to :D

I did inherit a bamboo rod earlier this year but I have absolutely no information on it, what size line it would take etc. so sort of scared I'll overload it. I don't know how much abuse a bamboo rod could take in that respect. I did try and contact the makers of the rod but they were next to useless. :roll: I think the rod is from a few decades ago and so the company didn't really seem to know, which I thought was a bit pap!