Your best stick?

**trout-nut** · 11-02-2009, 04:50 PM

Hi everyone new to this site. I've been fishing for many years right now my favorite dry fly rod is my 8' 4wt. TMF Winston and the next would be 8'5 5wt. LL Sage. I'm starting to get interested in bamboo. I'm looking at some Garrison tapers. I'm going to build an 8' 5wt. and then a 7' 4wt. can't wait to get started. :D

**Sean** · 11-02-2009, 05:37 PM

i'm a sage guy

love my 8'6" ZXL 4 weight

**garethl** · 11-03-2009, 06:00 AM

I've had my first bamboo rod for only a couple of months and it's already my firm favourite. Didn't know what I was missing until I finally bought one.

The below is based on the Wayne Cattanach 6332 taper, and for the small streams here in South Wales is totally at home.

Christened with it's first fish...

**Windknot** · 11-09-2009, 09:23 PM

There are some really nice "favorites" here. I have several small stream rods including some one piece short cane rods, but the one that always seems to make it into my hand is a POS cabelas three forks 7'6" 3 wt :oops: no joke. Over lined it makes accurate short cast and still has enough backbone to throw 40 + ft. which frequently happens when the trout are spooky. And If you snap it while rock hopping you can get a new one for under $50 bucks.

**Gerard** · 11-10-2009, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by trout-nut

I'm starting to get interested in bamboo. I'm looking at some Garrison tapers. I'm going to build an 8' 5wt. and then a 7' 4wt. can't wait to get started. :D

I can recommend the Garrison 202E – lovely dry fly and nymphing 7ft, 4wt stick. :bigthumb:

**adam** · 11-10-2009, 09:15 AM

Ha, I love it, two bamboo rod images with large arbors...

Good choice G.

I like Dickerson tapers as well.

**trout-nut** · 11-10-2009, 03:57 PM

I decided to go with the 8' 5 wt. first for a little bigger water and the wind. After I build that one I am going to do the 7' 4wt. Both of them are the garrison tapers

**Gerard** · 11-11-2009, 02:17 AM

Originally Posted by adam

Ha, I love it, two bamboo rod images with large arbors...

Good choice G.

I like Dickerson tapers as well.

The D'rrrson is on my to do list. ;)

**fisheye** · 11-19-2009, 10:21 AM

FE Thomas Special 8' 5wt. Believe it even beats out a Granger 8040 in casting ease. Its seen big fish and little fish and likes 'em all, a little beat up now, but still a sweetheart of a rod.

mikeytwoshoes · 11-19-2009, 11:24 AM

glad to see you here, brian.
I believe I tossed a few w/ that rod? my memory is foggy at best.

I think we can agree that thomas tapers are magical.
I've a 6'8" 3wt and 9' 7wt thomas tapers in the works.