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Iasgair wrote;

Many say that a longer rod, for example my 10' 4wt is actually more like a 5wt when it comes to 10' rods. Could explain why you see so many 10' 3wts on the market because they are more like 4wts.

I'm reading this, and not being disparaging to the author, but it makes little sense. If you want a rod to be more like such and such rod then buy the rod and be done with it. Why burden yourself with 12" more rod length to travel with and carry around with you all day when maybe you really want the one line weight heavier rod.

I have at least three each of #4, #5, #6, two #7, three #8. I don't have to wonder if a rod is more like this or that rod. I do have a 10' 6" #6 switch rod and it doesn't feel like anything other than a #6 line weight. I could easily throw a #7 line with it if I wanted but I have a 9' #7 that performs wonderfully. I do have a 10' #7 3 pc rod I use for steelhead and like it because it is easier to throw big upstream mends and I can roll cast an indicator, a couple BB's, and two flies 45 feet with just one flip.

Buy a rod for a specific purpose if you can afford it. Buy a lot of rods if you are able to. Then you won't be wanting one rod to do the work of another. If you can't afford a stable of rods then buy 3-4 to use specifically for the species you target the most.[/quote


i bought the rod back when i used to czech nymph. my intention was to buy a 1004 rod, and that's what i got. i don't build the rods, but if the butt section seems stronger than a 9' 4wt, that's fine with me, and i have five 4wt rods with different actions. the tip is soft to prevent braking the tippet, and the butt section gives me the power i need to do whatever i need it to do. works beautifully for what it's intended purpose, and more.

it'll throw a 5wt line true taper just wonderfully, but it throws a 4wt line just like it was designed for. i'd say it's like a heavy 4.5wt rod if that makes sense. but it's the middle section to the tip is where it performs like a 4wt.

the best example i can give is when i fish the white river, i normally fish a 9' 5wt rod. a 8'6" or 9' 4wt medium fast rod with the current and size of fish in that river can make you feel under-gunned real quick. but for some reason, my 1004 on that river does very well. why? it just handles everything better than all my other 4wts on that river.

it's not that i "want" the rod to be like such and such rod as you put it, it just is. and i enjoy it as much as all my other rods. is it a 5wt in reality? heck if i know, or care. it just does what i bought it for very well.

but....your last comment about buying rods for specific purposes, i absolutely 100% agree with you, and i do buy rods that way.