Your Favorite Dry Fly Rod

[Spurly]

I would have to say, my LOOP, 3wt. Grey line for creeks, and my TCX 590 for rivers.

[bigfry]

Winston b3x 8'6 4 wt.

[DonAndersen]

For small streams - 6'0" two weight

For mid-sized waters - 7'9" five weight

For larger waters with a mix of flies 8'0" six weight.

All bamboo.

For throwing bass poppers 9'6" Orvis graphite

 

Don

[jgib01]

Winston b3x 8'6 4 wt.

 

I'll second that! Though it's not like I have a whole bunch of other rods of that ilk kicking around to compare with. I have a gently used Orvis TL 5# as a backup rod (OK, but not fabulous), and have tried my son's Redington 8' 4# Path (for the $'s it is a very decent rod!).

[Walton]

Sage SPL 8'9" 4wt 3 piece.

 

Like butter.

[porto]

TFO BVK 5wt...

 

For the amount of cost with lifetime warranty, great feel and great response I'm very happy with it...

[kritofr]

For cutties- I like my 8'3" 4wt Winston LT-

For the Bow- 9' 5wt Winston Boron III LS

[lad]

T&T 3wt 7'6" with a classic double taper for the small dry flys that deserve a bit of grace and quite often a better caster than I. My only regret is I did not get it with a down locking seat.

[netboy]

Agree with Uberfly and LastBoyScout, the Sage LL rods are a joy to cast. It's unfortunate that Sage constantly markets "new & improved" models when they've designed such a classic. Wish they would continue producing their generally acknowledged best rods like Winston. Incidentally the Winston WTs are also excellent if you enjoy casting dry flies with a moderate action rod.

[Jayhad]

Great rods so far, my favorite is a Sage 586 ZXL. It has the power of the Z but a buttery feel close the TXL.

[SilverDoctor]

Such a wonderful selection of Fly rods here. At no point in history have we had so many great products available.

[BurningChrome]

Such a wonderful selection of Fly rods here. At no point in history have we had so many great products available.

Yeah there really aren't many "bad" fly rods any more, just rods that are more and less suited to a person's individual casting preferences.

[Fishcreek]

Love my Winston b3x 5 wt for the bow and the Loop s1 3 weight for small streams. All great rods mentioned above in the thread!