Jarmo Hurri wrote:
Howdy all!

My current trout rod arsenal consists of four rods: 2wt, 3wt, 5wt and
6wt. I am now considering adding one more rod for heavyweight work,
for larger, possibly weighted streamers and sinking lines or sink
tips.

I'm not experienced with the line weights I should be looking at - 7wt
to 9wt; my only heavier rod is a two-handed 10/11wt.

Here in Texas we use all of these on a regular basis. The nine weight
will wear you out in a full day of blind casting, while you can do it
with an eight weight. The seven weight will probsably be too light for
bulky or heavy bass bugs or streamers. I would get the eight weight.

Big Dale