A few months back, one of the fly fishing magazines did a comparison on 5 wt
travel rods. The Cabelas stowaway won out as the best of the bunch. I have
several of them and they are nice casting rods, but not much on the fit and
finish. For me, they are my backup rods, but I do admit I enjoy them and
they cast very well for me anyway.

Chris

PS I am VERY impressed with the temple fork rods, nice fit and finish too
(IMHO).


Don't know anything about the Orvis b ut as far as the Stowaways go,
I've owned a 5 pce. and a 7 pce. The Seven is a much better rod. I
never got over the chintzy feel of the 5 pce. The Seven is a serious
rod, spigot ferrules, cloth tube -- it's a good deal.