"Padishar Creel" wrote in message
...
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).


5 wt seems a bit like an ugly stepsister sort of size for a backpack rod,
though... I figure if I'm packing it in, I'll probably encounter more tiny
streams, so I have a 5 piece 4 wt as my portable rod. Also, it looks to me
like multi-size reels tend to be split between 2-3-4 and 5-6-7 weights, so
if you carry a 5 wt rod, you're carrying a heavier/larger reel, weightier
line, larger flies, etc. I find my 4 wt is like a large 2-3 wt (duh) whereas
a 5 wt is more like a lighter 6-7 wt.

Does this make any sense?

--riverman