"slenon" wrote in message m...
I recommend the TFO TiCr 8wt. For the money, nohing better.

Thanks to everyone that responded. I ended up buying an Orvis 908 TTL
for a decent price as they are them closing them out. I'm not a big
fan of Orvis but this one has a much faster action then the ones I
tried before. I liked it so I bought it and I believe it's going to
work for me. I also love the 25 year warranty.

I broke the tip on a 5 weight Sage discovery rod in the mid 90's and
they fixed it for free and my dealer loaned me a rod until it came
back. I've owned all Sage rods since then and I like the action on the
RPL rods. I also have a Sage 3 piece 4 weight LL and I don't like the
action and I'll be selling it soon. I've used it once for fishing in
almost 10 year and have practiced with it serveral times. I just
don't`like the action of it but it has a very sensitive tip. In
Colorado I always seemed to grab the Sage 590 RPL when I was going
fishing. I really liked this rod when belly boating at Spinney Res.
and catching big trout. I have a Gunnison G2 on it and the setup just
works great for me.

We will see long term what I end up thinking of the Orvis TTL. I also
bought a couple Flylogic Fly reels based on recommendations from my
old fishing buddies. These two friends just returned from Alaska and
said their Flylogic reels worked flawlessly on lots of big fish and
the disc drags were smooth as silk. For less then $100 each I thought
I would give them a try. I will post a review after I use them for
awhile.

Art