"HJS" wrote in message
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so after fishing a tfo 6 wt. and a sage ds2 3 weight for quite a while,
i finally wanted to step up to a great 5 wt. i've fished a friend's slt
and loved it (subtle but backbone, yada yada). so i called the flyshop
and they said to try the winston boron IIX vs. the sage. i'm going into
the flyshop sometime this week and hope to do that, but isn't the boron
IIX supposed to be a fast action rod? is winston just giving this
salesman a bigger commission or something? anyone ever looked at a
boron vs. the slt?

Judging by postings on other message forums, the Boron IIX may be the latest
"go to" rod for anyone wanting to move up to a premium rod but the SLT is no
slouch. Winston definitely hit a home run with that one. My wife gave me a
IIx for our anniversary but I've not had a chance to do anything except lawn
cast it. It felt "different" than my SLT, but not as fast as a Sage XP.

The IIX and SLT are great rods in that they are med-fast to fast action rods
that load fully with 10' of fly line out or 60'. Can't go wrong with either.