On 2 Jan 2005 19:28:18 -0800, "HJS" wrote:


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?

I've had a 9' 4wt 4pc Boron-IIX for about 6 months. Although it is lighter in
the hand, its action is virtually interchangeable with my 9' 5wt 2pc Winston
IM6 classic (sold these days under their "WT" series) when using the same 5wt
Cortland 444SL DT line on both.

The WT/classics are considered medium to medium-fast, the IIX fast.
I guess I'd go along with that...

/daytripper