What rods and reels do you have?
 

The recent discussion about 3wts got me curious about what setups people own? By the way, this is not a bragging board! Some people collect rods as a hobby and other don't.
I own loop opti creek 3wt, opti coast 6wt, opti switch 6wt, green line 7wt, xact 5wt, evotec 8wt. As well as a sage bass largemouth and echo solo 6wt Spey. Let's say I don't need anymore rods. Years of accumulation :)
My reels are loop opti speed runner and opti dryfly, loop clear reel, and an Amundson wind warrior Spey.

Let's hear what you guys have :)

Echo carbon 3wt 7'6, echo solo 8wt 9', cabela's somethig or other 6 wt 9' combo, pieroway carboglass 6'6" 2 wt, 1952 J.S. sharpes "scotty" 6wt and a browning gold medilist 7'6" 4 wt. Have a couple of large arbor tfo reels. Redington rise in orange and a new redington zero clicker reel. Have had a few different rods over the years.

3wt is a Sage discovery, use an old SA clicker drag on that.
5wts are 7ft 6" -10ft,TFO,Orvis,Fly Logic and Pieroway, all Ross disc drag reels.
6wts are Penn, Fly Logic, use reels for the 5 or 7wts on those
7wts are Orvis, Sage and Ross disc drag reels on those.
9 & 10wts are TFO, use SA disc drags on those. Also have an old Daiwa 9wt kicking around somewhere.
And I have one that is a combo, I think it is (may have that bass ackwards) of the bottom half of a VPX 5wt and the top half of an Orvis 7 wt., works surprisingly well with 5 wt lines.

2wt - TFO Pro Series US model 8ft 3pc w/sage 3200
3wt - TFO BVK 8ft 4pc w/sage 4200
4wt - Sage Vantage 9ft 4pc w/Reddington Rise
5wt - Sage Flight 9ft 4pc w/Reddington Rise
6wt - Sage TCX 9ft 4pc w/3Tend Reel
This is after 6 years of fly fishing in Alberta and BC.
I am happy with what I have now and maybe a spey rod for next year :)

Seeing this make me glad. My wife thinks I'm crazy for owning as many rods as I do. Either I'm not crazy or we all are on here.😂

3wt Greys Grxi with amundson reel
4wt Amundson with amundson reel
4wt Sage VXP with reddington rise reel
5wt Cabelas stowaway with cheap Cabelas reel (this one stays in the truck)
5wt BVK with BVK reel
6wt 8' old Mitchell sumthinorother
6wt 9' Wind Warrior with William Joseph reel
6wt 10' Wind Warrior (use the william joseph reel on this one too)
6-7wt Wind Warrior spey with Echo reel
8wt TFO with nxt reel

Wow...I've never counted before...that's embarassing...

4 wt Sage z axis two peice with hardy princess (for sale or trade).5 wt 10 foot Sage one with nataulis fwx.6 wt Sage zxl with Ross reel can't remember type.7 weight Peiroway glass with grey s xi cartridge reel and a 8 weight redington vapen which uses the greys as well.All reels have two spools keep it going.

Too many, yet not enough!

5wt orvis hellos2 tip flex with a Lamson speedster, 4wt echo carbon with echo reel,8wt St Croix Rio Santos with a cabelas $100 cheapy,6wt TFO BVK with cheap reel.All 4 pc.

000wt 7'10" Sage TXL
2wt 6'6" Rainforest IM6
2wt 8'6" CTS Affinity X
3wt 8'6" G&L Flycraft North Raven Series
4wt 9' CTS Affinity X
5wt 9' Loop AEG
5wt 10'6" CTS Affinity Switch
8wt 7'6" CTS Affinity X
8wt 13' Scott A3
9/10wt 13' Loop Classic Spey
10wt 9' Loop Opti Power
12wt 8'6" CTS Affinity MX

3 wt no name fiberglass 6'6"
3 wt CTS affinity x 8'6"
4wt no name graphite 7'6"
5wt pflueger purist 9'
5wt loop opti stream
6wt TFO ticr
8wt loop opti salt
9wt CPX Redington
5wt CTS affinity x switch
7 wt CPX switch redington

4/5wt ryobi click, Redington rise in 3 an 5wt, echo ion in 8/9 and 6/7, and couple other no name brands.

2wt 6' TFO

3wt 6' Greys GRXi

4wt fiberglass custom 7.5'

4wt Orvis Frequent Flier

4wt Pflueger Trion 7.5'

5wt Fenwick

6wt TFO pro

7wt 9.5' Redington Crosswater

Greys streamlite, Lamson Guru, Lamson konic, hardy ultralight dd, Danielsson Dryfly original, Sage 4250, Greys GX500

Let's see:

5 wts: Sage 10' VXP, Sage Vantage, Hardy Zenith

6 wts: St. Croix Imperial (2), St Croix Bank Robber, Sage XP, Sage ZXL, Reddington CPX, old Fenwick and Orvis Clearwater

7 wts: Sage Z-Axis, Sage FLi, TKO, St. Croix Imperial 7/8

8 wts: Loomis GL3, couple of old glass Fenwicks, home made 10' Kennedy

10 wts: St. Croix Imperial, St. Croix 13' spey, home made glass Fenwick

Reels: lost count ages ago.

One hell of a garage sale coming up went I can't move anymore!

Pm me just before that garage sale...:thinking-006:

I currently own:

4wt 8'6 TFO Signature series
5wt 9' Amundson
6wt 9'6 TFO BVK

My next rod will be some sort of nymphing rod.

At least a dozen single handers and four 2 handers.
I'd have more but I'm running out of money.
Bjay

3wt Sage Approach with Redington Drift 3/4
5wt Sage Approach with Redington Rise 5/6
6wt Redington Crosswater with Okuma Tuscani 5/6
3wt Greys Gr50
Redington Crosswater 4/5/6 reel

4 wt TFO Signature Series with a cheaper reel
6 wt TFO BVK with BVK reel
6 wt TFO Signature Series 2 with now BVK reel, was using Loop multi reel
8 wt Orvis T3 with Ross Flystart or could use Loop multi reel

I only ever use my 6 wts though, I really like the BVK reels and now have 2 of them with 3 spools for the different lines I use.

2wt T&T 2 piece paradigm/ teton tioga
3wt T&T 2 piece horizon/teton tioga
4wt Orvis 4 piece silver label/Battenkill
4wt Sage 2 piece z axis/islander IR1
4wt Sage 4 piece one/islander IR1
5wt TFO 4 piece lefty kreh/teton tioga
5wt Sage 4 piece one/IR2
6wt Orvis 4 piece trident / Battenkill
8 wt sage Z axis 2 piece / teton
8 wt sage One 4 piece/ tfo BVK
9 wt sage Xi3 4 piece/ islander LX3.8
10 wt TFO 4 piece BVK / BVK reel
11wt SageXi3 / islander LX4.5

Been at it for 35 years so I have quite a few from years gone by that are not on my list and aren't used currently. Many other reels too but these are all on the rack and ready to go.

4wt 8' Hardy Zenith 4 piece / Ultralite 3000
5wt 9' Sage Flight 4 piece / Orivis Access Mid II
5wt 9' Hardy Zenith 4 piece / Ultralite 5000
8wt 9' Sage Z-Axis 2 piece / Hardy Ultralite 5000 CC

Rods
2wt Redington Classic Trout
3wt Sage one
4wt Winston Boron IIMX
5wt Sage One
5wt Redington Dually Spey
6wt Sage one
7wt Sage Method
7/8wt Winston Boron IIX Spey
8wt Sage Zaxis Switch
8wt Redington Chromer Spey
9wt Sage Zaxis

Reels
Redington Rise 3/4
Sage Click 3/4
Hardy Ultralite CC 4000
Sage Domain
Sage 4260
Sage 4280
Loop Classic 5/8
Ross Momentum
Ross Momentum LT
Redington Behemoth 9/10

So we all have a lot of rods some more than others but the real question do you catch fish or just throw 1000s of dollars at them lol

I think for some (including me) collecting rods is a hobby. I really enjoy having a few rods to choose from for my fishing trips, or even just going into to the field and casting :p

Not picky about reels, but I do enjoy choices I made with fly rods. Couple more fiberglass and I will be set for some time. Last time I bought a rod was 4 years ago.

Gord over at Westwinds used to love seeing my truck pull up back in the early 2000's because I always seemed to walk out with a new or demo Thomas & Thomas...I've sold a few so now only have 6 of them, 3-10 wts all Horizon series matched with Galvin reels in the smaller wts and Nautilus in the big saltwater rigs! Two other Rods that I use a lot is a 4wt 8' 6" Cabela's LSi, it's frickin amazing and so cheap. The other is a 5 wt 9' Hardy Zenith hand cannon that I stole from a guy for $200 in Idaho, it had a busted tip and he couldn't be bothered to fix it...Galvin Reels on both!!

My stuff was used to fish dinosaurs. Ocean city reels from the 50's, a 3 pc 8 wt 8'6" glass rod from the 50's . a couple 2 piece 8 wt 8'6" glass rods from the 60's and my new rod , a Fenwick 8wt 8'6" carbon from the early 80's.
Those old reels are still as good as new.
I just picked up a newer 7 wt, 4pc graphite, 9' Temple Fork Outfitter Profesional series II that is still in the mail.

I wish I still had my first fly rod, it was a wood rod made with greenheart, 8 wt, 2 piece. The sections were joined on a diagonal slash ,each section had a short ferrule about 1/2" long .The diagonal was about 3" long, and taped with black elect tape instead of the modern type ferrules. My father made that one, and taught me how to make a new tip when I broke it. It finaly broke beyond repair. After that one I used a 3 pc bamboo rod for a few years. It had 2 tips, 1 for flies, and one for baits. It finaly died too, but the reels are still going strong.

If I could find some greenheart I would make a replacement for my long gone first fly rod.

Try this place bamboorods.com out. It's run by a man out of Rocky Mountain house who has been building bamboo rods for decades. He has and may still have greenheart rods for sale in his used rod section.

For years my Sage Fli 5wt did me just fine.

Then for a trip to Mexico and a little bone fishing a couple years ago I picked up an 8wt Greys FX2 Salt, justifying that I could also use it for pike here. Never have.

Broke my 5wt this year. Did finally get it fixed by Sage, but decided to buy a 6wt TFO BVK partially as a back-up to the 5wt, and partially for fishing larger streamers in the Bow, etc. We shall see if I actually do it.

I don't see any reason why I should need more rods than that now. 90% of my fishing is just plunking around streams and small rivers south of Calgary like the Sheep and Highwood, and maybe the bow or a small lake once in a while.

Try out a 7 1/2 ' 3 wt for small drys on those streams and you will end up buying one on that end of the scale.

Hmmmmmm.....:thinking-006: Oh oh... LOL